23 June 2010

Videos from the 18 June 2010, Picket of FaHCSIA

Check out this footage of MAIC's last action against the Government. There were some excellent speeches and a fantastic spirit of defiance. Lets work to make the next protest bigger and even more fiery!



Jenne from the Tiwi Islands talks of her experience on welfare quarantining.




Alistair Nicholson, former Chief Justice of the Family Court, discusses the negative effects of the NT Intervention and slams the ALP.




Steve Patrick Jampijinpa, assistant teacher from Lajamanu in NT, talks about the ban on Indigenous language being spoken freely in schools.




Richard Kennedy talks about the racialisation of the Intervention, and the history of racist 'interventions' into Indigenous society.




Robbie Thorpe talks about racism in Australia.




And if you haven't seen this 5 minute doco on the Picket of FaHCSIA held on 18 June 2010, please do!

If you would like to be involved in organising more actions against the racist NT Intervention, come along to the Melbourne Anti-Intervention Collective meetings, every Monday, 6.30pm at New International Bookshop in Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria St.