Rubha Phoil · @RubhaPhoil
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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1223 followers · 3748 posts · Server aus.social

Queensland’s new laws will see children as young as 10, who are held in remand and haven’t been convicted of any crime, locked up and held indefinitely in adult watch houses. These egregious laws will go down as one of the biggest human rights breaches by an Australian government in recent history.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#abolishpolice #abolition #abolishprisons #anarchism #communitynotcops #aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise

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Rubha Phoil · @RubhaPhoil
52 followers · 44 posts · Server mentalhealth.social

youtu.be/I1lADh0AAoE
At the moment, Rubha Phoil is owned by one man, the founder, Ludwig Leòdhas (Otter).

That is not a real community.

We are changing that!

You too can own a little piece of Rubha Phoil!

Learn more here: earth-ways.com/projects/transf

#isleofskye #decolonise #ecovillage #community #crofting #regenerativeliving #natureconnection #permaculture

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1156 followers · 3690 posts · Server aus.social

“He said, ‘I thought I was dying in the cell last night’. He said ‘I couldn’t move’,”

She said the arrest was so violent it could have broken a bone when the young man was thrown to the ground. She claimed an ambulance was not called despite his seizures.

In May a NSW police officer was found guilty of assaulting a 16-year-old Indigenous boy in inner Sydney in 2020, when he threw the boy to the ground using a similar leg sweep manoeuvre.

theguardian.com/australia-news

#aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #abolishpolice #abolition #abolishprisons #anarchism #communitynotcops #racism #whiteness #whitesupremacy #fuckracism #fuckwhiteness #SovereigntyNeverCeded

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1152 followers · 3682 posts · Server aus.social

Lidia Thorpe has called for the voice referendum to be called off, arguing it is an “easy way to fake progress” for First Nations people without making any changes.

The independent senator told the National Press Club on Wednesday a no victory would reveal Australia as a racist country, despite herself advocating for people to vote no.

Thorpe attacked the Albanese government’s push to enshrine an Indigenous voice in the constitution, describing it as a “powerless advisory body”, “window dressing for constitutional recognition” and an “insult” to First Nations people’s intelligence.

theguardian.com/australia-news

#auspol #aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #treaty #treatybeforevoice #voicetoparliament

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Derek Hollingsworth · @DerekHolly7
355 followers · 157 posts · Server mastodon.ie

In the early modern period Irish speakers were maligned as 'wild Irish', 'barbarous', 'uncivilised' etc. in a campaign to damage the language.
Unfortunately, you'll find people who still think it's acceptable to put down & its speakers in the 21st C.
@gaeilge

#irish #decolonise #respect #gaeilge

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1143 followers · 3673 posts · Server aus.social
Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1143 followers · 3673 posts · Server aus.social

As if settler colonizers weren't already detached from any responsibility to build meaningful relationships to Indigenous Peoples whose lands they're occupying, they now have a number they can text to find out whose lands they're on to do a . Fuck your digitized and analogue allyship performances.

(from the Indigenous Action Facebook page)

#LandAcknowledgement #Landback #anticolonial #accomplicesnotallies #aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #treaty #treatybeforevoice #voicetoparliament

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1142 followers · 3662 posts · Server aus.social

From the BPU's (Black Peoples' Union) Facebook page:

Join us this Wednesday night, 6:30pm aest for a public class followed by a discussion.

This class will be on:

Sovereignty - what it actually means from both a colonial and a First Nations perspective, how it originated, and what challenges it faces today.

Treaty - what does Treaty mean, the many different forms Treaty can take, how they would be established, and the pro's and con's to each.

This is a free class and discussion open to members of the public to attend and have ask questions.
Zoom link can be found on our story and in the linktree:
linktr.ee/blackpeoplesunion?fb

#voicetoparliament #auspol #aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #racism #treaty #treatybeforevoice

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1134 followers · 3620 posts · Server aus.social

Watching labour back peddle on treaty while supporting the voice is like getting on a train and staying for the ride knowing full well it will never reach your destination.

- Gulwanyangguba Djuyal (Facebook)

#voicetoparliament #auspol #aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #treaty

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1131 followers · 3591 posts · Server aus.social
George Roberts · @peaceful
174 followers · 420 posts · Server mindly.social

@RichardJMurphy observes: "...in the absence of anyone else to extract value from, now those in power seek to extract value from those in this country." Yes! Colonialism begins (and ends, god willing?) at home. I came to a similar conclusion studying educational inequality and the "digital divide". Now, how do we decolonise Britain?

#decolonise

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1127 followers · 3553 posts · Server aus.social

I really need to get off Facebook. The anti-Indigenous rhetoric is astounding, and I can't get away from it because of the "suggested posts" and "sponsored posts".

..but it's my only access to my friends because we all met there and only one of them is also here.

#aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #facebook #friends

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1129 followers · 3547 posts · Server aus.social

NSW police Tasered ‘extremely unwell’ Indigenous man a week before incident with Clare Noland [a 95 year old woman who weight 43kg (94lbs). She was killed after being Tasered in her nursing home while using her walking frame to approach police]

Man experiencing mental health issues sought help from police but was later Tasered [twice, and pepper sprayed] in hospital by officers who mistakenly thought he was armed with scissors

theguardian.com/australia-news

#aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #abolishpolice #abolition #abolishprisons #anarchism

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1128 followers · 3543 posts · Server aus.social

"The Queensland government must listen to the voices of Indigenous people if it’s to reckon with its “oxymoronic” approach to youth justice and stop breaking its commitment to close the gap, advocates say.

In a report this week the Productivity Commission cited changes to Queensland’s harsh bail laws as an example of “reform” likely to “exacerbate, rather than remedy” the disadvantage faced by Aboriginal people and reverse progress on closing the gap."

theguardian.com/australia-news

#aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #abolishpolice #abolishprisons #abolition

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1123 followers · 3536 posts · Server aus.social

We do ourselves and our community a disservice when we ignore the oppressor within. Let it be freeing to know we all can and do harm. My identity doesnt protect me from supporting systems of oppression.

- Makia Green (Facebook)

#racism #whiteness #whitesupremacy #fuckracism #fuckwhiteness #anarchism #activism #aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1099 followers · 3469 posts · Server aus.social

"The spirit of this water doesn't have to be ashamed of who it is, like maybe others when they came here a while ago made my ancestors feel ashamed of who they were.

"I am crying but I am really happy. I am really pleased."

abc.net.au/news/2023-07-19/lar

#aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1082 followers · 3448 posts · Server aus.social

Now if Dan Andrews would just announce that they're funnelling the $2b they had budgeted for the Commonwealth Games into supporting Indigenous people in regional and remote Victoria...

#auspol #aboriginal #indigenous #decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded

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Captain Aby Sparklepants · @aby
1078 followers · 3435 posts · Server aus.social
Tim Hollo · @timhollo
1192 followers · 522 posts · Server aus.social

You do not want to miss out on what’s turning out to be an amazing gathering - a tremendous opportunity to get together to learn about and discuss and workshop ideas for how we live together in the years and decades ahead!

We’re almost ready to announce the full program, but these brilliant keynote speakers should tempt you already: Mary Graham, Sue Harris Rimmer, Michelle Maloney and David Schlosberg

Tickets available here on a sliding scale as usual: greeninstitute.org.au/events/g

#democracy #city #urbanism #climatecrisis #decolonise

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