TRUCKLOADS of armed troops and riot police continue to circle the streets of East Timor capital Dili as Socialist Outlook goes to Pendeniss police are s Indonesian police are continuing door to door searches. The uprising began in early september wice a prison warden insulted the Catholi- forces. cism of some East Timorese ponacal prisoncis.
Socialist Outlook has published this new collection of articles, including Ernest Mandel's Lear the lessons of Germany, to examine the roots of racisms and fascism and outline a strategy to anti-racists from the exp Fund', to PO Timor continuing into Sep. tember and October. On No. vember 1 residents of Dili reported that the security forces were firing into the air to disperse small crowds. The Indonesian military remain unrepentant: "I will continue to look for and capture the youth who are involved" said Colonel Andreas Sugianto, chief of police of the occupying Local parliamentarian, Manuel Carascalao, told jourdefeat them. How strong are the far right today? Why are racism and fascism on the rise in Eurepe? What lessons are there for eriences of the 1930s7 Can the ethnic cleansers of ex-Yugoslavia be called "fascist"? For your copy of this 128-page book, send a cheque for E4.95 plus 75 pence postage, payable to "Socialist Outlook Box 1109, London N4 2UU. who had been released re- 7. and the situation tense ported torture with electro- throughout East Timor, the Suharto government is lookThe repression is intended ing for new ways to present to quiet the population in the the conflict to a skeptical outrun up to the fourth anniver- side world. sary of the Dill massacre at Stirring up "religious conthe Santa Cruz cemetery. flict" is one option. It is unusual for the Indonesian press Attention ious conflict. In the case of Jakarta is well aware that the attention of the world's East Timor it is encouraged.
The government has also media will be focused on East encouraged Muslim organi. Timor for the day. With the 20th anniversary of the inva- salons in inconcia to sick with the Muslim minority in lic majority.
The leadership of the resistance are combating this tactic, poisting to the fact that such conflicts have only occurred in the last year after massive provocation by the Indonesian military.
A pattern of organised provocation has emerged. In every singie instance there have been Indonesian intelligence agents on the ground to instigate the violence.
The CMRM (National Council of Maubere Resistance) published a statement in late October arguing that "Few conflicts in the world the East Timorese.
Here we have a people with a clear historical identity, invaded and occupied by another country without a prior and clear established claim to it.
There are no overlapping. conflicting claims on East Timor by ine neigabourink countries. Only Indonesia stands in the middle between the people of East Timor and It is tragic that the Indonesian occupation forces are now irresponsibly attempting ing religious conflicts"
Ending the cism and a