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This podcast is a collation of talks and lectures given by Padraic Gibson since 2012. Paddy lives on stolen Bidjigal land in Sydney and is member of Solidarity, a revolutionary socialist organisation with branches across Australia. Most of the podcasts will be 20-30 minute recordings of introductions given by Paddy to educational meetings hosted by Solidarity, examining a range of historical and theoretical topics from a Marxist perspective. Paddy is also a Senior Researcher at the Jumbunna Institute at the University of Technology in Sydney with a research focus on the history of the labour movement and its relationship to struggles for Aboriginal rights. Some podcasts are recordings of academic lectures on this topic, along with theoretical discussions about Australian capitalism and Aboriginal oppression.
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Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
In September 1931, the Communist Party of Australia printed an extraordinary program for Aboriginal liberation. Written by CPA leader Herbert Moxon, the program condemned continuing genocide in Australia and called for the abolition of the Protection regime controlling Aboriginal lives, respect for self-determination and return of stolen lands. In this talk, Paddy explains how the party moved beyond earlier ignorant and racist attitudes towards Aboriginal people to produce this important document. The influence of an all Black organisation, the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, was critical. You can read the full program here.
This is a recording of a talk given to the Labour History Conference in Brisbane, September 24, 2017.
A fuller, updated analysis of the program is provided in chapter 4 of Paddy's PhD thesis you can read here.
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