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Black Lives Matter movement striking a chord with Indigenous Australians, says visiting US activist - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

19.7.16

Black Lives Matter movement striking a chord with Indigenous Australians, says visiting US activist - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): Tory Russell grew up in Ferguson, Missouri, and is a founder of Hands Up United, an organisation that formed in the wake of the police shooting of black teenager Michael Brown in 2014.

He joined a rally in Melbourne on Sunday where about 3,500 people gathered in support of the Black Lives Matter movement following a recent outbreak of racial-fuelled violence in the United States.
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"Aboriginal people in Australia … black people in the United States or anywhere in the diaspora — the oppression is here," he told ABC News Breakfast.

"I'm glad to be here and meeting your organisers and really keeping it going strong.

"They were talking about the same issues of detention and incarceration as we have [in the US]."

Mr Russell said he was not surprised to see the movement gain international traction, because the issues were global.

"When you have … a segment of the population that's not being listened to, not economically being included, and really not being educated or even given the basic human rights … you're going to see a movement," he said.


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