28 Nov 1975 a political party known as Fretilin unilaterally declared its independence from a distracted Portugal. Less than two weeks later on 7 Dec, a date that will live in infamy, Indonesia invades. By mid-Feb 1976 an estimated 60,000 Timorese were dead. Indonesia, after 15 a year of occupation, might have pulled off the … Continue reading East Timor: Note 2
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Me Thinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much
I just saw a facebook entry in which the husband of one of my childhood friends informed everyone that racism is a sin. I don't know about anyone else, but I didn't need him to tell me that: I have always known that racism is a sin. I thought everybody born after 1920 knew that, … Continue reading Me Thinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much
East Timor: Note 2
28 Nov 1975 a political party known as Fretilin unilaterally declared its independence from a distracted Portugal. Less than two weeks later on 7 Dec, a date that will live in infamy, Indonesia invades. By mid-Feb 1976 an estimated 60,000 Timorese were dead. Indonesia, after 15 a year of occupation, might have pulled off the … Continue reading East Timor: Note 2
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