At Palm Island there was a local insurrection in response to the murder of Murri youth Malrinji Doomagee. At Aurukun, 300 of the local Murri people rebelled, took over the police station in response to the brutal assault against Warren Bell, a youth who had been charged with assault.
They have our full support. Aurukun is on the Western side of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. It is close to aluminium rich Wiepa. Imperialists extract hundreds of millions of dollars profit from this aluminium ore. The local Murris receive very little, if any, money from this imperialist plunder. Many have been exploited on low wages.
Like most Murris and indigenous Australians Aurukun people are forced into lives of poverty. They have poor or non-existent infrastructure. This includes health, housing and education. They also face police repression.
The Beattie Labor government .wants Black people to be silent, accept the status quo and wait until they receive the benefit of minor sometime in the indefinite future. Meanwhile they endure lives of poverty and state repression.
We say that it is right for these people to rebel! Of course they do not have the force necessary to create a revolution. It is the job of revolutionaries to create that force. We must start with a demonstration in support of those who attacked the police station in opposition to all charges. All black prisoners must be freed! Workers� defence must be organised.
The Greens want the Beattie Government to re-establish faith between the local community and the police force. This is the last thing revolutionaries want! The state, of which the cops are a key part, is an institution of racist repression