In the years I’ve been making Stuff The British Stole, the biggest lesson for me has been how much history hides behind politeness—polite plaques, polite speeches, polite monarchs.
I don’t have Lidia Thorpe's life experience, and it’s not appropriate for me to offer commentary on her actions.
But let’s be clear on one thing: the British Empire was not a polite enterprise. Like most, it was built on conquest, power, and, yes, things were truly stolen. Many things that have not been returned or in some cases even acknowledged.
It was not a polite empire.
After all the transphobia, witch-hunting, and the despicable and unsportsmanlike disrespect shown by a handful of athletes - let THIS image be the one that stays with you:
After Imane Khelif won her gold medal bout her opponent, Yang Liu of China, embraced her with a smile.
None of the top 5 countries where permanent migrants to Australia are from is a Muslim country but of course The Australian draws Muslim women and men to scaremonger 🙄
Massive Attack have not performed (& will not perform) in Israel since the international request was made by Palestinian civic society & artistic institutions in 2002 (reiterated in 05 as BDS) as a form of non-violent pressure on Israel to end its brutal occupation of Palestine.
Australians can add their voices to the referral of PM Albanese+ to the International Criminal Court for complicity in Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Sign here > https://t.co/j4kLcWCLWu
Details of case > https://t.co/qrqRmpvx1M
does anyone know of Australian-based fact sheets that could help online moderators/teams deal with (mostly bad faith) reports of anti-Semitism when posts are anti-genocide & anti-Zionist? Moderating during a genocide is exhausting :/ Sharing info with community could reduce load
On the day of The Rocks Remain session at Adelaide Writers Week, this anthology was the day's biggest selling book. Adelaide (and other) readers supporting (mostly) South Australian writers and poets was most appreciated. Our book will soon be going into its first reprint
The Jewish Council of Australia rejects the position that writers and artists who support freedom and justice for Palestinians make Jewish people unsafe. These claims rely on a false and deceitful conflation between Jewishness and the State of Israel.
https://t.co/fpUPpUbF4f
this number is impossible to comprehend. And my mind refuses to believe that there are still people, (even people I know) who are working to keep this number growing.
I'm excited The Rocks Remain: Blak Poetry and Story anthology (co-edited by Dominic Guerrera, published by @WakefieldPress) is having its festival debut at @adelwritersweek My fav lit fest. Join us! Session details here > https://t.co/16MKH5EHTH
@homebrandcola I was taught the Victorian way in grade 1, then moved to SA for grade 2 and changed.
I've always been artistic so I used to copy the writing style of the person sitting next to me usually.
This is ethnic cleansing. This is genocide. This is fucking horrific. (Nice not working for the ABC so I can feel free to say the obviously true thing.)
You wouldn't have your favourite Australian personalities in pro OW, or Gunba, if not for the past existence of an accessible scene in ANZ/Pacific. Bit of a shame that this time around they forgot to colour in the Southern hemisphere 😁