But Now We Want The Land Back: Hannah Middleton

The first - at time of publication, 1977 - Marxist analysis of the history and situation of the Australian Aborigines and presents the balanced and co-operative nature of traditional Aboriginal society, the brutal and tragic story of white colonisation and the growth of indigenous resistance to discrimination and exploitation. Also demonstrated is the minimalising of the Aboriginal in the Australian nation and the role of the capitalist establishment, the media and the racial ideology that destroyed the crucial land rights campaign. The author concludes with an assessment of the future for the indigenous people and an appeal for unity in the struggle for their rights.