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“Third world scenes” among Australian Aborigines

Amnesty International | 21.11.2009 00:50 | Anti-racism

"In the heart of this first world I found scenes more reminiscent of the third world. That Indigenous peoples experience human rights violations on a continent of such privilege is not merely disheartening, it is morally outrageous. The moral imperative to eradicate such poverty is no less an imperative on government than to eliminate torture."



The comments of Irene Khan, Amnesty International Secretary General, after visiting Aborigines in central Australia.

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Third world+capitalism=turdworld

21.11.2009 03:40

The only third world aspects of aboriginal setllements in Australia are the capitalist products from the first world. The more those products are foisted on aboriginals the more oppressive their lives become. Subtract those products from aboriginal settlements and you have aboriginal life as was for thousands of years. Of course this is unbearable to capitalism and the sooner it can wipe out this way of life the better. Even those who seek to prevent the destruction of the aboriginal way of life are partners of capitalism in the crime.

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