UNIQUE INDONESIA EAST TIMOR=20 NATIONAL SOLIDARITY SPEAKING TOUR April 10-17, 2000 UNFINISHED STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM: INDONESIA AND EAST TIMOR Budiman Sujatmiko, General Chairperson, Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) Released from prison in December, making the ASIET National Speaking Tour his first speaking tour campaign outside Indonesia. He will be visiting Australia immediately after a national campaign tour in Indonesia as the PRD gears up to fight the Wahid's government's decision , in line with IMF prescriptions, to end price subsidies on petrol, oil, kerosene and electricity, a decision which will further increase the misery of tens of millions of Indonesians. During February, March and April the campaign will be on also to make sure that General Wiranto and the other murderous generals will be brought to trial for their atrocities in Aceh, West Papua, Lampung, Nipa, all through Indonesia in 1965-6 and in East Timor. Avelino da Silva, General Secretary, Socialist Party of Timor (PST) Avelino da Silva played a vital role in preparing the military work of the Timorese underground in Java. When his work was uncovered, he sought sanctuary in the Austrian Embassy in Jakarta with his wife and children and other comrades. He was the only Timorese who sought sanctuary in a Jakarta Embassy whom the Indonesian military would not permit leave the country. He spent 18 months in the Embassy sanctuary, all the time continuing the work of building the Socialist Party of Timor in Java and Timor through a secret mobile phone and courier system. After Suharto fell, he was able to leave the Embassy and work openly again. He traveled back and forth between Jakarta and Dili in the lead up to the August 30 referendum. When other leaders and activists fled Dili when the holocaust began he and the PST leadership joined the refugees in the mountains around Dili to help organise them. Now the PST is at the forefront of organising East Timor's workers and peasants to be able to campaign for their rights. The PST organised the first demonstration under the UNATET administration of workers demanding an official minimum wage. Avelino is also a member of the CNRT initiated Transitional Council and a member of the UNTAET initiated National Consultative Council. Organised by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) April 10 Darwin=20 7.30pm Mal Nairn Auditorium, Northern Territory University. Ph 8981 4714; 0413 730065 April 11 Brisbane 7pm Trades and Labor Council Building, 2nd fl, 16 Peel St, South Brisbane. Ph 3254 0565, 0417 747 109 April 12 Sydney 6.30pm Trades Hall Council Auditorium, Goulburn St, Sydney. 9690 1032, 9690 1230 April 13 Canberra 6.30pm Manning Clarke, Lecture Theatre 3, ANU. Ph 6247 2424 April 14 Melbourne 7pm Public Lecture Theatre (PLT), Melbourne University, Parkville. Ph 9639 8622 April 15 Hobart 3pm Resistance Centre, 225 Murray St, Hobart. Ph 6234 6397, 0413 976 638 April 16 Adelaide 3pm Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, corner North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide. Ph 8231 6982, 0419 756 561 April 17 Perth 7pm Lotteries House Conference Room, 2 Delhi St, West Perth. Ph 9227 7367 Suggested entry $15/10 with a discount for ASIET members Proceeds cover tour costs, and any profits will be directed to the Socialist Party and Timor and the Indonesian People's Democratic Party **** AND THE STRUGGLE IS UNFINISHED IN AUSTRALIA TOO! National Day of Action Justice for the East Timorese People, Justice for all Refugees May 15, 2000 in all capital cities, Newcastle, Wollongong and Lismore. (Add your city! Contact ASIET now!) Demand the Howard government: a.. Repeal all the racist anti-refugee laws! b.. Let the Timorese refugees stay! c.. No visa requirements at all for Timorese who want to enter or work in Australia! d.. A minimum of 1,000 scholarships per year for Timorese to study in Australia! Organised by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) Become a sponsor now, contact your local ASIET committee (see tour contact tel. nos above)! If no committee exists in your town contact the ASIET National Office and ask what you can to do help ASIET make this action a success. Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) PO Box 458 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia National Office: Tel: 61 (0)2 9690 1032 Fax: 61 (0)2 9690 1381 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asiet.org.au/ -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
