According to former[1] president, Kieran Stewart-Assheton, the organisation is "working towards building a pan-Aboriginal movement in Australia, so that we can fight for our self determination and our sovereignty".
[2][3] Black Peoples Union has been described as a national advocacy group,[4] and initially came to prominence for their "progressive No" stance on the Indigenous Voice referendum.
[5][6][2] Black Peoples Union held multiple rallies across Australia during the lead up to the referendum,[7] and have been involved in anti-colonial organising in support of Palestine.
In an interview published by Sydney Criminal Lawyers, BPU president, Keiran Stewart-Assheton declared Indigenous Australians "must come together as one force capable of taking revolutionary action to forge our own path", and stated the Voice would "not only achieve no progress for us, but it will actually set us back", and "create the illusion of general consent across the broader Indigenous population" painting those who opposed the Voice as "radical outcasts in the eyes of the mainstream".
[18][19] In February, the former[1] president of the Black Peoples Union, Keiran Stewart-Assheton, spoke at a protest in front of the office of Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts, urging supporters to take "material action" in the fight against Israel and declaring "any sort of terrorism that we might commit is justified resistance".