John Tracey's Soapbox

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Preventing Terrorism in Australia (or not)


This article Preventing Terrorism in Australia (or not) suggests that the continued oppression of Aboriginal people in Australia is a major potential cause for the development of a terrorist movement in Australia. We forget that this country lived through a 150 year guerilla war. All the non-violent gains of the 20th century have been wound back - ATSIC, native tile, the Northern Territory land rights laws, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in custody has been ignored - The racism and intransigence of successive state and federal governments has built an explosive situation just waiting to be ignited. The riot in redfern and the burning of the Palm Island police comlex are indications of the desperation and directionlessness faced by many Aboriginal Australians.
I wrote the article a while ago but unfortunately its relevence seems to be increasing with time, not decreasing.

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