Vol.64/No.24           June 19, 2000 
 
 

250,000 march for Aboriginal land rights and against racism

Militant/Doug Cooper

In the largest political turnout in Australia's history, more than 250,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge May 28 to protest the government's racist policies. The demonstrators carried flags, streamers, and balloons in the Aboriginal land rights colors, as well as union, church, and community banners voicing antiracist sentiment and support for a treaty with the Aboriginal people. A similar walk in Brisbane on June 4 drew about 50,000.

 
 
 
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