AUT: Chiapas & East Timor

["Harry M. Cleaver" <hmcleave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks:
I hope all of you who have been concerned with the situation in Chiapas
are paying close attention to the one in East Timor. The paramilitary
violence aided and abetted by the Indonesian military which is killing
hundreds and driving people from the capitol is exactly like the
paramilitary violence aided and abetted by the Mexican military with the
only difference that the latter case has not yet "exploded" with the
concentrated ferocity of the former. If you have followed the two cases
over the last few years you will have recognized the parallels, as well as
the way in which both government actions have been backed by US military
aid and more general US government economic support. There are differences
of course but they are secondary to the parallels at the moment. The
unchecked violence now raging in East Timor risks breaking out in Chiapas
as the pseudo-governor of that state continues to whip up hatred without
opposition from the federal government and as the arming and support for
paramilitaries grows. The most vigorous protest, in whatever forms you can
manage, is called for in both cases.
Harry
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Harry Cleaver
Department of Economics
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-1173  USA
Phone Numbers: (hm)  (512) 442-5036
               (off) (512) 475-8535   Fax:(512) 471-3510
E-mail: hmcleave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Chiapas95 homepage:
http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html
Accion Zapatista homepage:
http://www.utexas.edu/students/nave/
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