RE: a thread - east timor

["Direct Action" <directaction@siegesoft.com>]

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Greetings,

2600 has a compilation of East Timor related hacks, at http://www.2600.com/east_timor/

Additionally, the following URL is An Information Service on East Timor.
http://apus.ci.uc.pt/scripts/timornet/sirius.exe/etmp?index.html

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>hi,
>
>do you know the situation with east timor? ... after the indonesian
>military destroyed the place and killed many tens of thousands of people -
>a rebuild is about to commence.
>
>now, this rebuild is probably going to be top-down - ie.
>world-bank/imf/us/un led. and the rebuild process will for sure be hidden -
>kept behind closed doors.
>
>an excerpt from a recent article:
>
>>The Australians can now stand back; other, more senior, deputy sheriffs are
>>on the way. This week, a World Bank team arrives in Dili and the
>>International Monetary Fund will follow soon. Unless Xanana Gusmao and his
>>East Timorese leadership are both deft and bold, the freedom for which their
>>people struggled alone for so long may be quietly lost and their devastated
>>country, slotted neatly into the globalised system of exploitation, debt and
>>poverty, known as "stability". They deserve a great deal more.
>
>so, how about some hacktivism to ensure that this process is more in the
>public domain??
>
>- sam.
>
>ps. for more - visit http://www.easttimor.com/    www.etan.org



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