[Indigsol] Stop Australian Racism - Rally Friday July 13 @ Australian High Commission

[Dan (OPIRG-Carleton)]

Hey all,

I've been trading some emails with folx out in Ardoch about ways we
could support.  They are indeed having another march on Friday, at
5:00pm.  Anyone interested in going?  Shout it out, and we can figure
out what kind of vehicle we'll need to find.

D.

On 7/11/07, Ben Powless <powless at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hey all - this is the write up Kateri created - please pass it on, use it as
> you see fit...
>
> RALLY – STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS
>
>
> In a show of Indigenous solidarity, a rally is being held Friday July 13,
> 2007 at 12 noon outside the Australian High Commission at 50 O'Connor to
> express opposition to the extreme measures implemented by the Howard
> government against Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory.
> Organized by a diverse, ad-hoc group of concerned Aboriginal people, the
> rally will support other rallies being held on July 13 and 14 in Sydney,
> Brisbane, Canberra, and Perth Australia, and in Wellington and Auckland,
> Aoteaoroa/New Zealand.
>
> The paternalistic, culturally insensitive, racist and short-sighted measures
> announced by the Howard government include:
>
> ·        widespread bans on alcohol and pornography,
>
> ·        forcing all indigenous children under the age of 16 in the
> territory to submit to  medical examinations,
>
> ·        putting a quarantine on 50 per cent of welfare payments to parents
> of children in affected areas,
>
> ·        linking welfare payments to school attendance for all people living
> on Aboriginal land.
>
> ·        and enforcing unilaterally imposed land reforms on Aboriginal
> lands.
>
> The plan shifts the overall control of communities away from Aboriginal land
> councils to the federal government, which will be given five-year leases of
> the townships.
>
> These measures only affect Aboriginal Australians in these areas. Police and
> military troops have been deployed in the area to enforce these measures.
>
> The goals of the rally are to:
>
>  - Send a message of solidarity to Aboriginal Australians who are suffering
> from Howard's racist attacks on human rights;
>
> - Raise awareness of this issue and related issues of colonization, racism,
> family violence, and human rights;
>
> - Garner public support for a boycott of Australia and a petition denouncing
> the actions of the Howard government and demanding they enter into
> meaningful discussions with the Aboriginal community;
>
> - Express to the Australian High Commission our opposition and outrage to
> the attack on the human rights of Aboriginal peoples in Australia.
>
>
> Please lend your support. Circulate this message. Attend the Rally. Sign the
> petition. Join the Boycott. Show your Support. Stand in Solidarity with our
> Indigenous Brothers and Sisters.
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