Socialist Action /October 1999
NY Forum on East Timor
Gerry Foley, Socialist Action's international editor, spoke Oct. 29
on the situation in East Timor at a meeting held at the Brecht Forum in
New York City, along with radio journalist Amy Goodman and War Resisters'
League representative John Miller.
The event was organized by the New York branch of Socialist Action. About
100 people attended.
Amy Goodman has been prominent in exposing the complicity of the United
States government in the genocide conducted against the people of East Timor.
Miller was in East Timor during the recent pogroms. Foley recounted the
history of the imperialist countries' support for the Indonesian assault
on East Timor.
The lively discussion period that followed indicated that many people
are becoming interested in the plight of the East Timorese and are anxious
to do something to support them.
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