Anti-racism

Refugee protest at Anthony Albanese's Marrickville office

About 100 refugees and supporters gathered outside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese鈥檚 electoral聽office in Marrickville聽to call for permanent protection for all refugees. Isaac Nellist reports.

John Garcia, a passionate and sincere person, spent much of his life fighting for rights for First Nations peoples and refugees. Robynne Murphy, his friend and comrade, writes about his life.聽聽

For many young people,聽the fact that modern Australia emerged from a colonial-settler society founded on the violent dispossession of First Nations peoples is a self-evident fact. Sarah Hathway and Sam Wainwright聽comment on a significant聽political聽shift聽underway.

Coroner Simon McGregor, who conducted the inquest into the death in prison of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta聽woman聽Veronica Nelson, said Victoria鈥檚 Bail Act needs聽to be 鈥渦rgently鈥 amended. Chris Slee reports.

Donna Nelson, the mother of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta聽woman聽Veronica Nelson, has spoken out about the failures of the system and called for changes to the bail laws.聽Kerry Smith reports.

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Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.

Peru protest on Jan 19, 2023

Jorge Escalante聽discusses the protest movement, the nature of the Boluarte coup government and what it might take to bring it down.

Sensationalism of events in Mparntwe聽is placing First Nations young people at risk, argues聽Ampe-kenhe Ahelhe. The group聽has聽invited the PM to listen to them about finding solutions.

The current frenzy around the聽Alice Springs crime wave聽risks risks repeating the same moral聽panics and deployment of聽top-down policies which disempower First Nations people, write聽Thalia Anthony听补苍诲听Vanessa Napaltjari Davis.

A small number of neo-Nazis tried but failed to聽stop the Merri-Bek City Council鈥檚 Day of Mourning ceremony聽from聽going ahead in Coburg on January 26. Sue Bolton reports.

Tens of thousands of people聽joined Invasion Day protests around the country on January 26.聽

Labor's聽Indigenous Voice to Parliament will be another token gesture, unless the government is forced by a strong popular movement to take real measures towards聽First Nations justice, argues Socialist Alliance.