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 Wallace McKitrick This is the third instalment of a three-part series that examines the literature of First People’s writers assertions of unceded sovereignty. Forms of Treaty: the ATSIC campaign for Treaty, and Michael Mansell’s Treaty and Statehood In 2000 the elected national board of commissioners of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) launched an education and advocacy …
by Wallace McKitrick This is the second instalment of a three-part series that examines the literature of First People’s writers assertions of unceded sovereignty. The fabric of self-determination In Part One of this article, posted previously, various authors’ presentations of the continuous self-determination struggles and frequent victories of the last 100 years remind us that it would be a mistake …
by Wallace McKitrick This is the first instalment of a three-part series that examines the literature of First People’s writers assertions of unceded sovereignty. Introduction This article arises from re-reading several important books published in the last 50 years along with recent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers’ pro-sovereignty critiques of the recent constitutional referendum proposition. Collectively they demonstrate that …
by Spirit of Eureka – National (a leaflet given out in capital cities protesting the brutal invasion of Gaza by Israel) BECAUSE, as in Iraq, US satellites use US Pine Gap war base to guide missiles and drones from Australia. Like Israel, we’re told Australia is a ‘democracy’. But 94 percent of Australians opposed the invasion of Iraq. A million …
First published in Vanguard CPAML The enemies of First Peoples have announced their strategy and tactics. Over coming days, weeks, months and years, allies of First Peoples must be ready to join the fight with the clear eyes of truth. Years ago, a dear friend said, “We live very different lives Lindy.” She grew up in La Perouse on Botany …
This article came from the Vanguard website Part 2 of a series on forces supporting opposing sides of the Voice referendum and the need for unity, whatever the result. It exposes the growth of far right organisation against the Voice. Part 1 looked at the role of the Business Council of Australia. The far right organises The commanding heights of …
This article came from the Vanguard website Part 1 of a series on forces supporting opposing sides of the Voice referendum and the need for unity, whatever the result. It looks at the role of the Business Council of Australia. The second looks explores the growth of far right organisation. As the Voice referendum approaches, First Peoples have never been …
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 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 …
