Pt 1 Early history of Timor's independence movement - Australian solidarity. Briefing of CAVR researchers.

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A small group of Australians with a long history of support for
the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the
research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and
Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East
Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the
resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather
than focus on the well known identities, leaders and
personalities that have characterised many of the histories of
the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the
testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and
were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and
repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the
solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of
Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese
people was virtually unkown to the general Australian public.