Melbourne Book Launch of Ciaron O'Reilly's: "Remembering Forgetting: A Journey of Nonviolent Resistance to the War on East Timor" 6:30pm Wednesday September 6th New Internationalist Bookshop, Trades Hall Cnr Lygon & Victoria Streets Carlton Come and hear Ciaron speak about his experiences of nonviolent resistance to war. ------------------------ Many will remember Ciaron from the 1998 Jabiluka Blockade in Kakadu. On Nagasaki Day 1998 Ciaron and Treena Lenthal (the "Jabiluka Ploughshares") disabled uranium mining equipment at the Jabiluka mine site. Ciaron and Treena served 66 days in Berrimah gaol Darwin earlier this year for their Nagasaki Day witness. ------------------------ About "Remembering Forgetting": Ciaron reflects on the silence that blanketed the worst years (1975-1991) of the invasion of East Timor. He points to the significance of the filming of the Santa Cruz cemetery massacre and the smuggling of the footage to the rest of the world. He takes us on a journey with small faith-based communities of Australians challenging the mining companies operating in the Timor Sea, the training of Indonesian troops in Australia and the initiation of the Sanctuary Movement for East Timorese refugees threatened with deportation from Australia. Throughout the story theological reflection informs nonviolent activism. Ciaron then takes us to Britain where the huge arms industry servicing the invasion of East Timor is challenged by four ploughshares women. The women are put on trial in Liverpool for disarming a British Aerospace hawk fighter bound for Indonesia. Following their historic acquittal, a faith-bases community of exiled East Timorese and First World solidarity activists is founded to offer sustained nonviolent witness against arms exports to Indonesia. The principalities and powers are disturbed throughout, responding with British Aerospace High Court injunctions and Australia Counter Terrorist surveillance of these nonviolent faith based efforts. The final section of the book examines the events in East Timor around the United Nations Ballot and beyond. --------------------- Remembering Forgetting: A Journey of Nonviolent Resistance to the War on East Timor. Price: $6 (includes postage). To order contact: "Swords into Ploughshares" 126 Shaftsbury Street Tarragindi Qld 4121 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copies available soon at the New Internationalist bookshop and at the launch. -------------------- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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
