Survival Day demands decolonisation – Brisbane Today on the 26th January 2025, in Butchulla country as well as across all of Australia, Survival day celebrations and ceremonies were held by Indigenous Australians and their allies. The particular one I attended had a sunrise memorial service paying tribute to the survival of the First Peoples against Colonialism and continued occupation. There …
By Max Ormond These words rang out from Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung Senator Lidia Thorpe in the Great Hall of Canberra’s Parliament House to the foreign King Charles III. One has to admire her courage for pointing out to the British Royals their unpalatable history of invasion, dispossession, genocide of the First Peoples. Consequently they have no right to …
by Humphrey McQueen (2000) This is the second of a two-part series The Australian Republican Movement recently wrote to King Charles III what only can be described as a begging letter inviting him to: ”Join Australia In Celebration Of A Republic And Australia’s Moves Towards Full Independence.” It is hardly likely that this class enemy will entertain the requests the …
by Humphrey McQueen (2000) This is the first of a two-part series The Australian Republican Movement recently wrote to King Charles III what only can be described as a begging letter inviting him to: ”Join Australia In Celebration Of A Republic And Australia’s Moves Towards Full Independence.” It is hardly likely that this class enemy will entertain the requests the …
by Lyn Longo If one survives to a reasonable old age, we all carry scars. Some have been impacted by family violence, the death of a partner, child or other significant person. Many bear the physical scars of accidents, have health issues, disability, or carry the results of a dissolute youth. Our scars may be visible to the eye, but …
by Keiran Stewart-Assheton Wallawaani to all my people and everyone else here today. Nyarga Keiran njindin Wani-Wandian Dhurga. I’m Keiran Stewart-Assheton from the Wani-Wandian mob of the Yuin nation and would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people on whose stolen land we stand today. Today, on Invasion Day, we gather to remember the atrocities committed against our people. To honour …
by Binoy Kampmark Reactions to the death of Queen Elizabeth II from victims of atrocities during her reign were less than warm. Did the British Crown derive profits of plunder yet disclaim responsibility for colonisation, they asked? The Westminster shroud, in this regard, is thick indeed, a layer of forced exculpation. Global, personal, individual. The reactions to the death of …
by Lindy Nolan On 23 June 2007, the military invaded First Peoples’ communities, launching the Northern Territory Intervention. A land grab, it was designed to divide and disempower First Peoples. The full force of the capitalist state – its army, police, prisons, courts and laws – came down on them. The lies, humiliations and violence remain hidden from most not …
