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Class War issue 81: Behind The News
Have you ever noticed the way certain international media stories dominate the British media for a set time, and then vanish from view? The best example is South Africa that post-apartheid is of no interest to the British media at all, even though poverty and suffering continue under the ANC as it did under the apartheid regime.
Another example is East Timor, no longer a liberal favourite since its vote for independence from Indonesia, the country struggles to get a mention even in the so-called serious papers. We are therefore happy to quote from an Australian activist who wrote to Class War after spending some time in the country.
"The UN and multi-national military and capitalist forces are currently in charge. Working class East Timorese are getting fucked over once again and they know it. It's just a new phase of exploitation and oppression. I talked to hundreds of people around the capital, Dili. More and more people are getting pissed off with the foreigners who are supposed to be there to help the people and rebuild the country, but are seen cruising around in flash cars with their mobile phones and computers, cut off from the reality of the streets."
People in East Timor have a long record of fighting against imperialist aggression having locked horns with the Portugese, Japanese and Indonesians over the centuries. Let's hope they turn on the UN officers, supposedly there to protect them.
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