As you know I'm not a huge fan of the commercialisation of NAIDOC but to mark the start I'm sharing part of my talk.

Before leaving Guinea after it voted for independence, the French salted farmland, poisoned water sources, burnt office buildings, and destroyed medicine rather than let Guineans use these things. So if there is one country that should shut all the 17 fucks up, it is France.

Submissions for the Nunga Anthology open tomorrow!!! Co-edited by Dominic Guerra & me, to be published by Wakefield Press. We're looking for poetry, short stories & graphic stories. This will showcase SA mob, but this project also has no borders. Details > wakefieldpress.com.au/pages.php?page…

Please sign this letter to Media Watch. actionnetwork.org/forms/open-let…

Read this.

So many non-Indigenous researchers writing about Indigenous people only include the same one or two Indigenous authors and frequently only cite work from years ago. It’s not for a lack of available research, so is it laziness, poor scholarship, or is it intentional?

Soviet Russian Punk compilation cassette with letter from a Russian kid who sent the copy to 2 Americans in 1993; brief sound example in comments — one of the most amazing things I’ve ever gotten my hands on

Over your dead body can be arranged

If you’re a non-Indigenous queer person trying to use us to ‘prove’ your transness or your gender diversity, stop. Here’s why it’s problematic and utterly colonial. pipewrenchmag.com/binary-gender-…

Isn’t that amazing warren that you can go to occupied Palestine so many times while Palestinian people in the diaspora are continually denied that right. And the fact you still can’t see apartheid and racism. Says everything about you

Was just thinking (and I don't want white people responding, thanks): who's currently representing Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders on UN Committees? And are they expressing solidarity with Palestinians, staying silent, or siding with the aggressor? Who is our voice at UN?