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Spring 2003
Accomplishments and Challenges After One Year of
Independence
(In)Justice and the Struggle for Accountability
Legislation, Language and Lobbying
The Iraq War as Seen from East Timor
Justice for East Timor: We Can't Stop Now! - José
Luis de Oliveira’s Visit Focuses on Social and Economic Justice
We're All Organizers
About East Timor and ETAN
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| On May 20, East Timor will be one year old as an
independent nation. As noted elsewhere in this issue, the new nation
has made some progress, but still faces many challenges. While the
world’s attention is focused elsewhere, ETAN remains committed to
supporting justice and genuine self-determination for the people of
East Timor. Your participation and financial support are essential
to this work. Please donate generously.
Contributions of any amount towards our political advocacy work
should be made to ETAN/U.S. Tax-deductible contributions of more
than $50 towards our educational work should be made to AJ Muste
Memorial Institute/ETAN.
Mail to: ETAN/U.S., PO Box 15774, Washington, DC 20003-0774
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New Resources from ETAN
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resources and to order.
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East Timor: A Rough Passage to
Independence by James Dunn 424 pp. $35
From the days of the Portuguese rule, through the
tumultuous years of the Indonesian invasion, to the present day,
this book is a disturbing portrayal of the failures of the
international community. |
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A Dirty Little War by John
Martinkus 428 pp. $15
An extraordinary and eye-opening eyewitness account of Indonesia’s
sustained campaign of terror from 1997 to 1999 against East Timor.
For several years, Martinkus was the only foreign journalist
permanently based in East Timor in the lead-up to the independence
vote. |
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Bitter Dawn: East Timor - A People’s
Story by Irena Cristalis 306 pp. $25
A vivid first-hand account of the lives of individual Timorese
during the long decades of Indonesia’s occupation and their often
heroic struggle for freedom. Based on years of research, and lengthy
interviews with East Timor’s leaders, it explores the complexities
of East Timor’s internal politics
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Fighting Spirit of East Timor: The
Life of Martinho da Costa Lopes by Rowena Lennox 260
pp. $22.50
Biography of Martinho da Costa Lopes, the first Timorese leader
of the East Timorese Catholic Church. And the first person to speak
out publicly within East Timor about abuses perpetrated by the
Indonesian occupation. |
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