An American reporter’s observations about racism against indigenous people in Australia. Here.
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Politician’s Comments Spark Indigenous Rights Protest in Australia
Here’s a news article describing the protest of an Australian holiday commemorating the invasion/arrival of British colonists in 1788. The protest heated up after a politician made some comments about recent progress on Native issues and the consequent lack of continued need for indigenous Tent Embassy in the Capital.
Australia Apologizes to Indigenous Peoples
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
The wording of the apology Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make today to the stolen generations has been revealed.
“The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so move forward with confidence to the future,” Mr Rudd’s apology says.
The statement also contains the word ‘sorry’ which indigenous leaders said must be included.
“For the pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry. To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities we say sorry. And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture we say sorry,” the apology says.
The apology will be made at 9am today, but the full text was tabled in Parliament yesterday evening.
The full apology:
“Transnational Corporations and Indigenous Rights” Article
Sarah Joseph has posted “Transnational Corporations and Indigenous Rights” on SSRN. The paper was published by BALAYI: Culture, Law, and Colonialism.
From the abstract:
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