Building the foundation of today’s Indigenous resistance
The modern movement for Indigenous civil rights and land rights began in Australia in the 1920s and 1930s with the establishment of three key Aboriginal political organisations: the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, the Australian Aborigines’ League and the Aborigines Progress...CONTINUE READING
Honouring early Aboriginal resistance
In April 1770, James Cook became the first European to see the east coast of the continent now known as Australia. Claiming the territory for Britain, he declared the land terra nullius, despite it being far from empty. As Cook sailed down the coast, his expedition was observed by the Dhar...CONTINUE READING
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute rescinds award to Angela Davis
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute announced last year that it would bestow its highest honour, the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award, on Birmingham native and civil rights activist Angela Davis. Davis was to receive the award on 16 February and deliver a keynote speech at the in...CONTINUE READING
Sued for standing against apartheid
Why did you write to Lorde? Abu-Shanab: It was important to write to her because we rightly believed she was likely to change her mind. Sachs: Israel is sinking a lot of resources into getting artists to play in Israel. For them, it’s a frontier for fighting BDS and normalising apartheid....CONTINUE READING
Understanding US aggression against North Korea
Often called the “forgotten war”, the Korean War (1950-53) holds the dubious honour of being the first armed conflict of the Cold War. It was born out of the division imposed on the Korea peninsula from without – a division that had no legitimacy in the eyes of most Koreans. Varying estima...CONTINUE READING
In Palestine, two heroes of the resistance are finally freed
After eight months in an Israeli prison, 17-year-old Palestinian Ahed Tamimi and her mother Nariman Tamimi were released on 29 July. The Tamimis were arrested in December, after Israeli television screened a video, shot by Nariman, of Ahed and her cousin Nour confronting a heavily armed Is...CONTINUE READING
Apartheid becomes official in Israel
The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has enshrined decades of apartheid policy, voting 62-55 for the Jewish Nation State Bill. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gloated that it was “a defining moment in the annals of Zionism and the annals of the state of Israel”. He is not wrong. The lie pedd...CONTINUE READING
Israel blacklists supporters of Palestine
After months of denying its existence, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry on 7 January announced a blacklist of 20 organisations whose members and supporters would be barred from entering the Zionist state from 1 March due to their endorsing the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctio...CONTINUE READING
The Balfour Declaration: a century of colonisation and resistance
As the hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration is marked this month, Israel and its supporters – including the British and Australian governments – are celebrating the anniversary, while Palestinians are mourning and protesting it. The Balfour Declaration was a statement of suppor...CONTINUE READING