Hello all, The last time I considered Australian history was in primary school. I never paid much attention to what my teachers said about it; despite this I still took it at face value. More recently I have been forced to reconsider much of what I was told. A recent JAG (Jabiluka Action Group) rally made it clear how hollow the whole myth surrounding Burke and Wills is. (For those who never heard about that rally, it pointed out that our national heroes actually refused food from the 'natives' which would have prevented their immenent death by starvation.) Another of those myths is the idea of 'Australia Day'. It is now obvious to me that the 26th of january should be remembered as the start of an attempt at genocide. For this reason I suggest that you all consider going to the Invasion Day Rally organised by JAG. The date should be obvious (THIS tuesday 26/1/99); the time is 1pm and the location the GPO in Bourke st. It would be fantastic if you could all show up to rally in support of indigenous people's demands for land and justice. For those who are wanting to plan ahead, there will be another rally on palm sunday 28/3/99 followed by a week long blockade of North Ltd beginning the following monday 29/3/99. S'later, Depravity McTiernan. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com LL.VA Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html The Year 2000 Bug - An Urgent Sustainability Issue http://www.peg.apc.org/~psutton/grin-y2k.htm
