Allan Nairn on East Timor

Greetings:  apologies to those not in the So. Cal. area--just wanted to 
post 
this announcement for what's sure to be an interesting/informative event. 
Thanks.
Mark Bretches
Politics & Society
UC Irvine

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Eyewitness to Genocide:
East Timor
Indonesian State Terrorism & U.S. Complicity

Allan Nairn
in So. California, Oct. 20-22

An award-winning journalist who has reported from Guatemala, El Salvador,
Haiti, and South Africa, Allan's writings have appeared in numerous
publications including The New Yorker, The Nation, and USA Today. Allan
witnessed and survived the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre in Dili, East Timor.
His reports on the massacre and the history of the Indonesian occupation of
East Timor earned him the prestigious Alfred I. Dupont-Columbia Silver
Baton Award for Broadcast Journalism. 

Banned from Indonesia as a "threat to national security," Allan managed to
sneak into Indonesia this past April where he stayed until entering East
Timor in August. He remained there until late September when Indonesian
troops arrested and subsequently deported him. Allan was the last U.S.
journalist in East Timor after Indonesia's military unleashed its terror
following the announcement of the East Timorese vote for independence. He
was the eyes and ears for countless people in the United States and
throughout the world who listened to his daily reports from East Timor and
even from his detention cell in Indonesia. Allan's reporting has exposed
the ongoing links between the Pentagon and Indonesia's military.

Allan Nairn will be speaking to help raise funds for humanitarian aid for
East Timor:

Wednesday, October 20
7:30pm Chapman University, Orange. Argyros Forum 20B.
Please contact Don Will at 714-997-6620 for details.

Thursday, October 21
7:30pm United University Church (at Jefferson and Hoover, on the edge of
the USC campus. Parking available on campus--enter at Gate 5--or at the
Shrine Auditorium, less than one block east of the church on Jefferson,
across the street). Suggested donation: $10; $5 for low-income. No one will
be turned away due to lack of funds. For more information, contact Garrick
Ruiz at 626/284-7116.

Friday, October 22
7:30pm Reception/Fundraiser with Allan Nairn. We cordially invite you to an
evening honoring Allan on the evening of Friday, October 22 at 7:30pm.
Proceeds from the evening will benefit Grassroots International, a human
rights and development organization working with the East Timorese people
to rebuild their devastated country, and will help sustain the East Timor
Action Network's ongoing work. Please join us in what is sure to be a
lively evening in support of the movement for self-determination in East
Timor.
Dessert, coffee, and non-alcoholic beverages will be served.
A minimum, tax-deductible donation of $50 per person will be requested at
the event.
Space is limited. Please RSVP ASAP by calling Lisa Rosen at (323)653-6284.
(We will fax or mail a map with directions to the Los Angeles home where
the reception will take place.)