Timeline of Anarchism in Oceania: Difference between revisions

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This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Oceania (a region encompassing the states of Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Micronesia, Tonga, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Tuvalu, Nauru) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

Pre-Colonial History

7,000BCE: Agriculture begins in Highland New Guinea.^[1]
4,000BCE: Agriculture begins in Aboriginal Australia.^[2]
1,000BCE: Agriculture begin in Tikopia.

1700s

1800s

1810s

1820s

1830s

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1912: The Brisbane General Strike occurs as workers demand the right to unionize.^[3]

1920s

1930s

1940s

1943: The Maasina Ruru movement for indigenous liberation and workers' rights begins in the Solomon Islands.
1946: The three-year long Pilbara Strike begins Aboriginal Australians struggle for their rights and dignity against Australia's policies of white supremacy and exploitation of Aboriginal workers.

1950s

1952: The Massina Ruru movement succeeds, winning massive wage increases for workers in the Solomon Islanders and a democratic indigenous council.

1960s

1966: The nine-year long Gurindji Strike begins as Aboriginal Australians struggle for their rights and dignity against the white supremacy and colonialism of Australia. This quickly evolves into one of the biggest struggles for indigenous rights in Australian history.

1970s

1971: The Harco Work-In occurs in Sydney, Australia, starting a movement across Australia for workers' control that lasts throughout the 1970s.
1972: The Sydney Opera House Work-In occurs in Sydney, Australia in protest of the firing of a worker and mistreatment by the bosses. The construction of the Sydney Opera House improves under workers' self-management.
1975: The Nymboida Mine Work-In occurs in Nymboida, Australia as coal miners protest the attempted closing of their mine, running the mine for four years under workers' control.

1980s

1980: The year-long Guam Teacher's Strike beginsm as teacher's agitate for a wage increase.

1990s

1990: Anarcho-Syndicalists in Melbourne, Australia take over the tram network to protest the dismissal of staff and attempted privatization of the network.^[4]

2000s

2010s

2010: The Hanga Roa Hotel Occupation occurs on Rapa Nui/Easter Island as the indigenous Rapa Nui demand recognition of their ancestral lands.
2012:

References

[1] Chris Harman (1999) A People's History of the World

[2] Bruce Pascoe (2018) Dark Emu

[3] ttps://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/australians-general-strike-right-unionize-brisbane-australia-1912

[4] ttps://libcom.org/library/melbourne-tram-dispute-lockout?fbclid=IwAR1TaUJICBffdAN31SOpjxH-kr0lNdgeAAFFnX0fqsORlMmTMpjgsAt9JbQ

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 * 4,000BCE: Agriculture begins in [[Aboriginal Australia]].<ref>Bruce Pascoe (2018) [[Dark Emu]]</ref>
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 * 1971: The [[Harco Work-In]] occurs in Sydney, Australia, starting a movement across Australia for workers' control that lasts throughout the 1970s.
 * 1972: The [[Sydney Opera House Work-In]] occurs in Sydney, Australia in protest of the firing of a worker and mistreatment by the bosses. The construction of the Sydney Opera House improves under [[Workers' Self-Management|workers' self-management]].
-* 1975: The Nymboida Mine Work-In occurs in Nymboida, Australia as coal miners protest the attempted closing of their mine, running the mine for four years under workers' control.
+* 1975: The [[Nymboida Mine Work-In]] occurs in Nymboida, Australia as coal miners protest the attempted closing of their mine, running the mine for four years under workers' control.
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