• Adele Gowan orary vice-president of the National Union of Stutudents are in the dents at its Easter Confervanguard of the ence in Blackpool at the East Timorese resis- end of March. tance against Indone Fernando was the leader of RENETIL before Dominsian rule.
The campaign for an em- gos. Me nas been arrested and imprisoned for his acbargo on arms sales to tivities in support of the Indonesia and the right to East Timorese struggle for self-determination is being stepped up in Britain self determination.
The Indonesians are curby a two week tour of Domrently trying to physically ingos Alves, the leader in liquidate the resistance to exile of RENETIL, the East their occupation of East Timorese student resis- Timor. tance. Domingos is in exile because he lead the Death squads appeared on the streets of Dili, the occupation of the grounds of the US Embassy on No- capital of East Timor, at the end of February and vember 12th last year.
many activists have disapThe tour will include a campaien to get Fernando peared since then.
The Indonesian occupade Araujo elected as hon- tion forces have been forced to carry out a re-organisation following the media glare of the Asia Pacific Economic Conference of world leaders in Jakarta November 1994. The main aim of the re-oreanisation was to altempt to confuse the international media about who was carrying out the murders in Fast Timor.
It was also forced on the occupying forces because the east Timorese are showine undellevaoly te nacious resistance to the Inconacian occlination and because the international solidarity movement is beginning to have a real impact. East Timor is no longer a country far awav about which most people know nothing. It is now at the top of the international political agenda. It is up to us to make sure it stays there. Como to the tour meeting near you this months 21st OXFORD 7.30pm Wosloy Momorial Church Hall, Now Inn Street. 22nd BRADFORD 1pm Bradford University D4 Lostura Theatro Richmond Building 22nd HULL 8pm Hull University Students Union 23rd COVENTRY 7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Trinity St. 24th MANCHESTER 7.30pm Friands Mooting House Mount Streat 25th LONDON British Coalition For East Timor Day School Millman Street Community Contro, Millman Street Nr. Russoll Sa 27th to 29th NUS Conferanco Blackpool 27th LANCASTER 7.30pm Groon Room, Tha Gragson Community Contro Moor Lano 28th LIVERPOOL 7.30pm Friands Mooting House Paradise Straot 29th PRISTON 7.30pm Harrington Building, Room 135, University of Contral Lancastor Fyleo Rond 30th LONDON 7.30 pm Manning Hall, Untvorsity of London Union, Malot St (Noar Goodgo Stroot tuba) bers. Secondly, the ruling class alm to get out of their crisis through smashing the living conditions for the vast maJorlty. This will need strengthening the state to counter the threat of mass opposition. In order for us to fight for a better future, for better housing, education, health care, welfare rights and so on, It is vital that we smash the Criminal Justice Act and any further legisla tion that may be passed. This must be done through a campaign of deflance of the CJA, but also through taking a campalgn of oppost tion Into the trade unions and the La bour party. If we don't, we are abandoning mit llons of working class people to the misleadership of the likes of Tony Blair or Jack Straw.