Politicians and newspaper editors are trying to convince us that the March for Australia rallies on 31 August were not far-right mobilisations by racist dogs, but decent folk motivated by legitimate concerns, who just happened to be duped by Nazis.
While a left critique of modern identity politics and its effects is necessary, it should in no way prevent us from opposing Trump’s attacks and from recognising their much broader implications.
For left-wing people, it has long been uncontroversial to welcome into Australia refugees and migrants. Yet hostility towards so-called settler migrants has emerged among those espousing “anti-colonial” politics.
Fifty-three-year-old Tamil asylum seeker Uthayakaran Periyathamby died in his sleep on 16 July after more than ten years stuck in the torturous limbo of Australia's anti-refugee regime.
