Solidarity meets in cities all around the country. Check here for details of the latest upcoming meetings.
MELBOURNE
6.30pm Tuesday February 14
Forty years since the Tent Embassy:
The Intervention and the fight for Aboriginal rights today
On January 26 1972, four young Kooris established the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns of Parliament house, following a statement by the Conservative McMahon government rejecting any possible recognition of land rights. The media beat-up over protests to mark the anniversary in Canberra has seen an attack on the idea that, 40 years on, their demands for land rights, self determination and sovereignty have any relevance. But with policies like the NT Intervention stripping away Aboriginal control their relevance is clear. This meeting will discuss what the Tent Embassy achieved, and the state of the struggle for Aboriginal rights today.
Melbourne Solidarity meets 6:30pm every Tuesday at the New International Book Shop at Trades Hall corner Lygon & Victoria Sts Carlton (enter via Victoria St)
SYDNEY
7pm Thursday February 16
Forty years since the Tent Embassy:
The Intervention and the fight for Aboriginal rights today
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST SAM WATSON
Sam was present at the Tent Embassy in 1972, as a Brisbane representative of the Black Panther Party
EYEWITNESS NOEL HAZARD
Noel, as a journalist for Tribune, drove in the car to set up the embassy and documented the event and the Aboriginal rights movement.
On January 26 1972, four young Kooris established the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns of Parliament house, following a statement by the Conservative McMahon government rejecting any possible recognition of land rights. The media beat-up over protests to mark the anniversary in Canberra has seen an attack on the idea that, 40 years on, their demands for land rights, self determination and sovereignty have any relevance. But with policies like the NT Intervention stripping away Aboriginal control their relevance is clear. This meeting will discuss what the Tent Embassy achieved, and the state of the struggle for Aboriginal rights today.
Sydney Solidarity meets 7pm every Thursday at the Brown st hall, on Brown st above the Newtown library, just off King st. All welcome.
Contact sydney <at> solidarity.net.au or 0438 718 348 for more info
BRISBANE
For more information contact Mark on 07 3123 8585 or brisbane<at>solidarity.net.au