#invasion day

[jesterpunk]

[ID: A digital painting in pastel colors showing a colorful crowd of different animals holding a Palestinian and Indiginous Australian flags, with text above them that reads, "From the river to the Sea, always was, always will be", with white doves flying next to the flags. A small artist's signature at the bottom reads, "jesterpunk". End ID.]

🕊️ every year in my lifetime, I've seen an ugly blue british flag printed on single use cups and ugly tshirts on January 26th, celebrating stolen land, stolen language and stolen children. this year in particular, I feel the need to make my politics clear through art, as the horrors of colonialism and genocide are mirrored internationally in Palestine. I want to be clear, you do not get to enjoy my art without knowing clearly what my politics are, and you do not get to ignore my politics as an inherent part of my art. no one is free until everyone is free 🖤💛❤️🇵🇸

[Emoji description: A white dove with a green sprig. A black heart, a yellow heart, a red heart, and the Palestinian flag. End emoji description.]

[kropotkindersurprise]

January 25, 2024 - A day before the celebration of "Australia day" the statue of Captain Cook in St. Kilda, Australia, was sawn off at the ankles, with the words "The Colony Will Fall" painted on the statue's plinth.

[radicalgraff]

"26th Jan is Invasion Day.

Only wankers celebrate genocide"

Seen in Adelaide, South Australia

[hollie47]

Invasion Day is not a date to celebrate. Change the date.

Art by Harley & J on Instagram.

[hyacinth--girl]

Yet again kissing the betoota advocate writers on the lips

[draakart]

Stand in Solidarity!

As the ongoing genocide rages in Palestine, us Australians must not forget what this country was built upon.

Just as Israel is built on the stolen land and graves of the Palestinians, so too is Australia built on the stolen land and graves of the First Nations.

There is nothing to celebrate for in genocide.

Here is a list of Invasion Day Rallies. Please march in solidarity with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples this Friday.

More resources below.

Always Was, Always Will Be.

Donate:

Pay The Rent

Awesome Black Box's non-comprehensive list of ways to Pay the Rent.

Learn More:

A Conspiracy of Silence, Qld's frontier killing times - Timothy Bottoms

Massacre Recollections :: Elder Stories of the Frontier Wars in FNQ

The Stolen Generation

Frontier wars

Colonial Front Massacre Map

If you have any additional resources or funds that aren't listed, let me know and I will endeavor to add them on.

[elinekeit-artstuff]

The end of January is such an important time of the year to support the Indigenous communities in Australia. This link is a good starting point. Please show your solidarity in any and every way you can.

[lexidius]

[soup-mother]

"we're just abolishing Australia day, noone's saying we need to abolish Australia itself"

[exhaustedcaterpillar]

it's invasion day, not australia day

genocide is not something to be celebrated. this invasion day, attend a rally, donate to aboriginal organisations, advocate for changing the date. stand in solidarity with your aboriginal friends.

always was, always will be, aboriginal land

[official-boobies-posts]

always was, always will be aboriginal land ❤️💛🖤

[you-need-not-apply]

Unfriendly reminder to not celebrate “Australia day” and also make sure to call it Invasion Day on all socials otherwise I break your knee caps <3

[aroacesafeplaceforall]

Friendly reminder: it’s not Australia Day, it’s invasion day and if you “celebrate” you are not welcome here. Thank you

[radicalgraff]

"Fuck 26th Jan

Free Palestine"

"Only wankers celebrate genocide"

🇵🇸 [-o-]

Seen at Bowden Railway Station, Kaurna Land

[queerasfact]

On January 26 1788, the First Fleet transporting convicts from Britian arrived on the lands of the Eora Nation and the establishment of a British colony in Australia began.

In 1938, First Nations activists declared this date a Day of Mourning. Gathering at a thousands-strong protest in Sydney they passed a resolution that:

"This being the 150th Anniversary of the Whiteman's seizure of our country, [we] HEREBY MAKE PROTEST against the callous treatment of our people by the whitemen during the past 150 years, AND WE APPEAL to the Australian nation of today to make new laws for the education and care of Aborigines, we ask for a new policy which will raise our people TO FULL CITIZEN STATUS and EQUALITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY."

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Although the day is now official observed as Australia Day, Victorian community organisers call it “an annual reminder of invasion, occupation, genocide and the ongoing impacts of colonisation that continue to destroy our land and waters”.

As Australians ourselves, living on the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation, we encourage you to spend the day doing what you can to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Black Rainbow and BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation are two organisations working to support queer First Nations people, that you in turn can support.

[Image: 1938 photograph of First Nations adults and children protesting with signs reading ‘Aborigines Claim Citizen Rights’ in front of black-board which read ‘Aborigines Conference Day of Mourning’]

[catdotjpeg]

@ Massive Invasion Day rally, Warrane, Sydney Solid contingent of Palestine solidarity Return all occupied lands !

-- Teachers and School Staff for Palestine NSW, 25 Jan 2024