The Platform-The Radical
Legacy of the Polynesian Panthers
Anae, Melani
Notes
About the authorMelani Anae is senior lecturer in Pacifi c Studies at the
University of Auckland. A Fulbright Scholar, a Marsden
Award recipient and holder of the Queen’s Service
Order Medal for services to Pacifi c communities, she
has published extensively in the areas of transnational
Pacifi c leadership, the politics of identity, Pacifi c activism
in New Zealand, and Pacifi c research methodologies and
relational ethics.
Additional Notes
‘Fifty years ago the Polynesian Panther Party began to shine a light on racism and oppressive systems, and we made small changes. But these small changes were and are so much greater than the sum of their parts; they are writ large by the liberating education some of us are still involved in and the snowballing effect it has.’In a book that is both deeply personal and highly political, Melani Anae 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.
my notes
Comment'Perhaps the book's most important function is to remind people that the Polynesian Panthers' mission is still relevant and continues today.'
Paul Little, North & South, January 2021
'This is history as only Pacific people would understand. For it is people, not the events, that mark the annals of history – this is not the voiceless accounts but a fully fleshed experience of the times of the Dawn Raids and the first formal movements of the Polynesian Panthers.'
Kristoffer Lavasi’i, Kete, December 2020
'This book is written in the first person and Anae’s writing is lucid and matter of fact. She eschews lush prose and favours a more conversational tone that gives the book a universal, inter-generational appeal and accessibility.'
Litia Tuiburelevu, Pantograph Punch, 21 November 2020
| Location | edition | Bar Code | due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non Fiction - Senior | 72115 |
| Dewey: | 322.4 |
| ISBN: | 1988587433 9781988587431 |
| pub: | 2020 |