Corroboree 2000 - Sharing Our Future Reconciliation & recognition The following article was published in "The Guardian", newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia in its issue of Wednesday, May 24th, 2000. Contact address: 65 Campbell Street, Surry Hills. Sydney. 2010 Australia. Phone: (612) 9212 6855 Fax: (612) 9281 5795. CP? Central Committee: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "The Guardian": <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Webpage: http://www.cpa.org.au> Subscription rates on request. ****************************** On the May 28 the largest ever demonstration of support for reconciliation with Indigenous Australians will be held. Marches, concerts and other events have been organised all around Australia as part of Reconciliation Week, May 27 - June 3. We must march to demonstrate our support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander calls for FULL reconciliation and recognition of their rights as the first occupiers and owners of the land. This includes respecting and recognising continuing customary laws, beliefs and traditions and ending forever the policies of discrimination and racism. John Howard's proposal for reconciliation is an inadequate and contemptible document. It implies that the Aboriginal people should reconcile themselves to the existing state of affairs and accept the dispossession, suppression, neglect and other humanitarian crimes perpetrated against them in the past. So make your voice heard. Join the people's marches and actions during Reconciliation Week. NSW: (ph 1800 060 266) Sydney 28th May March Across the Harbour Bridge. Start at Nth Sydney railway station between 8am and 12 noon and finish at Darling Harbour for free all-day entertainment. John Howard, the Reconciliation Minister Phil Ruddock, and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Senator Herron will be attending this march. Show up and take the opportunity to let them know in person your dissatisfaction with the Government's policy and handling of the reconciliation process. VIC (ph 1800 060 265) Melbourne 26th May Victorian Stolen Generations Rally. Meet at Treasury Gardens at 10.30am for march through city streets. Followed by event at the Treasury Gardens. Ballarat 27th May Journey Of Healing Rally. Meet at Sturt St Rotunda at 11am. Wangaratta 2nd June Reconciliation Picnic at King George V Gardens from 11.30am SA (ph 1800 060 270) Adelaide 27th May Schoolchildren Walk for Reconciliation. Assemble at Cricket Ground to walk across King William St Bridge. Free events in Elder Park and Adelaide Festival Ampitheatre from 11.00am to 4.30pm, including performance by Archie Roach. In the other States phone the numbers below for details. QLD (ph 1800 060 267) NT (ph 1800 060 268) TAS (ph 1800 659 363) WA (ph 1800 060269) ACT (ph 1800 804 330) -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
LL:ART: CORROBOREE 2000 -- RECONCILIATION AND RECOGNITION
Communist Party of Australia Fri, 26 May 2000 00:43:33 -0700
