East Timor Action Network (ETAN) and the Video Activist Network (VAN) present a video screening and discussion of the current situation in the country of East Timor.

Learn why East Timor remains subjugated and why the U.S. is still closely allied with Indonesia at this Video Activist Network (VAN) screening of "License to Kill" (46 min) 1999, by Australian Broadcasting Co. and "Viva Timor Leste!" (28 in) 1999, by Andrew McNaughton. A speaker will also be present from the East Timor Action Network which supports self-determination and human rights for the people of East Timor.

FEATURED VIDEOS:

"License to Kill" (46 min) 1999, by Australian Broadcasting Co. A compelling documentary on paramilitary violence in East Timor. It features interviews with death squad leaders and vividly shows the paramilitaries as extensions of the Indonesian military apparatus, which in turn receives key economic, political and military support from the U.S.

"Viva Timor Leste!" (28 min) 1999, by Andrew McNaughton Australian documentary on student organizing during the brief democratic opening of spring-summer 1998.

ALSO FEATURING a discussion with Pam Sexton, a very knowledgable U.S. activist who recently returned from East Timor with the Peace Brigades.

TIME/DATE:             8:00 PM on Thursday, August 5, 1999

PLACE:                Artists' Television Access (ATA), 992 Valencia @ 21st Street, SF

ADMISSION:           $5 - $10 donation requested. No one turned away for lack of funds.

CONTACT:             Ben Terrall: (415) 626-3723; VAN Hotline: (415) 789-8484

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