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http://yahoogroups.comThe Aboriginal community of inner Brisbane, have set up a Men¹s Group that will dedicate itself to working with our and our youth. We will also make it a high priority to support our women, our Elders and consolidate our community generally. We have to remember that our men can play a very large part in the struggle towards our liberation as a people, we are the solution not the problem that the white system is trying to paint us as.
We have been meeting regularly as men and talking up our Men¹s Business and we have been very concerned about the political witch hunt that has been orchestrated by politicians both black and white, to attack Aboriginal men and marginilise us even further.We accept that the violence and dysfunction that are features of manyAboriginal communities, are not part of our custom or lore and must bestopped immediately. Men¹s groups across the national network need to start doing serious work to bring all that bad business to a stop, now!We accept that much of the violence has been carried out by men against women and children.We also accept that alcohol is a contributing factor in many of thesesituations. But we also must recognise that the greater violence is coming from the white system and it is designed to complete the Final Solution that began with the first fleet and wiped us from the face of our land.We say that the root causes of this violence and dysfunction that is in our community, cannot be found within the makeup of Aboriginal men. That business was just not there in that scale, before 1788. The root causes of much of this current business are part of a calculated pattern of attacks against us, by white agencies and the white economic and political systems that are committed to our destruction as a people and as a culture.
It is the white system that is crushing us and placing enormous pressure on our men.Our men need jobs where are the jobs?!Our men need proper homes for their families where are the homes?!Our men need decent education for their children, where are the schools?Where are the teachers? Where are the books and resources?Our men need proper health care for their children where are thehospitals? Where are the doctors? Where are the nurses? Where are themedicines?We do not have any power anymore, no role or place or rights to be men.Our men are attacked and condemned in every newspaper and two bob media commentator in the land. Our men are fair game for every talk back - shock jock on the commercial networks. And we are even ripped apart by those self-appointed, ³Jacky Jacky² leaders who are acting as attack dogs for their white masters.Our men are hunted on the streets of this racist country and our men are hunted and murdered by racist Police, who then walk free. Too many of our men are behind bars and away from their families, where is the justice?!
Our inner city Brisbane men¹s group is now calling on all Aboriginal men across the nation to mobilize in a national day of action on Friday the 7th. of July, to serve notice on the white Australian community that we are taking back our rightful place. We will not be stripped of our role and driven to the fringes, by white political leaders and their hand fed pet ³Jacky-Jackies.²Federal and state political leaders are arraigned against us and they are committed to our ultimate destruction as a people. On the first Friday in July we will march and we will stand as Aboriginal men on our land, land that to this day is still drenched in the blood and suffering of our people.In Brisbane there will be a rally at the Roma Street forum in the city and then the men will march to the NAIDOC Family day in Musgrave Park, South Brisbane. The march will be a silent march, to show our absolute contempt for all those voices that are raised against us.The Brisbane rally and march is being organised by the newly formedAboriginal Men¹s Business group, ³Numbarlie Marlu² which means ³Us MenTogether.²The Brisbane central Aboriginal community has established this men¹s group to combat domestic violence, define and reinforce our role as men and to support our women and our community.
True Aboriginal men do not bash womenor terrorize children, to express ourselves as men. We intend to work with our families and with our young people, in order to make our homes and our streets, safe and secure environments for our people. We must offer ourselves as proper role models for our children.As Aboriginal men we have the power to do this and we challenge all other Aboriginal men to stand with us. We have to be strong for our brothers, for our women, for our families, for our communities. We are the husbands, the fathers, the uncles. We are the brothers, the nephews and the grandfathers.The future of our people is very much in our hands.Reject the calls by white politicians who want to storm into our communities and steal another generation of our children away.Reject the calls by white politicians to close down selected remotecommunities and establish yet another network of poverty stricken fringe dwellers.This entire furore is a blatant attack on the Aboriginal nations. It is the latest and most deadly way of trying to break us down as a people.
The white system is trying to take our balls away from us. The white system is trying to steal our children away from us, yet again. The white system is trying to steal away the men from the Aboriginal family.Just pause for a moment and work out the ³why.²Have a look at the land that we are standing upon and work out what that land means to the white Australian economy. Work out why political thugs and criminals like Howard want to break down and discredit the Aboriginal political leadership. This is not about Aboriginal men, it is about the faceless white men who hide behind the white system and plot and plan against us.White man wants our land white man will not get our land.Aboriginal men were once great warrior kings, let us be warrior kingsagain!!
SAM WATSONMEMBERNUMBARLIE MARLU / MEN¹S BUSINESS GROUPsam.watson@uq.edu.au
We have been meeting regularly as men and talking up our Men¹s Business and we have been very concerned about the political witch hunt that has been orchestrated by politicians both black and white, to attack Aboriginal men and marginilise us even further.We accept that the violence and dysfunction that are features of manyAboriginal communities, are not part of our custom or lore and must bestopped immediately. Men¹s groups across the national network need to start doing serious work to bring all that bad business to a stop, now!We accept that much of the violence has been carried out by men against women and children.We also accept that alcohol is a contributing factor in many of thesesituations. But we also must recognise that the greater violence is coming from the white system and it is designed to complete the Final Solution that began with the first fleet and wiped us from the face of our land.We say that the root causes of this violence and dysfunction that is in our community, cannot be found within the makeup of Aboriginal men. That business was just not there in that scale, before 1788. The root causes of much of this current business are part of a calculated pattern of attacks against us, by white agencies and the white economic and political systems that are committed to our destruction as a people and as a culture.
It is the white system that is crushing us and placing enormous pressure on our men.Our men need jobs where are the jobs?!Our men need proper homes for their families where are the homes?!Our men need decent education for their children, where are the schools?Where are the teachers? Where are the books and resources?Our men need proper health care for their children where are thehospitals? Where are the doctors? Where are the nurses? Where are themedicines?We do not have any power anymore, no role or place or rights to be men.Our men are attacked and condemned in every newspaper and two bob media commentator in the land. Our men are fair game for every talk back - shock jock on the commercial networks. And we are even ripped apart by those self-appointed, ³Jacky Jacky² leaders who are acting as attack dogs for their white masters.Our men are hunted on the streets of this racist country and our men are hunted and murdered by racist Police, who then walk free. Too many of our men are behind bars and away from their families, where is the justice?!
Our inner city Brisbane men¹s group is now calling on all Aboriginal men across the nation to mobilize in a national day of action on Friday the 7th. of July, to serve notice on the white Australian community that we are taking back our rightful place. We will not be stripped of our role and driven to the fringes, by white political leaders and their hand fed pet ³Jacky-Jackies.²Federal and state political leaders are arraigned against us and they are committed to our ultimate destruction as a people. On the first Friday in July we will march and we will stand as Aboriginal men on our land, land that to this day is still drenched in the blood and suffering of our people.In Brisbane there will be a rally at the Roma Street forum in the city and then the men will march to the NAIDOC Family day in Musgrave Park, South Brisbane. The march will be a silent march, to show our absolute contempt for all those voices that are raised against us.The Brisbane rally and march is being organised by the newly formedAboriginal Men¹s Business group, ³Numbarlie Marlu² which means ³Us MenTogether.²The Brisbane central Aboriginal community has established this men¹s group to combat domestic violence, define and reinforce our role as men and to support our women and our community.
True Aboriginal men do not bash womenor terrorize children, to express ourselves as men. We intend to work with our families and with our young people, in order to make our homes and our streets, safe and secure environments for our people. We must offer ourselves as proper role models for our children.As Aboriginal men we have the power to do this and we challenge all other Aboriginal men to stand with us. We have to be strong for our brothers, for our women, for our families, for our communities. We are the husbands, the fathers, the uncles. We are the brothers, the nephews and the grandfathers.The future of our people is very much in our hands.Reject the calls by white politicians who want to storm into our communities and steal another generation of our children away.Reject the calls by white politicians to close down selected remotecommunities and establish yet another network of poverty stricken fringe dwellers.This entire furore is a blatant attack on the Aboriginal nations. It is the latest and most deadly way of trying to break us down as a people.
The white system is trying to take our balls away from us. The white system is trying to steal our children away from us, yet again. The white system is trying to steal away the men from the Aboriginal family.Just pause for a moment and work out the ³why.²Have a look at the land that we are standing upon and work out what that land means to the white Australian economy. Work out why political thugs and criminals like Howard want to break down and discredit the Aboriginal political leadership. This is not about Aboriginal men, it is about the faceless white men who hide behind the white system and plot and plan against us.White man wants our land white man will not get our land.Aboriginal men were once great warrior kings, let us be warrior kingsagain!!
SAM WATSONMEMBERNUMBARLIE MARLU / MEN¹S BUSINESS GROUPsam.watson@uq.edu.au
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