On Invasion/Survival Day in Sydney, thousands gathered to honor Indigenous resistance amid ongoing colonization harms. Wiradjuri man Neenan Simpson led rituals, emphasizing mourning and survival. Community leaders like Leah House expressed that shifting the celebration's date, while significant, diverts focus from pressing issues like Indigenous deaths in custody and land rights. The mood reflected deep sorrow and determination, with speakers highlighting decades of injustice such as high incarceration rates and unresolved cases. Calls for sovereignty and ongoing struggles for justice resonated, indicating a shift towards addressing broader systemic problems.
The mood at the rallies was, at times, sombre as many speakers detailed decades-long fights for justice, and touched on Indigenous incarceration rates, child removals, and land rights.
I feel like we're mobilising a lot more and not getting caught up in these distractions. At the end of the day we've got bigger issues than a date.
Our message is sovereignty, independence. Our families have been coming here for generations, we don't want our kids to have to come here and keep having the same conversations.
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