Rob,
hi.. I did not mean to imply that Indonesia's scorched earth policy was
inititated 24 years prior (you are right in saying that its catalyst was
the referendum), what I was trying to say and obviously I did not do it to
clearly was that there had been an ongoing repression of the East Timores
Sorry I have taken a couple of days to reply, but I have not been at the
computer for the last couple of days.
To reply to David,
I would agree with what Rob said in his post regarding the TNI/Indonesia
forces. Yes, while it is true Falintil had orders to wait, the Indonesian
forces could have e
Bob,
yes GLW did support UN intervention into East Timor. The reason for this
was made clear in a number of articles (which I hope you took the time to
read, and not just the Australian Sparticist coverage of the issues).
At no time did any of the article in GLW down play the imperialist nature
In reply to Michael P,
Yes, unfortunately its the likes of Ruddock who are in charge of the
country. At the moment, Ruddock get the most despised person in
Australian politics from me (even out polling dear little Johnny Howard).
Ruddock has been intrumental in pushing the Howard governments "Fo
Below is an news report on the refusal by the Aust Immigration Dept to
allow international delegates visa to the Marxism 2000 conference. After
a number of protests and coverage by the media, we were able to
get the decision regarding one Philipine comrade changed. The Australian
embassy in the
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Comrades,
hi... I recently read that Helen Keller was a member of the American
Socialist Party and campaigned and spoke on their behalf quite regularly.
This fact about her life is one that is rarely mentioned (I had heard once
before she was an admirer of Marx's but prior to the small article I
Comrades,
The Howard government in Australia, with the support of the Labor Party
have just past the most draconian and harshest refugee laws anywhere in
the world in the form of the Border Protection Bill.
In Australia, mandatory detention extends to children (including those
born in detention)
World's Harshest Refugees Law
By Iggy Kim
With last week's passing of the Border Protection Bill by the federal
Coalition and Labor parties, Hansonism became law.
Australia now ranks as the most anti-refugee
The Labor govt of NSW have implemented "reforms" to the electoral process,
which basically exclude smaller parties and entrenching the two party
system even further. This has been done supposedly in the name of
democracy and because the average punter, can't handle filling in a huge
ballot sheet
Jerry,
On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Gerald Levy wrote:
> A step forward into the 21st century with a leap backwards into the
> 1970's? The agenda reminds me of "educational conferences" held in
> Oberlin, Ohio in August in the 70's on years when there wasn't a
> party convention.
While this type of
Dear comrades,
Following is a fairly long email with the full (provisional) agenda for
the Marxism 2000 Asia Pacific Solidarity and Education Conference to be
held in Sydney January 5-9, 2000.
This version includes a list of workshops, seminars and panels and who
will be giving them or on the pa
The defeat of the preamble is quite interesting. It was defeated in
greater numbers in Queensland and Western Australia - which are much more
conservative and have a bit more of a redneck element about them,
especially towards Aboriginals and Asians.
Apparently in the areas where there were la
t. The people or the parliment
and because the purposal declined the former many "republicans"
elected to keep the old hag.
>
> Much talk about the deep mistrust of politicans and politics in general.
>
> Warm regards
> Bob Malecki
> - Original Message -
>
Although the final count is not in - due to postal votes etc, the republic
was defeated in the November 6 referendum. With 77.8% of the vote
counted
45.3% Yes for Republic39.5% Yes to add preamble to constitution
54.7% No for Republic 60.5% No to preamble.
To win the republic
Asia Pacific Solidarity and Education Conference
MARXISM 2000 - Sydney, January 5 - 9, 2000
Intiated by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance
GUEST SPEAKERS:
JOHN PILGER - Internationally acclaimed left journalist and film maker.
JAMES PETRAS - Latin American specialist, New York Univers
George,
hi...
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, George Pennefather wrote:
> Kim
> Who is the ISO
>
> Warm regards
> George Pennefather
The International Socialist Organisation (ISO), also known sometimes by
their papers name Socialist Worker(s) are a grouping with leanings towards
the Trotskyist traditio
This article featured in the current edition of Green Left Weekly -
available at http://www.greenleft.org.au/
comradely,
Kim B
The red queen alliance alliance?
comment by Sean Healy
The monarchists
Yes, the DSP is calling for a yes vote and also encouraging people write
on the ballot paper - by direct election. The ISO is calling for a no
vote for the "bosses republic", which begs the question do they support a
bosses' constitutional monarchy. They have seemed to miss the point that
the Qu
Statement from the Labour Party of Pakistan
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Lahore, Press Release
The Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) while strongly opposing the army coup
has demanded of the army to go back to the barracks. LPP has further
demanded to set up a workers interim government to hol
Comrades,
I recall seeing (I think???) a while ago in one of the postings a web
address for a Lenin mail list. I have searched the web and cannot seem to
find it. Does anyone know the server/mail address. If so, could you
please let me know what it is.
Thanks,
Kim B
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Recently I was at a conference on Women and Education in Melbourne, which
was addressed by a woman representative from Fretlin. The speaker told us
how grateful the East Timorese people were for the support of the
Australian public, that someone actually cared about what was happening
to them. Sh
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:15:02 +1000
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Jakarta Post Editorial, 17 Sept 1999
Spare us the indignity
Thanks to the leadership of President B.J. Habibie and Indonesian
Military Commander (TNI) Gen. Wir
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PM - 17/09/1999: US journalist awaits charges after arrest in Dili
ABC RADIO
US journalist a
Bob,
Thanks for the article. Yes, I had seen it before. I won't address
everything in it only a couple of issues (very hastily I might add).
**PRD are reformist because the support a two stage revolution..
According to the article a two stage revolution is a " Menshevik/Stalinist
schema".
Thanks for such a vitriolic reply Bob! To clear a couple of things up
first of all. I was not having a go at you personally. I was infact
replying to the content of the posting which was put out by Straight Facts
which aligned it self with the Sparts, (and if I made a mistake
in thinking they w
Last week the People's Democratic Party (PRD) of Indonesia's office was
firebombed because of their support for a independent East Timor. The PRD
have been organising rallies in support of East Timor, which have been
attacked by the military and police. Running battles have ensued which
culimina
On July 5, Dita Indah Sari, who has been jailed for almost 3 years was
freed unconditionaly by the Habibie government.
Dita was the only women political prisoner in INdonesian goals. Dita had
been jailed for leading 20,000 people in a protest for better
wages and conditions. She was arrested on
On July 1, several thousand students, urban poor, workers were attacked by
the Indonesian police as they protested peacefully outside the KPU
electoral commission office in Jakarta. The protest which had been
organised by the People's Democratic Party (PRD) called for the
disqualification of GOLK
Initiated by ASIET. E-mail your endorsment to the
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Please include your name,telephone number, e-mail address and
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Urgent appeal from the PRD - July 1, 1999
Today on July 1, at 4pm, the People's Democratic Party (PRD) was
holding demonstration to protest against the cheating and
manipulation on the result of the unfair and undemocratic election.
Around three hundreds people were mobilized in front of the
Nat
>From Left Links - Australian Broadleft mailing list.
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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Rob Schaap wrote:
> Good to have you back, Kim.
>
> Why not fill us in on what went on at the conference?
__
Sure ...
The conference was entitled Socialism and the New Millenium and was
organised by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance (Socialist
Youth Orga
ASIET - March 21, 1999
[The following is a speech written by jailed chairperson of the
People's Democratic Party (PRD), Budiman Sudjatmiko which was
read at the "Grand Launch" of the PRD on March 21 in Jakarta.]
Comrades in struggle, leaders and members of the PRD,
"I can see clearly, thoug
ASIET - Action in solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor
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Letter from Max Lane to East Timorese activists and sup
While I was in Sydney, I had the opportunity to go to the premier of the
new documentary by Australian activist, Jill Hickson on the Indonesian
democracy movement. The documentary entitled: Indonesia in Revolt -
Democracy or Death was made in Indonesia and Australia between August 1998
and March
Comrades,
sorry I did not have a chance to reply to some of the emails that were
posted in response to my email on the definitions of genocide. I have
not been able to access my account for the last week or so as I have been
in Sydney at a socialism conference.
I had quickly checked my email b
Chris B in his original post said that it was genocide "by international
definitions". In this he is correct.
Genocide does not just mean the murder of people in death camps, rape etc.
It is also defined as the forcible removal of people from thier
homeland, as well as the stopping a particular
>From the Sydney Morning Herald 9/4/99
London- Mr Bill Gates hs become the world's first $US 100 billion ($158
million) man after the surge in US shares made his 21% holdings in
Microsoft worth more than the economic output of all but the 18 wealthiest
nations.
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Dear Jerry,
thanks for the "reading" ... I think I'll have to make a prediction myself
and say yes I think you may be correct about the Internationale etc :-)
As mentioned last email, I am not in a position to comment on the ex US
SWP members ... but should be interesting anyway.
comradely,
Kim B
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