action: East Timor

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[ed:  thanks to Larry for pointing us to Pacifica for more info on East
Timor.  I will have a footnote.]

From: Larry Yates <lyates at essential.org>

Like Randy, I would like to hear more about that organizing. But there
is an immediate organizing story which you can hear about on Pacifica
Radio's Democracy Now at
http://www.webactive.com/webactive/pacifica/demnow.html

Allan Nairn, the only US reporter left in East Timor, tells the story of
Timorese refugees, journalists and UN staff uniting to change the UN
decision to completely pull out the UN presence in E. Timor. It's quite
a story, and clearly and consciously an organizing victory. 

(I know there are some serious issues about Pacifica right now --
Democracy Now was itself censored one day by Pacifica -- but the
coverage from E. Timor is a priceless resource.)

-- 
Larry Yates
Organizer
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[ed:  yes, Larry's correct that Pacifica has gotten itself in some
political trouble on the left, but it's to their credit that anyone bothers
to criticize them.  Pacifica is well worth the listen, and certainly a
critical listen.]