Subject: ETAN/U.S.: Nov 12 events for East Timor
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 13:21:29 -0500
From: "John M. Miller" <fbp@igc.apc.org>East Timor related events on
Nov 12, 1998. Please join us.
November 12 marks the 7th anniversary of the massacre of over 270 East Timorese
civilians by Indonesian troops at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor.
Despite 10 UN resolutions, the resignation of Indonesian dictator Suharto, the IMF
bailout, and recent overwhelming U.S. congressional support for East Timor's
self-determination, Indonesia continues to illegally occupy East Timor with administration
complicity. Join ETAN and others at the following events to commemorate the dead, educate
about the present and promote a just solution.
Phoenix, Arizona: Talks by former East Timorese political prisoner Fernando de Araujo
and Indonesian activist Yeni Rosa Damayanti. 7pm, Languages and Literature Building, Room
C57, Arizona State University. Contact: ETAN/AZ:602-449-0729, lundry@asu.edu. (Araujo and
Damayanti are on a nationwide speaking tour and will be in LA and SF from Nov 14-Nov. 20.
Contact, Global Exchange for information: 415-255-7296 x 244; ken@globalexchange.org.)
Los Angeles, California: Demonstration at Indonesian Consulate, 12 noon-2 p.m.
Demonstration at Indonesian Consulate (3457 Wilshire Blvd., near Normandie) to commemorate
1991 Santa Cruz massacre with massacre witness Amy Goodman.
7pm Amy Goodman will speak at Occidental College, Eagle Rock, Johnson Hall, Room 106
(For more information, contact Sara: at 323/478-1148) Goodman is also speaking in the Los
Angeles area November 10, 11 & 15.
Contact: ETAN/LA, Bob at (310)453-8593; timorguy@pacificnet.net
San Francisco, California. 10 am. Witness in Solidarity With the People of East Timor
demonstration at Indonesian Consulate.. 1111 Columbus (at Bay, near Tower Records;
Mongomery Bart Station: take 30 Bus from Kearny and Market through Chinatown and up
Columbus). To participate in nonviolent civil disobedience, call East Timor Religious
Outreach, (415)474-6219. Sponsored by ETRO and ETAN/SF (415)626-3723, bterrall@igc.org.
Washington, DC: 5pm dramatic street theater and protest at the US State Department,
22nd and C St.NW involving Indonesian general and soldier puppets and Uncle Sam against
East Timorese puppets and people in costume behind prison bars. Sponsored by Peace Action
and others. Contact: East Timor Action Network, 202-544-6911; etandc@igc.org.
Chicago, Illinois: 4pm rally on northeast corner Michigan and Monroe, downtown Chicago.
4:30 march up Michigan to Indonesian Consulate , 72 E. Randolph. Sponsored by Peace Action
Illinois, the Eighth Day Center for Justice, School of the Americas Watch Illinois, and
ETAN/Chicago. Contact: ETAN/Chicago: 773-561-5131; simpsonb@nwu.edu
Bloomington, IN. 8 pm. "The Dili Massacre: 7 Years Later" Talk by East
Timorese leader Constancio Pinto at Indiana University, Collins Coffee House, 10th &
Woodlawn. Contact ETAN Bloomington, Lisa Yu (812) 857-8518; Anna Strout (812) 339-3354.
New York, New York: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Picket at the Indonesian Mission to the U.N., 325 E.
38 St., btn. 1st & 2nd Ave., Manhattan. Contact: ETAN/NY, 718-596-7668;
etan-outreach@igc.apc.org.
Corvallis, Oregon: 8:00 pm. Lecture by Nobel Peace Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta.on
"The Code of Conduct in International Arms Transfers," Pauling Lecture, LaSells
Stewart Center (free), Oregon State University Campus, Corvallis. Contact: Liberal Arts,
737-4582 or ETAN/Portland, 503-235-4986, wseaman@vcd.hp.com
Most events will to demand that the U.S. State Department press Indonesia to and that
Indonesia:
1) allow the East Timorese to determine their own government through a UN- sponsored
referendum;
2) release all East Timorese and Indonesian political prisoners, including East
Timorese resistance leader Xanana Gusmao;
3) allow a permanent international monitoring presence in East Timor to witness the
human rights situation and Indonesian troop withdrawals.
Back to November Menu
Back to Main Postings Menu & Site Search Engine |
