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    Anarchism in East Timor has its roots in the country's history as a

    Japanese Empire and the Indonesian New Order
    , before the country finally achieved independence in 2002.

    History

    Throughout the 1890s, anarchists made a series of assassination attempts against government officials and the royal family of Portugal.[1] In response, the government introduced a law that would deport convicts to the Empire's overseas colonies after already having served their sentence,[2] passing the new law on February 13, 1896.[3] The Portuguese government subsequently began expelling anarchists to the colonies, including the island of Timor.[4]

    The anarchist movement in East Timor

    Luís Filipe, Duke of Braganza
    .

    On September 14, 1896, a group of anarchists were deported to Timor, many of them died from infections such as malaria and yellow fever, while those that survived had to endure dire living conditions.[5][6] Other anarchists were deported to Timor from Macau in January 1908 for having organized a militant group in the colony.[6] However, this policy of deportation was not able to prevent the Lisbon Regicide, orchestrated in part by the anarchist Alfredo Luís da Costa, which saw the assassination of the King Carlos I and the crown prince Luís Filipe.[7] This act of propaganda of the deed led to a destabilization of the Portuguese monarchist government, eventually resulting in the 5 October 1910 revolution, which overthrew the Kingdom of Portugal and established the First Portuguese Republic. The fall of the monarchy allowed for the return of many anarchists to Portugal, though a number of exiled anarchists had adapted to Timorese life, finding work and starting families in the colony.[2]

    The amnesty brought by the republican period was cut short by the

    governor of Portuguese Timor Teófilo Duarte decided to put the deportees to work,[12][13] organizing the construction of public works in the colony and giving the workers some freedoms and means of subsistence,[10]: 90  although this lenient policy was reversed by the succeeding colonial governors.[14]

    After the

    Atauro, where they were held for many months.[9][10]: 93  Due to the deplorable conditions of the camps, a group of military veterans, some of whom were in the camps themselves, appealed to the government for the release of deportees from the camps. The military government obliged, releasing most of the prisoners from the camps[15] and resettling them throughout the colony.[16]

    A number of anarchists among these deportees subsequently began to organize underground resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The governor's palace was hit by an arson attack, in an attempt on the governor's life. Anarchists also established the Timor Libertarian Alliance (ALT), affiliated with the

    Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI), and began publishing a Timorese anarchist newsletter from prison.[10]: 97 [14][17]

    The

    anti-nationalist character of Timorese anarchist activism drew the attention of the new Estado Novo regime,[18] which accused the anarchists of having a "harmful influence" on the Timorese population and of supporting riots by the native Timorese people.[19] The Timor Libertarian Alliance was eventually discovered and repressed by the government, which confiscated the group's materials and sent some of its activists to Atauro, where they were forced to work in a limestone mine. Manuel Viegas Carrascalão was himself deported there with his family, with his son Manuel being born in captivity on the island.[10]
    : 99 

    When the government granted amnesty to political deportees in the colonies, it explicitly excluded many anarchists and trade unionists, whom it considered to be terrorists.[15] The anarchists who remained in Timor experienced continued persecution, with the government ordering an investigation into their activities.[18]

    Japanese occupation

    During the

    Bobs Farm in New South Wales.[10]: 101–102 [21]

    The living conditions in the Australian camp were severe, with serious cases of inequality between prisoners - who had been divided into Portuguese, clergy and native Timorese people. Many people refused to cooperate with the Australian authorities and traveled to

    Salvation Army, while others were interned at a separate internment camp in Sydney. Many of the prisoners began to go on hunger strike during early 1944, eventually causing the release of some, while others were sent to different internment camps.[22]

    The surrender of Japan brought about the end of the Japanese occupation of Timor, allowing 562 evacuees to return to the island on November 27, 1945. Many anarchists returned to Timor, while others opted to remain in Australia.[10]: 103–104 [23] The Portuguese government subsequently ordered the expulsion of deportees from the colony. They were sent back to Portugal, arriving in Lisbon on February 15, 1946, where many of the anarchists were arrested by the PIDE. Despite the defeat of the organized anarchist movement in East Timor, Manuel Viegas Carrascalão returned to the island with his family. His sons Manuel, Mário and João became influential leaders of the Timorese independence movement.[10]: 104–106 

    Indonesian occupation

    Manuel Carrascalão, one of the leaders of the East Timorese independence movement during the Indonesian occupation.

    After the

    East Timor by Suharto's New Order regime,[25] annexing the country into Indonesia.[26] The occupation saw the genocide of over 100,000 Timorese people, with some estimates placing the number as high as 300,000.[27]

    The issue of the occupation split the Carrascalão brothers politically. While

    Governor of East Timor
    .

    Many Timorese people took up the struggle against the Indonesian occupation, including

    FALINTIL in a guerilla war against the occupation forces, getting killed during a battle in 1978.[28] Xanana Gusmão was subsequently elected as the new commander of the FALINTIL in 1981,[29] and he set about trying to unite the disparate resistance movements into a broad front against the occupation. Throughout the early 1980s, Gusmão walked from village to village trying to obtain support and recruits for the resistance. Nevertheless, in 1984, four senior FALINTIL officers led a failed coup against Gusmão,[30]
    leading to him leaving the FRETILIN and supporting various centrist coalitions.

    In March 1986, the UDT and FRETILIN formed an anti-occupation coalition known as the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM), led by Xanana Gusmão, Manuel Carrascalão and José Ramos-Horta. On December 31, 1988, FALINTIL was declared to be the "non-partisan" armed resistance wing of the CNRM and continued to attack Indonesian occupation forces. The CNRM began a restructuring of the resistance movement, establishing the Clandestine Front to organize the Timorese population against the occupation.

    On November 12, 1991, over 250 pro-independence demonstrators were shot dead in the Santa Cruz cemetery of Dili. This marked a turning point for the resistance movement, as the occupation of East Timor attracted international attention. The Indonesian military subsequently launched a campaign to capture Xanana Gusmão, who was tried, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1993. Nevertheless, the FALINTIL continued their armed struggle throughout the 1990s.

    Following the

    Manuel Carrascalão's House and Suai Church.[31]

    Independence

    far-left groups and schools.[33] The IWW also opened a free computer school in Bebonuk
    and attempted to extend the project to other parts of Timor. The Sydney IWW attempted to keep the project going, organizing fundraising events, but after experiencing a series of difficulties, the project was gradually phased out.

    During the 2000s, unhoused people began to squat vacant buildings throughout the country, often these were barracks that had been abandoned by the Indonesian military after the de-occupation of East Timor. On January 21, 2011, the government of Xanana Gusmão ordered the eviction of over 1,000 squatters that had taken up residence in the Brimob Barracks in Bairro Pite. According to the prime minister, they had refused to leave the government-owned land until they were compensated for doing so.[34]

    See also

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