civil liberties & police

Exclusive: FSB talks with Victorian Koori Elder, Liz Hoffman

Freedom Socialist Party - AustraliaSummer/Autumn 1994

Elizabeth Hoffman, is chair of the Yorta Yorta Clans Group. She shared insights into the hidden history of the Indigenous peoples of the continent’s south-east. Like so many other such histories, it is about the murderous onslaught of the white invaders and of the struggle of the people to survive.

Real Rape Law Campaign Gathers Momentum

Alison ThorneSeptember - December 1990

Rape is a largely unreported crime. And, given the myriad obstacles which a rape victim must endure, it is hardly surprising that many women decide not to notify the police. As a starting point, the law needs to be changed to mitigate the rape victim’s trauma from simply reporting the crime.

State Genocide of Aboriginal People Goes on: The Murray Family Fights Back

Debbie BrennanSeptember – December 1990

In 1981, Eddie Murray was found dead in a police cell. In 1987, two cops bashed Eddie’s sister, Anna. Eddie’s murder and Anna’s persecution have a history, and they typify what happens to Aboriginal people regularly. The persecution of the Murray family for their militancy is an effort to break them and Aboriginal fighters like them.