KKK stunt a nuisance distraction

Posted by Michael on January 26, 2010, 6:14pm, 168 views

KKK protestOne wonders if the protest at the Australian Open by artist Van Tanh Rudd against racism would have generated any publicity if he wasn’t the Prime Minister’s nephew.

Probably not.

Rudd was acting as a member of the radical Marxist group, the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), which calls for the “revolutionary overthrow of capitalism”.

The RSP stands for “the transformation of human society, from its current basis of greed, exploitation, war, oppression and environmental destruction, to a commonwealth of social ownership …”

At the tennis demonstration, Rudd and a colleague dressed in Ku Klux Klan costumes and protested against recent attacks on Indian students in Melbourne. They also called for refugees to be granted asylum.

I’d really like to know what’s causing the attacks on Indian students. It would be good if some hard-nosed journalist actually investigated.

I’m not convinced they’re racially motivated, at least in the beginning. Maybe there are some copycat assaults happening now by drugged rednecks.

Five men have been charged over the bashing of two Indian students in Melbourne’s CBD on Monday night.

It will be interesting when they appear in court to see their ethnic origin.

As for Van Tanh Rudd’s protest, obviously Uncle Kevin can’t be held responsible for his nephew, but I doubt he’s impressed either.

The attacks have to be stopped. The police need public assistance, not distractions.

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