ASIET EMERGENCY NATIONAL CONSULTATION, October 9-10
The people of Indonesia and East Timor are still in the firing line - Join
the struggle for freedom and democracy
ASIET EMERGENCY NATIONAL CONSULTATION, October 9-10
Glebe Neighbourhood Centre, (former Glebe Town Hall), 160 St John's Rd.,
Glebe, Sydney
ASIET is holding an emergency national meeting on October 9-10 in Sydney to
discuss the dramatically changing political situation in Indonesia and East
Timor and ASIET's future campaigns.
The meeting will be held at the Glebe Neighbourhood Centre (formerly the
Glebe Town Hall), starting at 1pm for lunch on Saturday October 9 and 2pm
for the first session on Struggles for Democracy in East Timor, Aceh and
West Papua. Following discussion, another panel at 5pm will look at the
People's Struggle for Social Justice in Indonesia.
Dinner with speakers and video
A cultural evening at the same venue at 7.30pm will hear from Max Lane,
ASIET national coordinator (recently returned from Jakarta), and Sam King
(eyewitnees from the UNAMET bunker in Dili).
There will also be video footage of the September 11 demonstration calling
for UN/Australian troops to enter East Timor to assist the East Timorese
people as well as video footage of the July 1 PRD demonstration that was
attacked in Jakarta.
Indonesian food will be available.
Campaigns
On Oct 10, starting at 9.30am the focus will be on ASIET's campaigning
projections including promoting better ties between the trade union
movement of this country and the Indonesian National Front for Worker
Struggles (FNPBI) and better ties between the Indonesian and East Timorese
student associations and those here. A new East Timor project will be
launched as well as initiatives including an Artists for East Timor
campaign and planning for a student and trade union exposure tours to
Indonesia in 2000.
The meeting is open to everyone interested in helping ASIET to develop
solidairty with the Indonesian pro-democracy peoples movement for full
democracy and social justice as well as the East Timorese people's struggle
to set up their own independent nation.
Entry is $15/10 for the weekend, and $5/3 for single sessions. Please call
Pip Hinman or Jon Jamb on (02) 9690 1230 for more information.
Help us with organising the conference: send us an email letting us know you
are coming and whether for all or for particular sessions, days or events.
LL.NJ
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