In honour of International Human Rights Day, join the Extinction Rebellion contingent in solidarity with FIRE Fighting In Resistance Equally at their rally: Unite with Aboriginal Peoples’ on International Human Rights Day.
There is no climate justice without justice for First Nations Peoples.
“Human rights abuses against Aboriginal peoples are at a crisis point. More children are being forcibly removed than at any time in Australia’s history. The torture of black youth in the Don Dale detention centre in Darwin is happening across the country and examples of extreme police brutality and killings of Aboriginal people in custody are being exposed every week. These abuses are rooted in a continuing invasion and denial of First Nations sovereignty.
At this rally, Aboriginal leaders will be joined by representatives from other campaigns and marginalised peoples standing up against brutal human rights abuses by the Australian government and by various colonialist governments from around the world.
It is the same government torturing refugees in offshore detention, persecuting Muslims, destroying the environment and denying social equity and trying to criminalise trade union activism in the building industry and beyond.”
The climate crisis is intertwined with First Nations’ justice – those on the frontlines of the climate emergency are most often marginalised communities.
The climate emergency further exacerbates these inequalities and destroys Indigenous land, culture, and communities.
We cannot stand up for climate justice without fighting the toxic system of colonialism and systemic racism that has, and continues to propagate human rights abuses against First Nations people, and that denies the rights and sovereignty of the Traditional Custodians of this land.
We will meet on the Gadigal lands of the Eora Nation. Bring your Extinction Rebellion clothes, flags, placards, armbands, or small banners, and let’s show solidarity by joining the rally with FIRE.
