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Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge the owners of the land we are meeting on, the Pambalong people. This is stolen land whose sovereignty was never ceded, and I pay my respects to their elders past, present, and future, and to any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people here today.I’d also like to thank the organisers for giving me the opportunity to speak today. It’s a real honour

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On November the 4th, when it was confirmed that Obama was the President-elect, I cried tears of joy and rememberance. Rememberance of something that is not even mine or my history - but that was held together by the people I saw in their joy and by the racial pride that crosses boundaries and borders. Time seem to have been eclipsed when a black family walked out after the words were uttered, "

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What is the value of a Palestinian life?Is the current Israeli bombing of Gaza a feminist issue?What actions can those of us who are far away from Palestine take to ensure solidarity with the Palestinian people?Even though I had access to the internet, many years ago I was one of those people who believed the mainstream news when it came to the situation of Palestine. It went something like this:

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This manifesto was written by Raina Peterson and presented to the 2008 Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference, where the Women of Colour Network initiated a discussion about the relationship between racism and feminism. The manifesto came out of difficulties that some of the members of the Network were having with the Women's Department of their student organisation.The discussion

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I'd like to bring your attention to the fantastic work of a group of women who are involved in the WoC Network: LOCA, the Ladies of Colour Agency, and their fantastic cabaret.The Ladies of Colour Agency (LOCA) is an autonomous anti-racist collective, which is a support group, activist squad and performance troupe rolled in one. In 2007, we three devised, directed, produced and performed in the

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This is a question that gets asked a lot when we encounter someone unfamiliar with race politics -- which is a lot of people. This article comes out of discussions we've had on the subject and the questions that commonly get asked when we tell people about the network.What are the origins of the term?The original use of the term probably comes from French colonies in the West Indies, where gens

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