Two of the BPU’s most committed organisers are at breaking point after a traumatic 18 months. These are good, hardworking people who have given everything to the community, and right now, they need the community to have their backs.

A recent act of financial abuse has left them in crisis, forcing them to cover urgent costs for accommodation, relocation, and medical needs. We’re aiming to raise $10,000 to help them regain stability.

Please donate what you can and share this fundraiser widely. Solidarity is everything.

https://chuffed.org/project/124457-support-two-bpu-organisers-in-crisis

#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Australia #Decolonise #BPU #BlackPeoplesUnion #MutualAid #PleaseShare #PleaseHelp #AboriginalMutualAid #BlackMutualAid
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[shared from the BPU Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18mWsNpYmi/]

The BPU* have installed a new Aboriginal Tent Embassy** in Naarm (Melbourne).

It's been set up at "Kings Domain" Park, which was the site of Camp Sovereignty***.

They've set up tents, a fire site, and have every intention to hold the space indefinitely.

This is an Aboriginal act of resistance, directed and performed by Aboriginal people in defiance of Australia Day****.

Please consider donating to the BPU to support this action - https://www.blackpeoplesunion.org/donate

#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AustraliaDay #InvasionDay #BPU #BlackPeoplesUnion #PleaseShare #PleaseHelp #MutualAid #IndigenousMutualAid #BlackMutualAid

*Black People's Union
https://www.blackpeoplesunion.org/

**Aboriginal Tent Embassy
https://theconversation.com/a-short-history-of-the-aboriginal-tent-embassy-an-indelible-reminder-of-unceded-sovereignty-174693

***Camp Sovereignty
http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/news/2000s/2006/age20apr06.html

****Australia Day
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/1/26/australia-day-a-day-of-mourning-for-aboriginals

Statement from the #BlackPeoplesUnion on the behaviour of Socialist Alternative on #MayDay

“Statement by the Black Peoples Union on Socialist Alternative's actions at the May Day rally

The Black Peoples Union strongly condemns the actions of Socialist Alternative at the May Day rally in Naarm on Monday night.

During the event, while two Indigenous people were speaking, Socialist Alternative members used megaphones and chants to drown out the Indigenous speakers in what is essentially counter-protest tactics, showing a complete lack of respect for the voices of oppressed First Nations people - voices that we all know are silenced every other day by reactionary and racist forces in the colony.

Furthermore, we are appalled by the slanderous and factually incorrect statements that Socialist Alternative have made about the Black Peoples Union on social media.

Accusing us of being divisive and not using solidarity is a baseless and offensive claim, especially considering the context of their actions at a May Day rally organised by a collective of organisations representing several oppressed ethnicities across the world as well as the exploited Indigenous and non-Indigenous proletarians of this continent - a committee that Socialist Alternative was originally invited to be a part of in the spirit of solidarity, but refused… 1/2

This image shows a statement by the BPU (Black Peoples' Union).

The image description is in the comments, because it's too long to post.