First Nations

WGAR News: White cops, Black victims - Perth is to Western Australia, what Birmingham was to Alabama: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 25/04/2015 - 3:34pm

Newsletter date: 26 April 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: White cops, Black victims - Perth is to Western Australia, what Birmingham was to Alabama

* Facebook: The Stringer: "Official statement from Elder Bella Bropho, of the Matargarup First Nations Refugee Camp (Heirisson Island, Perth ... )"

* Photo Essay: Alex Bainbridge, Green Left: Perth rally resists closure of Aboriginal communities, police harassment

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Gerry Georgatos
Jennifer Kaeshagen
First Nations Homelessness Project
The Stringer
White cops - Black victims
Perth is to Western Australia - what Birmingham was to Alabama
Official statement from Elder Bella Bropho of the Matargarup First Nations Refugee Camp (Heirisson Island - Perth)
Official statement from Elder Bella Bropho of the Matargarup First Nations Refugee Camp
Elder Bella Bropho
Bella Bropho
Matargarup First Nations Refugee Camp
Heirisson Island
Heirisson Island - Perth
Matargarup
Matagarup
Matargarup (Heirisson Island - Perth - Western Australia)
Alex Bainbridge
Green Left
Photo Essay - Perth rally resists closure of Aboriginal communities - police harassment
Network Ten - Forced closure rally
Sky News
Protesters clash with police at WA rally
Phil Hickey
Perth Now
Heirisson Island camp Indigenous leaders protest at State Parliament
Brendan Foster
WA Today
Parliament House protest
SOSBlakAustralia

WGAR News: Obituaries / Tributes to Uncle Ray Jackson who has recently passed

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 24/04/2015 - 10:01pm

Newsletter date: 25 April 2015

We pay our deep respect to Uncle Ray Jackson who has recently passed - WGAR News Editorial Team

Contents:

Obituaries / Tributes:

* Green Left: Letter from the Indigenous Social Justice Association on the death of Ray Jackson

* Paul McAleer, Maritime Union of Australia, Green Left: Letter from the MUA on the death of Ray Jackson

* Rachel Evans & Raul Bassi, Green Left: Wiradjuri warrior Ray Jackson has passed away

Geography: 
Australia
Sydney
Melbourne
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Uncle Ray Jackson
Comrade Ray Jackson
Ray Jackson
We pay our deep respect to Uncle Ray Jackson who has recently passed - WGAR News Editorial Team
Green Left
Letter from the Indigenous Social Justice Association on the death of Ray Jackson
ISJA - Indigenous Social Justice Association
Indigenous Social Justice Association
ISJA
Paul McAleer
Maritime Union of Australia
Letter from the MUA on the death of Ray Jackson
Letters from the Indigenous Social Justice Association and MUA on the death of Ray Jackson
Rachel Evans
Raul Bassi
Rachel Evans & Raul Bassi
Wiradjuri warrior Ray Jackson has passed away
Paddy Gibson
Solidarity Online
Vale Ray Jackson - tireless fighter for justice and Aboriginal rights
Diane Fieldes
Red Flag
Ray Jackson 1941-2015
A tireless fighter against a rotten system
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
Champion Of Indigenous Rights Ray Jackson Dies
Gerry Georgatos
The Stringer
Wiradjuri social justice warrior passes away - the soul rolls over

WGAR News: Aboriginal Group To Shadow ANZAC Day March And Highlight Frontier Wars: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 24/04/2015 - 3:47pm

Newsletter date: 24 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Aboriginal Group To Shadow ANZAC Day March And Highlight Frontier Wars
* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Gallipoli Could Never Define Australia Like This War Did

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
ACT
Canberra
Queensland
Tasmania
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Amy McQuire - New Matilda
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
Gallipoli Could Never Define Australia Like This War Did
Anzac Day 2015
Frontier Wars
Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra
Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra
Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars
Sovereign Union
Sovereign Union Frontier Wars Homepage
Melissa Lahoud
The Wire
Graeme Dunstan
Dr Timothy Bottoms
Timothy Bottoms
Lest we Forget - Aboriginal people want their battles acknowledged
Nicholas Clements
NITV News
NITV News - 24 April 2015
SBS News
Tasmania's Black War
Lest we remember
a tragic case of lest we remember
NIRS Weekly News-in-Review
Cassandra Tim
Warren Barnsley
ANZAC centenary special - Honouring Indigenous service men and women
Canberra Times
Why we ought to be remembering the frontier wars on Anzac Day
John Pilger
The Guardian
Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war

WGAR News: 'Systemic Racism' Of WA Remote Community Closures Savaged At United Nations: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 23/04/2015 - 9:28pm

Newsletter date: 24 April 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: 'Systemic Racism' Of WA Remote Community Closures Savaged At United Nations
* News Analysis: Kimberley Land Council: KLC condemns community closures at United Nations
* News Analysis: Calla Wahlquist, The Guardian: UN forum backs fight against closure of remote Aboriginal communities in WA

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
'Systemic Racism'
'Systemic Racism' Of WA Remote Community Closures
United Nations
Kimberley Land Council
KLC
KLC - Kimberley Land Council
KLC condemns community closures at United Nations
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in NY
UN forum on Indigenous issues
Amy McQuire - New Matilda
John Pilger
The secret country again wages war on its own people
The Guardian
Labour outlines concerns on Aborigine communities in letter to Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
Maori Television
Maiki Sherman
Online News Team
Events planned worldwide to support Aboriginal communities on May 1st
Indigenous - Maori Television
Australia - Maori Television
Official statement from Elder Bella Bropho of the Matargarup First Nations Refugee Camp
Bella Bropho
Matargarup First Nations Refugee Camp
Brendan Foster
WA Today
Phil Hickey
Perth Now
Megan Davis

WGAR News: Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war: John Pilger, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 23/04/2015 - 10:30am

Newsletter date: 23 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: John Pilger, The Guardian: Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war

* Video Special report back: Paddy Gibson, Stop the Intervention: First Nations Peoples and Australian Government Policy - What happened to the Intervention? 20 April 2015

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Sydney
Northern Territory
South Australia
Melbourne
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
John Pilger
The Guardian
Evicting Indigenous Australians from their homelands is a declaration of war
Paddy Gibson
Stop the Intervention
First Nations Peoples and Australian Government Policy
What happened to the Intervention
Maiki Sherman
Maori Television
Protest against closure of Aboriginal communities continues to gain momentum
Marama Fox to attend protest against closure of Aboriginal communities in Australia
Marama Fox
Indigenous - Maori Television
Australia - Maori Television
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
Green Left
Community Solidarity Action
Community Solidarity Action Sign-on Statement
1 May 2015 - Melbourne - rally and march against the forced closures of Aboriginal communities
1 May 2015 - Sydney Rally May 1 - National Day of Action: Stop the forced closure of Aboriginal communities
Mudgin-Gal
Stoptheintervention_announce

WGAR News: National Children's Commissioner cites racism as factor in child removal: SNAICC

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 21/04/2015 - 10:13am

Newsletter date: 21 April 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: SNAICC: National Children's Commissioner cites racism as factor in child removal [Featuring Megan Mitchell]
* Analysis / Opinion: Saffron Howden, SMH: Racism 'a factor' in child removal [Featuring Paddy Gibson]

* Upcoming Event: 6th SNAICC National Conference - 15-17 September 2015, Perth: For Our Children - Community Voices: Sharing Knowledge & Practice

Geography: 
Australia
Canberra
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
SNAICC
SNAICC - Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
National Children's Commissioner cites racism as factor in child removal
Megan Mitchell
Megan Mitchell - National Children's Commissioner
SNAICC 2015 National Conference - 15-17 September 2015 - Perth
6th SNAICC National Conference - 15-17 September 2015
SNAICC National Conference - For Our Children - Community Voices - Sharing Knowledge & Practice
Olivia Nigro
youtube
Vanessa Culbong
GMAR WA
Grandmothers Against Removals
GMAR
GMAR - Grandmothers Against Removals
GMAR Rally February 13 2015
Stop Stolen Generations
SNAICC Forum - Stop the Creation of Another Stolen Generation
Kerry Arabena
Muriel Bamblett
Aunty Lorraine Peeters
Eva Jo Edwards
Helen Szoke
removal of Aboriginal children
Aboriginal children
continuing stolen generations
continuing Stolen Generation

WGAR News: Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra: Indymedia Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 20/04/2015 - 8:57am

Newsletter date: 20 April 2015

Contents:

* Frontier Wars Homepage: Sovereign Union: The Undeclared Frontier Wars: http://sovereignunion.mobi/content/frontier-wars

Geography: 
Australia
ACT
Canberra
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Sovereign Union
Sovereign Union Frontier Wars Homepage
Anzac Day 2015
Frontier Wars
Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra
Anzac Day 2015 - Undeclared Frontier Wars Remembrance March - Canberra
Lest We Forget the Frontier Wars
Frontier War Storytelling Camp 2015 at Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Michael Anderson
ANZAC Day - for those who served in all wars conflicts and peacekeeping operations
akaWACA
youtube
Aboriginal ANZAC day
Ray Jackson
ANZAC day - Black Diggers buck the given history of white men's business
Undeclared Frontier Wars Anzac Day Commemoration Videos
Padraic Gibson
Paddy Gibson
UTS
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Journal
University of Technology Sydney
Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning
Imperialism - ANZAC nationalism and the Aboriginal experience of warfare
50 Aboriginal trackers left behind after the Boer War
Boer War

WGAR News: Unions Slam Closure Of Remote Aboriginal Communities In WA: Amy McQuire, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 18/04/2015 - 6:56am

Newsletter date: 19 April 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Mia Pepper, Eco-Shout: Radioactive racism in the Wild West - WA takes aim at remote communities

* Analysis / Opinion: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Unions Slam Closure Of Remote Aboriginal Communities In WA

* News Analysis: Shar Adams, Epoch Times: Australia: Indigenous Affairs Take Backward Step [Featuring Jon Altman]

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
New South Wales
Northern Territory
South Australia
Melbourne
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
ACTU
ACTU - Australian Council of Trade Unions
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
unions
Unions Slam Closure Of Remote Aboriginal Communities In WA
Mia Pepper
Eco-Shout
Radioactive racism in the Wild West - WA takes aim at remote communities
Shar Adams
Epoch Times
Australia - Indigenous Affairs Take Backward Step
Professor Jon Altman
Jon Altman
Indigenous affairs in this country at the moment are in chaos
Cassandra Tim
Warren Barnsley
NIRS Weekly News-in-Review
Pekeri Ruska
Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance
WAR - Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance
Haydn Bromley
South Australian Aboriginal Lands Trust
SA Aboriginal Lands Trust
Meriki Onus
Solidarity Online
solidarity
Aboriginal community closures - 'This is an attempt to destroy our culture'
Michele Jedlicka
The Inverell Times
Kristy McMahon
Myles Morgan
Andrea Booth
NITV News
SBS News
NT Minister expects migration if WA communities close

WGAR News: For the record: Sovereignty Never Ceded: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 17/04/2015 - 11:55am

Newsletter date: 18 April 2015

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Aboriginal people
First Nations
Aboriginal Genocide
2015 perspective of ongoing Australian Aboriginal Genocide and Aboriginal Ethnocide
Global Freedom Movement Media
Land Grab In The Outback
Gerry Georgatos
Aimee Devlin
Brendan D Murphy
Bella Bropho
Herbert Bropho
CPA - Campaigns
CPA - Communist Party of Australia
Indigenous Land Rights
13 Points on Land Rights for Aboriginal People
Ghillar Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson - Convenor of the Sovereign Union
Sovereign Union
Michael Anderson - Head of State of the Euahlayi Republic
Euahlayi Republic
Michael Anderson - co-founder of the 1972 Aboriginal Embassy
For the record - Sovereignty Never Ceded
Sovereignty Never Ceded
how the issue of sovereignty has evolved to this day
sovereign Peoples in defense of their lands
germ warfare
massacres
genocide
sovereignty
Ethnocide - A crime equal to genocide
'That Word' Treaty - The Value of Historical Insights
'That Word' Treaty

WGAR News: Land Grab In The Outback: Australia Unites Against Genocide of First Peoples with Gerry Georgatos and Elders: Global Freedom Movement Media

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 16/04/2015 - 6:55pm

Newsletter date: 17 April 2015

Contents:

* Extended Insightful Audio/Video Interview: Aimee Devlin & Brendan D. Murphy, Global Freedom Movement Media:
Land Grab In The Outback: Australia Unites Against Genocide of First Peoples with Gerry Georgatos and Elders [Featuring Bella & Herbert Bropho]

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Northern Territory
Adelaide
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Global Freedom Movement
Global Freedom Movement Media
GFM Media
Aimee Devlin
Brendan D Murphy
Bella Bropho
Herbert Bropho
Gerry Georgatos
The Stringer
Matargarup
Matargarup - home to the homeless - a safe space - take heed City of Perth Councillors
Jennifer Kaeshagen
Jennifer Kaeshagen sets up The First Nations Homelessness Project
Another misguided reductionist plan to reduce rates of suicide & self-harm
NACCHO - National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 24th anniversary but still in crisis
Prisons are a poor substitute for primary and mental health care
Melissa Sweet
Croakey - the Crikey health blog
Change the narrative to stop Aboriginal incarceration
6th SNAICC National Conference 15-17 September 2015
SNAICC
Special Forum - 7 May 2015 - ‎'How would you like to be me' - key issues facing First Peoples today
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Michael Ghillar Anderson
Alison Anderson
Tauto Sansbury
Jeff McMullen