26 January – Invasion Day, Australia’s day of racism
Invasion Day, as it should be called, celebrates the dispossession of land, culture, and way of life of Aborigines.
Australia Day — No time to celebrate, Indymedia Australia, By Jay McDonald, 25 Jan 2011, Australia Day is traditionally the most racist day of the year for Aboriginal people. Continue reading
Change Australia’s national day to one with a positive meaning
Wattle Day, the first day of September is an ideal day for this purpose….As a symbol of nature, it is a sign of the depth of feeling Indigenous people have for their land. Their ecological practice is an outcome of their relations of kinship with the natural world and they contribute a great deal to land management across Australia based on their eco-knowledge.
Why Wattle Day should be our national day, Eureka Street, Paul W. Newbury January 23, 2011 I am one of many Australians who cannot commemorate Australia Day on 26 January because I find it impossible to celebrate national unity on a day that divides the nation between the Indigenous survivors of invasion and those who inherited the spoils of their dispossession…. Continue reading
Synchrotron to produce medical isotopes: no need for nuclear reactor
Sask. sync
hrotron to make medical isotopes, CBC News, 24 Jan 2011, Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are looking at using the synchrotron to develop medical isotopes without a nuclear reactor. Continue reading
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of the week – Disrupting War & Militarism in Oceania. Active solidarity. Radical practice.
Antinuclear 