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Confronting racism and environmental degradation are global issues

Australian corporations, like BHP, exploit labour and resources the world over.

Nationalism and racism  Green Left  Stuart Munckton 31 January 2010 Celebrating the day that began the British invasion and genocide is a permanent slap in the face for Aboriginal people.

Whatever rhetoric accompanies the celebrations, it sends a message that Australia is first and foremost a country for white Europeans…………

open expressions of racism are still widely considered unacceptable. There still exist strong anti-racist sentiments among much of the population…………

The global nature of …struggles against oppression is even clearer today. Capital recognises no boundaries. Australian corporations, like BHP, exploit labour and resources the world over.

Australian workers, Aboriginal people and environmentalists fighting Australian mining companies have more in common with those in places like Chile, Papua New Guinea or Ecuador who are doing the same than with BHP’s major shareholders

Appeals to a narrow nationalism clash against the urgent threat of a potential global environmental catastrophe. Humanity is going to confront this collectively or not at all.
Confronting racism requires mobilising the real anti-racist sentiments in Australia — and these sentiments are inherently internationalist in spirit.

Green Left – Nationalism and racism

February 2, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change - global warming, energy, General News, uranium | aboriginal, Australia, BHP, BHP Billiton, climate change, climate change - global warming, energy, uranium