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Podcast: Red Flag Radio
Episode: Aboriginal unionists in the 1890s shearers' strikes: A forgotten history with Jordan Humpreys
Description: In this episode we reveal the forgotten history of Aboriginal unionists in the 1890s shearers' strikes. The participation of Aboriginal workers, including strike camp leaders like Andrew Stuart Stepney, challenges historical accounts that note the racism of the shearers’ unions and subsequently ignore the role that Aboriginal workers played within the shearers’ unions. We discuss the importance of revealing this history and draw out the lessons for unionists and socialists today.Â
A quote from an article in the Worker (Brisbane), 16 July 1892, that Roz reads during the episode:Â
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