Category Archives: Race

On Rage: Germaine Greer

Posted on 10 October, 2009 by

Intellectual powerhouse provocateur Germaine Greer is always good for some brain food. Here she offers a thought-provoking talk on her ‘rage’ thesis about colonialism, militarism and the current state of indigenous or occupied peoples. This is a keynote address from … Continue reading →

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Salute: Brothers of the Fist

Posted on 1 July, 2009 by

The year was 1968, the occasion the Mexico City Olympics. In one of the most powerful moments in Olympic history, Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power Salute alongside their silent (but active) supporter, Australian Silver Medalist … Continue reading →

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Danny Glover: Race and the Obama Administration

Posted on 12 April, 2009 by

Actor-activist Danny Glover takes a principled stand on calling for the Obama administration to display genuine leadership on the second Durban racism conference. In 2001 I traveled to Durban, South Africa, to join the tens of thousands of people who … Continue reading →

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Geoffrey Robertson on Why Britain Should Say Sorry To Australia’s Aborigines

Posted on 18 February, 2008 by

What really leapt out in this Guardian piece from Geoffrey Robertson is that the English Fabian Socialists, almost always looked up to by many of us in the labour movement and culturally lionised, were eugenicists who advocated the assimilation or … Continue reading →

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