build a broad based campaign to stop the sale of Hawks and thus help the East Timorese struggle for self-determination.
The importance of this issue should not be underestimated. East Asia is the only dynamic sector of a recessionary world economy. There is a fierce scramble for Asian markets -both military and civil. The end of the Cold War and the economic growth in the region has opened up both a new period of economic expansion and regional military instability as the old strategic alliances crumble WORLD NEWS and new contradictions open up.
Indonesia is at the centre of these developments. The British ruling class' stated ambition is to be the number one trading partner for Indonesia and it 180 million inhabitants. What price New and updated edition of Send £2.10p (inc p&p) to Socialist Outlook, PO Box 1109, London N4 20U By Eve Turner THE THIRD meeting of International Workers' Aid for Bosnia (IWA) in Amsterdam on 26-27 February clearly showed the growing support and international strength of the campaign, with representatives from groups in France, Germany, Sweden, UK, Holland, Belgium and Denmark.
A welcome development was the presence of two representatives of Paz Ahora (Peace Now from Spain, who have themselves attempted to get a convoy into Tuzla but without success. If Paz Ahora does join with IWA they will send 9 lorries, with 25 tons of aid on each, to Split at the end of March.
With only 4 weeks to go before the convoy sets off to rendezvous in Split on the 7 April much of the weekend was spent in sorting out the final arrangements.
An estimated 15 lorries will make the journey to Split where they will be unloaded into warehouses and onto 6 specially purchased ex-GDR army trucks, for their final journey to Tuzla.
These trucks, bought by the Danish, Swedish and German Workers' Aid groups are vital to ensure the safety of the drivers and aid on the extremely poor and dangerous roads between Split and Tuzla.
It is envisaged that these trucks will, war conditions permitting, make regular trips to and from Tuzla, providing a regular flow of food supplies and strengthening the relationship between the workers and people of Tuzla and International Workers' Aid.
All the arrangements for the arrival of the convoy and the transport on to Tuzla are to be coordinated by Mick (Britain) and Ulrik (Denmark) who will staff the soon to be opened International H.Q. in Split.
Discussions have been taking place, despite considerable communication difficulties, with the Tuzla Miners Union to ask that they take responsibility for the equal distribution of aid in the city. One of the lessons learned by the first successful convoy to Tuzla was the need to make sure the aid is both practically and culturally suitable -baked beans are not part of the staple diet of Bosnia.
That is why a 'bread programme' had been launched which aimed to provide the ingredients for bread to be made in the municipal bakeries.
However due to lack of fuel the miners will instead distribute this to individual families to make the bread in their own homes.
Unlike the first convoy, each Workers' Aid group will be responsible for campaigning in its own country and in towns on route, where no campaign exists.
An extraordinary amount of work and international cooperation has gone into the planning of this convoy.
Countless hours spent raising money to buy trucks and aid, numerous negotiations with officials to negotiate safe passage, detailed consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of different routes, planning the bread programme and, most importantly, discussing and planning the details with the unions in Tuzla. • It's not too late to get involved in the campaign. For details of your local group and/or where to send donations contact the National Office at 12-14 Thornton Street, London SW9 OVL. Tel/fax 071 978 8622.
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