[Fwd: [M-L L] : Draft Statement on UN/Australian intervention in East
Mathias Bismo (mathias.bismo@student.uib.no)
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 03:29:58 +0200
> "Charles F. Moreira" wrote:
>
> Comrades,
>
> DRAFT statement by the Marxist-Leninist List on the UN/Australian
> intervention in East Timor
> ====================================================================================> The Marxist-Leninist List supports the democratic right of the people
> of East Timor to independence from Indonesia -- an independence which
> was denied them since 1975 following their occupation by forces of the
> US-imperialist, puppet, fascist Jakarta regime.
>
> The Marxist-Leninist List also condemns the slaughter of
> pro-independence East Timorese by the fascist militia with the
> approval of the puppet, Jakarta army.
>
> In 1965, this fascist regime murdered over one
> million progressive political activists, workers and peasants, mainly
> within the Parti Kommunis Indonesia (PKI) -- a slaughter which the
> imperialist mouthpiece, the New York Times described as a "..gleam of
> light in Asia."
>
> At the same time, Communists and all progressives must opposes
> imperialist intervention in East Timor as well as in Indonesia and the
> rest of Asia, since the imperialists have no genuine interest in the
> independence of the people of East Timor, Indonesia or any of the
> Asian countries but rather see it as an opportunity to extend their
> influence and hold on these countries and South-East Asia which
> provide them with the cheap labour for their industries to exploit.
>
> When Portugal gave East Timor independence in 1975, the US
> imperialists in particular supported the Jakarta regime's occupation
> to prevent East Timor's Fretelin national liberation movement from
> coming to power and establishing a progressive, anti-imperialist
> enclave in South-East Asia, which would threaten their imperialist
> interests in the region.
>
> Given the plight of the people of East Timor, especially now, it is
> especially tempting for some progressives and even organisations which
> call themselves "Marxist-Leninist" to support intervention by the
> imperialist or their junior partners to relieve the people of East
> Timor of their suffering, but this is mistaken since it only plays
> into the hands of the imperialists.
>
> In light of the lack of credible socialist forces which can help the
> East Timorese get rid of the fascist militia who are brutalising them,
> and the occupying puppet, fascist Jakarta army -- the correct course
> of action for Marxist -- Leninists and progressive workers worldwide
> is to bring pressure to bear on the puppet, fascist Jakarta regime to
> withdraw from East Timor and allow its people to get on
> with rebuilding their country and their lives.
>
> Especially workers in imperialist countries should demand:-
>
> 1. No imperialist troops in East Timor, any part of Indonesia or
> South-East Asia.
>
> 2. Stop all arms and military aid to the puppet Jakarta regime.
>
> 3. Cancel the IMF debt.
>
> Marxist -- Leninists and progressive workers' organisations in the
> imperialist and oppressed countries should follow the example of the
> 25,000 Australian workers who marged in Sydney on 11th September,
> 1999 and should go even further by:-
>
> 4. Boycotting handling the shipment of goods to and from Indonesia,
> as well as the servicing of Indonesian ships and planes, as this will
> hurt the imperialists' as well as the puppet regime's profits.
>
> 5. Supporting progressive workers organisations in East Timor and
> in Indonesia, especially where in the latter, these organisations
> support the independence of East Timor and oppose the fascist, puppet
> Jakarta regime and theit imperialist backers.
>
> In the longer term, the only real solution to ensuring genuine
> independence for the People of East Timor and the oppression and
> exploitation of the people of Indonesia is to get rid of the
> exploitative imperialist control and local capitalism and for them to
> establish socialism.
>
> Marxist-Leninists and all progressive workers worldwide must support
> any such revolutionary or progressive movements in East Timor and
> Indoensia which may arise with the aim of establishing a socialist
> East Timor or socialist Indonesia.
>
> Workers of the World and oppressed peoples Unite!
>
> The Marxist-Leninist List
> ===========================================================================================>
> Charles
>
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