[Marxism] Indian students in Australia speak out: Stop the racist attacks

[Stuart Munckton <stuartmunckton@xxxxxxxxx>]

Indian students speak: Stop the racist attacks!
Sue Bolton & Chris Peterson
13 June 2009


*On May 31 in Melbourne, 5000 angry students marched against the increasing
number of violent attacks on Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi students.*

 Placards at the rally included “Racism is more dangerous than swine flu”
and “I pay fees, I pay taxes, I get stabbed in Oz”.

The march started outside Royal Melbourne Hospital, where 25-year-old Sravan
Kumar Theerthala was in a serious condition in intensive care after being
stabbed in the head with a screwdriver one week earlier.

When the march arrived at Flinders Street Station, the protesters occupied
the busy intersection there. During the protest, news came that another
Indian student had been bashed at Hoppers Crossing.

The 18-hour protest continued until 5am the next morning, when it was
violently broken up by police using pressure-point tactics. Three students
were charged over the protest.

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/798/41083


Indian students organise against racism
13 June 2009


*Green Left Weekly’s Chris Peterson spoke to Indian student and Resistance
activist Ajay Kumar who took part in the 5000-strong anti-racist protest in
Melbourne on May 31.*

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/798/41089


Our Common Cause: Unite against racism
Ben Courtice
13 June 2009


*On the morning of May 31, international students in Melbourne began a
powerful protest against the recent street violence that has targeted South
Asian international students in particular.*

 Several thousand protesters converged on Flinders Street Station. Like the
taxi drivers’ protest last year, also responding to the same racist
violence, they occupied the intersection. When the police forcibly removed
them with batons and horses at 5am the next morning, there were still
several hundred protesting.

The government must work with these students to find solutions to the
violence. Sending in police to break up a legitimate protest action is
something all progressive people must condemn.

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/798/41095


Protests against violence faced by Indians
Amy Miller & Simon Butler
13 June 2009


*“Say it loud, say it clear! Racists are not welcome here!” chanted
protesters at the steps of Federation Square in Melbourne on June 10.*

 The rally was organised in solidarity with Indian international students,
who have faced further attacks by brutal racists after a 5000-strong
anti-racism protest in Melbourne on May 31.

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/798/41085




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