SORRY- NOW WHAT ABOUT JUSTICE?

Compensate the stolen generations! Below is the text of a petition that Resistance is campaigning around at the moment, if you want to help us continue the fight for Aborignal rights get in contact with your local Resistance branch! To the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Federal Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin February 13th 2008, when the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd issues an apology to the stolen generations of Indigenous Australians, will be a historic point in Australian history. However, an apology must be more than just words. According to the Socialist Alliance’s Indigenous Affairs spokesperson and Murri leader Sam Watson, “A key recommendation of the Bringing Them Home report was that compensation must be paid. In this day and age, it is basic justice that victims of violent crimes receive compensation through the courts. Without compensation, Rudd's apology won't buy a loaf of bread or a handful of dirt” We, the undersigned call on the federal government to act on these demands. * Compensation for the Stolen Generations * End the Northern Territory intervention * Compensation for stolen wages * Implementation of all the recommendations of the inquiries into black deaths in custody