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**Aussie Rules Football** (called 'footy') is one of the most popular
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sports in [Australia](Australia "wikilink") and has had a long history
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of trade unionists, environmentalist, LGBT and anti-racist activism
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associated with it.
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## Timeline of Struggles
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- 1883: Two Carlton players are suspended by the Carlton committee for
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misbehaving on a trip to Maryborough. In response, nine players
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refused to play any further games and the team's fortunes slipped
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until the players were reinstated.
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- 1911: Several St Kilda players went out on strike in protest at the
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club committee's banning of a former player and a present player's
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father from the change rooms prior to the match. The inner club
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wrangling saw Carlton win the following week's match by 20 goals.
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- 1914: Army recruiment officers trying to get people to fight in
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[World War I](World_War_I "wikilink") are frequently heckled and
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sometimes attacked during footy games.
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- 1928: Police are banned from playing AFL games with the Port
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Melbourne Club after a police shoots a striker during a strike in
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Port Melbourne.
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- 1970: Essendon players strike for a large wage increase, which they
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win
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- 1981: Umpires in the VFL strike over poor treatment from bosses
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- 1981: South Melbourne players strike for eight weeks over pay and
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conditions, they win their demands
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- 1995: AFL players threaten a strike, but don't strike after getting
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greater injury compensation
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- 1998: Numerous AFL players publicly condemn logging in Western
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Australia and stand for
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[environmentalism](environmentalism "wikilink") despite media
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slander.
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- 2012: Numerous AFL players publicly condemn homophobia in Australian
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and AFL culture.
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- 2013: Aboriginal AFL player Adam Goodes is attacked and booed at
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matches with racial slurs, numerous players condemn the racism and
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stand with him in solidarity.
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## References
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[1883-today: The radical history of Aussie rules
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football](https://libcom.org/history/1883-today-the-radical-history-of-aussie-rules-football)
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- libcom.org |