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- 1997 (Creation)
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1 textual record; 8 pp.
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The Free East Timor Coalition was founded September 14, 1997 in Whaingaroa (Raglan), New Zealand. It served as a national coalition for East Timor solidarity groups around Aotearoa (New Zealand). Its founding members hailed from six solidarity groups based in the following areas: Whangārei, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Ōtautahi (Christchurch), and Ōtepoti (Dunedin). It was at the Coalition's founding meeting on September 14, 1997 that members decided to jointly publish the Nettalk newsletter on a quarterly basis. Activists also pooled their resources and experience to streamline and maximize the impact of solidarity efforts. The Coalition, in turn, financed the printing and distribution of newsletters, national and international communication costs, some speaking tour costs, meetings with Government and administrative costs.
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East Timor: it's time for action (newsletter)
- Introduction
- Xanana Gusmão and the Resistance
- The role of the United Nations
- Indonesian pro-democracy movement
- A Peace Plan for East Timor
- Women in East Timor
- Timeline - a brief history of East Timor
- Indonesian Military
- The New Zealand Government
- Books and Videos
- Transmigration and economic exploitation
- Solidarity groups in Aotearoa/New Zealand
- Lobby your MP and Others
- Resources on the net
- Contact the Free East Timor Coalition
- No blood for oil
- The Catholic Church
- Days of Action
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- English
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- Latin