Police brutality against indigenous people and the racism by whites in rural towns is like something out of the deep South. Gracelyn (pictured) told story after story of her own and other's experiences. She is a professor and has a human rights award from Gaddafi! But when last arrested, they accused her of stealing a white professor's wallet and abused her in custody. Also, when the people were allowed to be part of the census in 1967, they were not only listed below cows, sheep & pigs, but categorised as part of flora and fauna! The stone block you can see in the image Gracelyn is by (the snake is the protection symbol for her tribe), is a spirit stone, for the weeping spirits of bones yet to be returned, having been sent around the world to evidence the relationship to monkeys to prove Darwin's theory of evolution. Feel so utterly naive!
Heard from a woman who is part of Critical Resistance - set up by Angela - which is a prison industrial complex abolitionist group, that was active in a huge campaign, marches and riots in Oakland following the execution at close range of a young black man by transit cops. Their thing is not to call for charges of murder, as this uses the state machinery. I started a debate about how we meet the demands of those who want justice, who, as well as the mourning family, are also affected by state racism, and that after the tube shooting in UK, we called for murder charges. Any succinct phrases I can use that adequately reflects our political position on these things?
Other pic is of me in full swing - or doing "I'm a little teapot" - at this afternoon's workshop. Went ok, but because there were 2 other speakers on widely different subjects, that were more immediately Australian related, didn't feel as engaged as seminar at UNSW, but got a couple of questions and some requests for my paper (and offers to be a children's entertainer).
Going to conference dinner tonight. Have had "we've got a spare room" invite to visit Northern Territories and Canada, but working on professional invites with hard cash attached!
Need to pack now, as shooting off after last session tomorrow. May get time to post final bit on blog, but if not, catch you next week.
Thanks for coming along.
xx
Police brutality against indigenous people and the racism by whites in rural towns is like something out of the deep South. Gracelyn (pictured) told story after story of her own and other's experiences. She is a professor and has a human rights award from Gaddafi! But when last arrested, they accused her of stealing a white professor's wallet and abused her in custody. Also, when the people were allowed to be part of the census in 1967, they were not only listed below cows, sheep & pigs, but categorised as part of flora and fauna! The stone block you can see in the image Gracelyn is by (the snake is the protection symbol for her tribe), is a spirit stone, for the weeping spirits of bones yet to be returned, having been sent around the world to evidence the relationship to monkeys to prove Darwin's theory of evolution. Feel so utterly naive!
Heard from a woman who is part of Critical Resistance - set up by Angela - which is a prison industrial complex abolitionist group, that was active in a huge campaign, marches and riots in Oakland following the execution at close range of a young black man by transit cops. Their thing is not to call for charges of murder, as this uses the state machinery. I started a debate about how we meet the demands of those who want justice, who, as well as the mourning family, are also affected by state racism, and that after the tube shooting in UK, we called for murder charges. Any succinct phrases I can use that adequately reflects our political position on these things?
Other pic is of me in full swing - or doing "I'm a little teapot" - at this afternoon's workshop. Went ok, but because there were 2 other speakers on widely different subjects, that were more immediately Australian related, didn't feel as engaged as seminar at UNSW, but got a couple of questions and some requests for my paper (and offers to be a children's entertainer).
Going to conference dinner tonight. Have had "we've got a spare room" invite to visit Northern Territories and Canada, but working on professional invites with hard cash attached!
Need to pack now, as shooting off after last session tomorrow. May get time to post final bit on blog, but if not, catch you next week.
Thanks for coming along.
xx
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