,ANTI-,FASCI/ ,POLITICAL ,WORK 

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#a4 ,PURPOSE & ,SCOPE 

  

#a4#a4 ,?IS POSITION /ATEM5T IS 9T5D$ TO SKET* SOME 9ITIAL PO9TS ( AGREEM5T 9 ORD] TO FACILITATE ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY'S CONT9U$ 9VOLVEM5T 9 ANTI-FASCI/ WORK 9 #b#a#e4 ,IT IS NEI!R COMPREH5SIVE NOR COMPLETE1 & WE RECOGNIZE ?AT ?IS POSITION WILL HAVE TO BE RE-VISIT$1 REVIEW$ & DEVELOP$ ON AS ! SITUATION & \R UND]/&+ DEVELOPS4 

#b4 ,BASICS 

  

#b4#a4 ,! ,AU/RALIAN /ATE IS 9H]5TLY RACI/2 BO? ! /ATE & CAPITALISM 9 ,AU/RALIA >E ROOT$ 9 RACI/ PREMISES & RACI/ PRACTICE4 

,?IS COMM5C$ ) 9VASION1 & CONT9U$ 7& 9 MANY WAYS CONT9UES7 ) ACTS ( DISPOSSESSION & G5OCIDE P]PETRAT$ AGA9/ ?IS CONT95T'S FIR/ PEOPLES4 ,IT CONT9U$ ) ! E/ABLI%M5T ( CONTROL & DOM9ATION OV] ! 5TIRE CONT95T1 & ) ! FO/]+ ( A ':ITE ,AU/RALIA' NATIONALI/ IDEOLOGY4 

,DESPITE P]IODS ( MODIFICATION1 NOTABLY ! BRIEF P]IOD ( (FICIAL MULTICULTURALISM1 ! LEGITIMAT+ IDEOLOGY ( ! ,AU/RALIAN /ATE HAS BE5 AN EXCLUSION>Y ONE ?AT PITS A PR$OM9ANTLY ':ITE ,AU/RALIA' AGA9/ P]CEIV$ 9T]NAL & EXT]NAL ?REATS4 ,?IS RACISM P]MEATES ALL LEVELS ( ,AU/RALIAN SOCIETY2 POPUL> RACISM 9T]ACTS ) ! /ATE & CAPITALISM4 

#b4#b4 ,!RE HAS LONG BE5 A SMALL & (T5 IRRELEVANT FASCI/ MILIEU OP]AT+ ON ! FR+ES ( ,AU/RALIAN NATIONALISM4 ,! F>-RI<T1 9CLUD+ FASCI/ ACTORS1 SEEKS TO BREAK \T FROM & REA* AN AUDI5CE \TSIDE ( ! ITS MILIEU4 ,! MO/ SIGNIFICANT BREAK-\T BY ! F> RI<T 9 REC5T POLITICAL HI/ORY WAS ! %ORT T]M SUCCESS ( ! ,ONE ,NATION P>TY 9 #a#i#i#h4 

#b4#c4 ,! EFFECT ( ! F>-RI<T A*IEV+ MA9/REAM SUCCESS 9 #aiih WAS TO BREAK ! (FICIAL MULTICULTURAL CONS5SUS & TO OP5 ! SPACE = ! ,AU/RALIAN /ATE TO MOVE FUR!R TO ! RI<T1 MO/ NOTABLY ON IMMIGRATION & 9DIG5\S AFFAIRS4 

#b4#d4 ,9 #bae WE HAVE WITNESS$ ATTEMPTS BY FASCI/ ACTORS TO UTILIZE ! POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES OP5$ BY ! ,ABBOTT GOV]NM5T'S R5EW$ ATTACKS ON ! ,MUSLIM COMMUNITY4 ,= ! FIR/ TIME 9 SEV]AL YE>S FASCI/ ACTORS >E REA*+ A WID] POLITICAL AUDI5CE ON ! BASIS ( ANTI-,MUSLIM RACISM4 

#c4 ,POSITION ( ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY 

  

#c4#a4 ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY CONT5DS ?AT ! F>-RI<T MU/ NOT BE ALL[$ TO A*IEVE WID] POLITICAL TRACTION4 ,A GR[+ F>-RI<T REPRES5TS A P>TICUL> ?REAT TO ALL GR\PS SE5 AS \TSID] TO ! N>RATIVE ( ,AU/RALIAN NATIONALISM4 

#c4#b4 ,:]E !RE APPE>S TO BE A G5U9E ?REAT ( F>-RI<T GR\PS COH]+ & GA9+ TRACTION AMONG A SIGNIFICANTLY WID] AUDI5CE1 ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY WILL SEEK TO ACT 9 CONC]T ) O!R GR\PS & ACTORS :O WI% TO C\NT] ! ?REAT ( ! F>-RI<T & :O UND]/& ?IS ?REAT 9 SIMIL> T]MS TO \RSELVES4 

#c4#c4 ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY SEEK TO SUPPORT SELF-ORGANIZATION & SELF-DEF5SE BY COMMUNITIES EXP]I5C+ RACISM & COLONIZATION4 ,WE SEEK TO AMPLIFY ! VOICES ( PEOPLE :O EXP]I5CE RACISM 79CLUD+ ANTI-,MUSLIM RACISM7 & O!R COMMUNITIES ATTACK$ BY ! F>-RI<T4 

#c4#d4 ,:]E POSSIBLE ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY SEEKS TO ID5TIFY & ORGANIZE COOP]ATIVELY ) ! LIB]T>IAN ANTI-/ATE ELEM5TS ( ANY WID] CAMPAIGN AGA9/ ! F>-RI<T4 

#c4#e4 ,9 ANTI-FASCI/ WORK ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY REJECTS NATIONALISM1 APPEALS TO 0,REAL ,AU/RALIAN0 NATIONAL ID5TITY1 & APPEALS TO ! /ATE4 ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY OPPOSES RACISM AT ALL LEVELS ( ,AU/RALIAN SOCIETY4 

#c4#f4 ,9 ANTI-FASCI/ WORK ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY >GUES ?AT ! WORK+ CLASS1 :I* 9CLUDES ! DIV]SE COMMUNITIES ATTACK$ BY ! F>-RI<T1 CAN & %\LD ORGANIZE TO DEF5D ITSELF4 ,WE SEEK TO SUPPORT1 FACILITATE & 5GAGE 9 GRASS-ROOTS RESI/ANCE TO ATTACKS BY ! F>-RI<T4 

#c4#g4 ,! POLITICAL M9IMUM WE WILL >GUE = 9 WORK+ ) O!R ACTORS ON ?IS ISSUE3  
  

#c4#g4#a4 ,DIRECT ACTION TO CONFRONT & DISRUPT ! F>-RI<T IS APPROPRIATE :]E !RE IS A G5U9E PROSPECT ( F>-RI<T GR\P+S GA9+ ACCESS TO & COH]+ 9 AN AUDI5CE SIGNIFICANTLY WID] ?AN !IR [N CIRCLES2  
  
  

#c4#g4#b4 ,NO APPEALS TO ! ,AU/RALIAN /ATE1 LEGAL SY/EM1 OR ! POLICE TO 'DEAL' ) ! F>-RI<T2  
  
  

#c4#g4#c4 ,ANY CRITIQUE ( ! F>-RI<T MU/ ALSO CRITIQUE ! RACI/ PRACTICE ( ! ,AU/RALIAN /ATE1 9 P>TICUL> 9 RELATION TO BO? COLONIZATION & ! BORD] REGIME4  
  

#c4#h4 ,ON ! BASIS ( ! ABOVE POLITICAL M9IMUM1 ,AN>*I/ ,AFF9ITY WILL CONT9UE TO P>TICIPATE 9 ! ,CAMPAIGN ,AGA9/ ,RACISM & ,FASCISM1 AS WELL AS ! AUTONOM\S ANTI-FACI/ NETWORK4 ,?IS POSITION WILL BE P]IODICALLY RECONSID]$ 

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