Lidia Thorpe: ’Truth-telling is first step towards justice’ | Green Left Show #47

Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gundjitmara womand and independent Senator Lidia Thorpe spoke to Chloe DS on the Green Left Show about resisting racism, the importance of truth-telling and Labor and Liberal's refusal to deliver justice for First Nations people.

0:00 Introduction

1:40 Key issues impacting First Nations people

5:05 Blak Sovereign Movement

6:14 Peter Dutton's racism

11:03 Genocide bill

17:20 Truth-telling

20:13 Palestine

22:09 Opposing the 'law and order' push

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