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ETAN and other East Timor/Indonesia Support Events Calendar
(Don't see an event in your area - help organize one! See
below.) If you would like your event listed send the details to john@etan.org.
Los Angeles
* New York City
* Phoenix, AZ * Wisconsin
* Washington, DC
Phoenix, AZ
Los
Angeles, CA
New York, NY
Friday, April 27, 2012
Bus, walk, train, travel to Washington, DC
or New York City for human rights
Get on the Bus for Human Rights (GOTB) is an annual day of human
rights education and activism organized by Amnesty International USA
groups in Somerville, MA and Washington, DC. They organize peaceful
action outside of embassies, consulates, and public spaces in DC and New
York City on behalf of those whose human rights have been violated. Both
events will include a focus on Indonesia and West Papuan political
prisoner Filep Karma.
 Morning
registration and briefing, 10 - 11 a.m. Registration; 11 a.m.
- 1 p.m. Speakers Panel and Performance, The Cooper Union for the
Advancement of Science and Art, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY
10003. Full schedule here:
http://www.gotb.org/schedule-of-events.html
3:45-4:15pm Rally #3 - Indonesia Action: Seeking the
release of Filep Karma, an advocate for the rights of Indonesia's Papuan
population Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the
United Nations, 325 East 38th Street (between 1st and 2nd Ave.)
Other actions on Sri Lanka, Burma, and Tibet/China. Full schedule and
registration and other info here:
http://www.gotb.org/
Contact:
etan@etan.org, 917-690-4391
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Allan Nairn on ETAN, Occupy Wall Street and more
In January 2012, Nairn spoke about the successful movement to
support East Timor's self-determination and restrict U.S. military
assistance to Indonesia and its significance for Occupy Wall Street
and today's global movements for justice.
Watch the video here |
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Help ETAN
celebrate our 20th Anniversary. Donate today! |
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With your help, we can put ETAN on a firmer footing for the
future.
Please give generously in this anniversary year. In doing so,
you can help strengthen
ETAN to meet the challenges of the coming years.
Read Noam Chomsky on 20 years of ETAN
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Want to help organize an event contact
etan@etan.org
Madison, WI
Sunday, May 20
1:00 pm at the WORT Block Party, near the corner of Bedford and Doty
Streets
The 13th annual “Tour de Timor” sister-city bike ride
will roll on starting at This year's ride falls on the tenth
anniversary of East Timor's independence; May 20 is a national holiday
there called "Independence Restoration Day."
 Tour
de Timor participants will ride around Lake Monona to raise funds for
community projects in Ainaro, Madison’s official sister-city in the
Southeast Asian island nation of East Timor. Proceeds from this year's
ride will go towards scholarships for promising village students to
attend Ainaro's well-regarded high school.
For a $25 registration fee, Tour de Timor participants will receive an
organic, union-made T-shirt. Participants are also encouraged to collect
pledges. The highest pledge-raisers will receive prizes from Tour de
Timor co-sponsors, including Family Farm Defenders, Yellow Jersey,
Revolution Cycles, Machinery Row Bicycles, Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse,
Rainbow Bookstore, People’s Bakery, Planet Zebulon and the Progressive
magazine. Madison’s community radio station, WORT 89.9 fm, is welcoming
the event, which will start and end at the station’s annual Block Party.
More information and pledge sheets can be found at
www.aideasttimor.org.
The Tour de Timor has become a tradition within Madison’s international
solidarity community. The first ride was held in August 1999, as the
people of East Timor prepared to vote in a United Nations-organized
referendum on their future. They overwhelmingly voted for independence,
bringing an end to the brutal, quarter-century-long Indonesian military
occupation of their country. Unfortunately, as the Indonesian military
left East Timor, they destroyed an estimated 70 percent of its
infrastructure. In 2000, the Madison chapter of the East Timor Action
Network (ETAN-Madison) established a sister-city relationship with
Ainaro, to help the rural community rebuild. That work continues today.
Madison has a long history of solidarity with East Timor. In 1992,
during the U.S.-supported Indonesian military occupation of East Timor,
local residents (including Indonesian students) formed ETAN-Madison. In
2001, Madison and Ainaro formed the first official sister-city
relationship between U.S. and East Timorese communities. The Madison-Ainaro
Sister-City Alliance, a project of ETAN-Madison, has organized several
delegations to Ainaro, including one this March. Previous Tour de Timor
bike rides have raised thousands of dollars for Ainaro battered women’s
services in 2009; the Madison visit of two Ainaro community leaders in
2008; helped fund a joint international / Timorese election observer
project in 2007; and provided grants to women’s income-generation
projects, sustainable agriculture groups, a local radio station, and
other community-led projects in Ainaro, East Timor.
For more info: 608-241-2473 or
madison@etan.org. Thank you!
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Washington, DC
Friday, April 27, 2012
Bus, walk, train, travel to Washington, DC and New York
City for human rights
Get on the Bus for Human Rights (GOTB) is an annual day of human
rights education and activism organized by Amnesty International USA groups
in Somerville, MA and Washington, DC. They organize peaceful action outside
of embassies, consulates, and public spaces in DC and New York City on
behalf of those whose human rights have been violated. Both events will
include a focus on Indonesia and West Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma.
Morning briefing,10 AM: SEIU Conference Center, 1800
Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 1026/28 (lobby level), Washington, DC
1:20 pm - 1:50 pm Rally at Embassy of Indonesia, 2020
Massachusetts Ave NW (near Dupont Circle).
Other actions on Tibet/China, Zimbawe, Iraq, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, The Philippines, and USA/Guantanamo
Full schedule and registration and other info here:
http://www.amnesty536.org/bus/
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