The Canberra Times quotes me in an article on our anti-Reclaim White Australia rally
Posted by John, November 23rd, 2015 - under Reclaim (white) Australia, The Canberra Times.
Tags: Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, Anti-racist
In an article in the Canberra Times on our anti-Reclaim Australia rally on Sunday at Parliament House, Christopher Knaus quotes me:
Prior to the arrival of Reclaim, John Passant, of the Solidarity Canberra group, told protesters that it was fantastic that so many had turned up to take a stand against the racism of Reclaim, and the racism of the federal government.
“We need to stand together against the new current of politics that is developing in Australia,” he said.
“A politics that sees race as a way of bettering themselves… of getting themselves noticed.”
The report itself doesn’t mention the strong Aboriginal Tent Embassy presence at the anti-Reclaim rally. Here is one of my poor photos of the 25 or so Aboriginal comrades at the beginning of the protest against racism.

Aboriginal comrades at the anti-Reclaim protest. Photo John Passant



