Stand with Uncle Jim and the law keepers of Country

Joined October 2024
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📢 STAND WITH UNCLE JIM TOMORROW! ✊✊🏾 🖤💛❤️ Question time tomorrow at Nipaluna Parliament House. Arrive 9.45 am. We want the government to tell the truth on the status of Palawa to protect our Country. #standwithuncjim #tellthetruth #UncleJimmy #LawKeepers @BobBrownFndn
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Uncle Jimmy retweeted
Sydney’s Knitting Nannas turning up to end native forest logging at forests Rally at Sydney Town Hall Sunday November 3. Our forest climate “sinks” are under threat and Nannas and friends want to save vital habitat for koalas greater glider and our precious threatened species.
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Incredible day standing up for native forests across all nations. It's time to tell the truth and come together to heal Country - to heal us. We are Country. Country is Us. #StandWithUncJim #unclejimmy #TellTheTruth #EndNativeForestLogging ✊🏾🖤💛❤️
Today, thousands have issued an urgent call to Australia's politicians to protect native forests! Here is a snapshot of Sydney, Melbourne, Urunga and Adelaide turning out to call for an end to native forest logging. #AusPol #RallyForForests
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"It is a great honour for me personally, my Caring for Country and political actions go back to the Gordon below Franklin dam issue, early 1980s," Uncle Jim. #StandWithUncJim #UncleJimmy #TellTheTruth
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✊🏾 ENVIRONMENTALIST OF THE YEAR! "Nayri nina-tu @BobBrownFndn It's a great honour," Uncle Jim Everett puralia meenamatta #StandWithUncJim #UncleJimmy #TellTheTruth #EndNativeForestLogging
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"Jim is much loved by the wider community and, now aged 82, has actively defended Country since the Franklin River campaign and is an outstanding defender of forests and advocate for saving the natural world, including its oceans," said Bob Brown. #StandWithUncJim ✊🏾🖤💛❤️
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It is our cultural responsibility. Our law in Country. ✊🏾🖤💛❤️ #WeAreCountryCountryIsUs #EndNativeForestLogging #TellTheTruth
Replying to @jillian_mundy
In the face of colonial law, Uncle Jim writes, First Nations people need to honour our commitment to Country, and fight for the future of our lands, before colony-imposed climate change becomes a death sentence for our world. 🔗 Read full story: indigenousx.com.au/sovereign…
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Uncle Jimmy retweeted
Replying to @jillian_mundy
✊🏾 Support Uncle Jim and follow @StandWithUncJim on Instagram
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Thanks @IndigenousX for the support ✊🏾🖤💛❤️ We are Country. Country is Us. We must stand in our law in Country. Come and stand with us, to protect and heal Country to benefit us all. #EndNativeForestLogging #StandWithUncJim #UncleJimmy
Sovereignty is a coloniser concept. We need law in country. Uncle Jim Everett - puralia meenamatta Elder and philosopher has been defending native forests from logging in Tasmanian forests. 📷 Photos featured in this story are by Photographer Jillian Mundy @jillian_mundy
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For anyone in Naarm! Unc will be at the rally on Sunday at 10.30 AM at Princes Park, Carlton North. Join Palawa at 11 AM at Parliament Lawns, Nipaluna ✊🏾🖤💛❤️ 10 other locations across Aus - visit rallyforforests.org/ #EndNativeForestLogging #StandWithUncJim #TellTheTruth

📣 Rally for Native Forests — National Day of Action! On Sunday 3 November, we’ll be rallying in 10 locations across Australia to show our politicians that Australians overwhelmingly want an end to native forest destruction. Join us at a rally near you ➡️ rallyforforests.org/
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Uncle Jimmy retweeted
Uncle Jim should lead our country!
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On his 82nd birthday, Uncle Jimmy Everett has been arrested protecting old growth forest whilst standing strong on Pakana land ✊🏾
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Uncle Jimmy retweeted
The Wilderness Society and 19 community groups are calling on Lutruwita / Tasmania’s parliament to act on the overdue State of the Environment report, which reveals a critical decline in the state's iconic ecosystems. #politas #environment
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Looking for #ActsofKindness @LeonCompton 👇🏾 #UncleJimmy extending the invitation to talk and learn together to #HealCountry #StandwithUncJim #EndNativeForestLogging @abchobart
“Let’s stop arguing so we can figure out how to care for Country. We are all responsible. “We are trying to break down division. We need to talk together to learn about our responsibilities to care for this Country.” #unclejimmy #standwithuncjim #tellthetruth #politas #auspol
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"The loggers are not the problem. There are plenty of plantations. The government says where to go. "The government has to admit they're in the wrong place & transition from native forests to plantations." #unclejimmy #standwithuncjim 🖤💛❤️✊🏾 #tellthetruth #politas #auspol
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“Let’s stop arguing so we can figure out how to care for Country. We are all responsible. “We are trying to break down division. We need to talk together to learn about our responsibilities to care for this Country.” #unclejimmy #standwithuncjim #tellthetruth #politas #auspol
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“You’ve seen what colonialism has done to other countries. We’ve still got time to change things. “I don’t expect to see change in my lifetime." 😢 #unclejimmy #standwithuncjim #tellthetruth #politas #auspol
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“It doesn’t matter if you have title over land, or what title you have. Everybody should be caring for Country. Learn to respect it through Law in Country.” #unclejimmy #standwithuncjim #tellthetruth #politas #auspol
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“We need to care for this Country together” “We can share how to Care for Country, so all people can do it” “We want to live together in this country but we can’t live together until we stop trashing it!” #unclejimmy #standwithuncjim #tellthetruth #politas #auspol
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