This week the Aboriginal and progressive communities in Australia lost one of their leaders when Ray Jackson died on the 23rd of April. Ray was a Wiradjuri warrior and a member of the Stolen Generations after he was taken from his mother by the Australian government when his father was killed fighting in the Second World War. Ray was a founding member and a long time president of the Indigenous Social Justice Association that fought against police harassment and Aboriginal deaths in custody. Ray was also a trade unionist, a former member of the Freedom Socialist Party for over ten years, and a tireless and dedicated fighter for justice for all marginalised and oppressed peoples.
This week the Aboriginal and progressive communities in Australia lost one of their leaders when Ray Jackson died on the 23rd of April. Ray was a Wiradjuri warrior and a member of the Stolen Generations after he was taken from his mother by the Australian government when his father was killed fighting in the Second World War. Ray was a founding member and a long time president of the Indigenous Social Justice Association that fought against police harassment and Aboriginal deaths in custody. Ray was also a trade unionist, a former member of the Freedom Socialist Party for over ten years, and a tireless and dedicated fighter for justice for all marginalised and oppressed peoples.
