This article, written by Jack Latimore, appeared on the Guardian Australia on Friday 3 November. Jack Latimore is a writer and journalist. His work also appears regularly in Guardian Australia and Koori Mail. He is a proud Birpai man. Photo: Organisers from
The founders of the global civil rights movement and young black Australians talk about what Black Lives Matter means to them. By Indigenous affairs reporters Isabella Higgins and Bridget Brennan Four years ago, three American women started a hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, after a white neighbourhood
SYDNEY (AP) — A Black Lives Matter co-founder called on Australians to make a courageous stand and heal the nation’s racial problems and said Wednesday the U.S.-based movement was committed to the global struggle of the black race and solidarity
This article, written by Patrisse Cullors and Rodney Diverlus, appeared on the Guardian Australia on Wednesday 1 November. The government must stand on the side of the original people of this land, and challenge the idea that their lives don’t matter Of
The co-founders of the global movement say there are parallels between the US and Australian experiences. By Abbie O'Brien, SBS News The co-founders of the global Black Lives Matter movement have met with Australia's Indigenous community and say there are parallels between
Black on Black talks on Tuesday 31 October hosted by Australian South Sea Islanders (Port Jackson) will include a meaningful discussion with Black Lives Matter Global Network leaders and the families of 'Black Murders in Custody'. Supported by Australian South Sea Islanders
This article is written by Chelsea Bond, Senior Lecturer at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit (ATSIS Unit) of The University of Queensland. It is the second in the Black Lives Matter Everywhere series, a collaboration between The Conversation, the Sydney
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This article is written by Melina Abdullah, #BLM Organizer and Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies, California State University, Los Angeles. It is the first in the Black Lives Matter Everywhere series, a collaboration between The Conversation, the Sydney Democracy Network and
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 14 September The Sydney Peace Foundation condemns in the strongest possible terms the spiralling violence at the hands of Myanmar’s security forces in its northern Rakhine state. The whole world is watching a humanitarian catastrophe unfold, as hundreds of