PHOTOS: AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY PROTEST

jared was there when i was getting manhadled by two cops - sorry anonymous but u dont know what you are on about.

The socialist and anarchist left in Aotearoa have a record second to none in supporting struggles for Tinoranga Tiratanga

yeah, the SW are doing what they always do - jumping on a band-wagon to get more 'members' so they can take over. Pity their numbers are still so small!
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Anarchists for and against Aboriginals' right to self-determination:
http://libcom.org/forums/oceania/do-you-support-aboriginal-nationalism?p...

People on the left profess that they are motivated by the valuers of solidarity, love and unity. Yet all to often on the internet or in activist circles we hear nothing except backbiting, sneering and armchair generalising.

Comrades like those who were active in the Australian Consulate occupation are light years ahead of the cowardly keyboard warriors who bang on about bandwaggons, programmatic purity etc etc etc.

The left wing groups may be small, but if groups like SW (and WP and RY) keep on fighting the good fights in solidarity with causes like the Muliaga family, Aboriginal Australia, Climate Change and workers rights then they will eventually grow. Already a new wave of young committed activists have done so.

Now for a real revolutionary, that is thousands of times more desirable than the opinions of a stay at home internerd expert who bemoans every action in the real world as having been organised by this or that real group that doesnt share his or her cyber purity.

Where is the love? Good on all those who took direct action on Monday, and good on all the people from SW, WP, RY, Greens on Campus and the unions who are working together in a spirit of REAL solidarity and love.

if anyone was there can they make a witness statement and email it to tane4@hotmail.com this week.

cheers

Kick off the WP? No, get them involved! Point is that they should be consistent and support indigenous land rights in NZ as well as Aus. We want them involved, not sitting on the sidelines and sneering.

don't forget the anarchists who took part in the occupation! i ran out of time to get to the protest myself (work and busy preparing social centre) but would have been there if i could!

as whoever posted the link to the libcom discussion has highlighted there are anarchists as well as communists who have poorly worked out relationships with indigenous struggle and national liberation movement theory and practice.

chur
Omar

Too right Omar, and really is now the right time to be worrying about what the Workers Party (or whichever other small lefty group) have or haven't said/done in the past, and in the scheme of supporting indigenous self-determination does it matter?

And if it really does matter to you right now - why not take it up with them personally, or write to their mag, rather than grandstanding on Indymedia?

Let's get on with the action, and keep spreading the word about what's happening. Howard's actions are so bloody obviously evil-minded, I hope we'll have a decent show of support here in Poneke/Wellington.

- John A.