The platform
Subtitle: the radical legacy of the Polynesian Panthers
By: Melani Anae
Series: BWB texts; BWB texts
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books Ltd
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Wellington, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781988587431; 9781988587400; 9781988587417; 9781988587424
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: History; Platforms; Pacific Islanders; Politics and government; Racism; Race relations; Polynesian Panther Party
Description: "Recalls the radical activism of Auckland's Polynesian Panthers. In solidarity with the US Black Panther Party, the Polynesian Panthers was founded in response to the racist treatment of Pacific Islanders in the era of the Dawn Raids. Central to the group's philosophy was a three-point 'platform' of peaceful resistance, Pacific empowerment and educating New Zealand about persistent and systemic racism."--Publisher information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. O a'u, I, Me; title: 2. Panthers assemble!; title: 3. Platforms (E)merge; title: 4. Serving the people; title: 5. The terror of the dawn raids; title: 6. We are all Polynesians; title: 7. Pacific empowerment: identity work; title: 8. A liberating education; title: 9. Tu i Luga! Stand up!; title: Epilogue: It is finished.