He's Back! NYC Protests Kissinger! October 2, also Timor talk - September 27.
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Join us at these upcoming events in New York City:
Thursday, October 2, 2014
7 pm - 10:30 pm
He's Back! Demonstrate against Henry
Kissinger! 92nd St. Y, 92nd Street and Lexington Ave. in Manhattan
Kissinger has another book to hawk. Join ETAN and other organizations in
protesting Kissinger's appearance at the 92nd St. Y. Demand justice for
his many victims.
Come and protest Kissinger's
sordid history
concerning Timor-Leste (East Timor),
West Papua, Viet
Nam, Cambodia, Chile, Cyprus, Bangladesh, Angola and elsewhere.
On December 6, 1975, then Secretary of State
Kissinger and President Gerald Ford visited Jakarta. At their meeting,
Ford gave Indonesia's dictator Suharto an explicit go ahead for the
invasion of East Timor and Indonesia invaded the next day. According to
East Timor's Commission on Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR) up
to 180,000 died as a direct result of the illegal invasion and
occupation. Declassified and leaked documents show that Kissinger
understood that Suharto was balking at invading, concerned that the U.S.
would cut off its supply of weapons and military training. Kissinger
guaranteed continuation of weapons shipments. According to Timor-Leste's
Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation as many as 180,000
people died as a result. For more on Kissinger's role in East Timor click
here. Kissinger is currently out promoting his latest book World
Order. 92nd St. Y event page is
here
In addition to ETAN, initial sponsors of the
protest include War Criminals Watch, East Timor and Indonesia Action
Network (ETAN) and NYC War Resisters League. Let us know if your
organization would like to sponsor.
Contact
ETAN -
718-596-7668 for more information or to help out.
Timor-Leste Past and Present: Talks and an Exhibit
Saturday, September 27, 2014, 6:30 pm exhibit on display until Sunday, October 5
with Frederic Durand, Charles Scheiner and Jill
Sternberg
The Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
nearby subways: A, C, G (Hoyt
Schermerhorn); 2, 3 (Hoyt St.); 2,3,4,5 (Nevins St.), F, G
(Bergen)
Frederic Durand, an historian who has focused on East Timor
(Timor-Leste) for many years, has put together an bilingual (Portuguese
and English) exhibit on Timorese history that has not been shown yet in
the U.S. titled "Timor-Leste: A New State with Century-Old Roots in
World History." He is flying over from Paris to introduce the
exhibit, which will be on display at The Brooklyn Commons for a week
following his talk on Saturday night. Charles Scheiner and Jill Sternberg
are long-time East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)
activists; they recently returned to U.S. after years of living and
working in Timor-Leste. They will speak about current issues and
challenges a dozen years after independence.