The Power Struggle
Article by:
Thomas READETT
The Power Struggle, 2022
single channel digital video, 1 min 49 sec
Video: Ben Golotta
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The Power Struggle
A fight for control, equality, and freedom
A necessary yearning for country, culture, and connection
Grieving and rebuilding at the same time
Lore systems broken and new Law forcefully implemented
The Power Struggle
Love, loss, and removal
Western roots run deep in systematic soil
Murdered, taken, and broken
Our golden land with no wealth for toil
The Power Struggle
Displacement of peoples
Our Country was stolen
A united heart left bloody and swollen
The Power Struggle
Religion, Politics and Governments
Policies, Patents and Agreements
Left us stranded in the rising tide
The rising tide of genocide
And though we are here the damage has been done
In recent times we still struggle as one
Corporations feeding tokenism and racism
These organisations a modern day colonisation
My family, my ancestors guide my strength
To exist and rebuild in a world that abandoned and seen us as others
For the way we are is the way we were then
We will get back up time and time again
Fight, Rebuild, Repeat
The Power Struggle