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'No Looting, No Shooting': The Martin Luther King Jr Myth and Australia’s Prime Minister

When Scott Morrison invoked Martin Luther King Jr after seeing a “good meme” he indulged a conservative fantasy. This is why he was wrong.
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Australian Protests Draw Comparisons Between George Floyd And Indigenous Deaths In Custody

More than 1000 people rallied in Perth overnight and more protests are planned across Australia today.
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Indigenous Activists Call Out Channel 9 Over US Protest Report

Rapper Briggs reminded Australians that "we also have our own history of killings at the hands of police."
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Black Deaths In Custody Take Centre Stage At Invasion Day Protests

“It’s time for us Aboriginal people to rise and take back this land, and take back authority and take back your rights."
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