A short piece in Singapore’s TODAY – online: https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/what-does-Jokowi’s-new-cabinet-say-about-Indonesian-politics
Dari ORDER BARU ke gelombang demonstrasi mahasiswa September 2019.
Dari Orde Baru ke gelombang demonstrasi mahasiswa September, 2019. Sejak kolonialis militer dan birokrasi Belanda dipaksa meninggalkan negeri baru Indonesia tahun 1950, Indonesia hanya pernah mengalami SATU budaya politik dan politik ekonomi yang sungguh-singguh terkonsolidasikan: ORDE BARU. HANYA SATU dan itu adalah sebuah kediktatoran totalitarian kapitalisme kroni. HANYA SATU!! 1946-65 tak ada sistem ataupun budaya […]
Indonesian politics: The beginnings of a youth rebellion?
Since Sept 23, there have been student demonstrations in almost every province of Indonesia against numerous new Bills being tabled and passed by the outgoing Parliament. The first protest in the university town of Yogyakarta saw a turnout of 15,000 students, despite the rally call going out less than 24 hours before that. While the students across Indonesia […]
NEW POLITICS IN INDONESIA: Audio of talk and also powerpoint
NEW POLITICS IN INDONESIA by Max Lane Dibawah ada sebuah POWER POINT presentation dari May 2018. Presentasi ini dipakai di International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam dan tidak lama sesudah itu di Sydney, Australia. Dalam presentasi ini salah satu hal yang dibicarakan ialah mulai proses radikalisi progressip demokratis id kaum muda, Juga ada rekaman […]
Apa yang sedang terjadi di Indonesia saat ini dan ke depan.
TOLONG SHARE DAN EDARKAN: Kaum muda yang berpikiran modern kritis dan berani. ++++ Apa yang sedang terjadi di Indonesia saat ini dan ke depan. Asal-usul. Garis dinamika ke depan. Latar belakang Pertanyaan-pertanyaan. (CATAT: Sebentar lagi ada dua buku baru.) Semua buku di bawah tersedia di Indonesia lewat toko buku ONLINE atau (English books) di toko […]
Students protest against the weakening of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)” by Max Lane
Short 500 word commentary – 2019/79, 24 September 2019 On 23 September, large student demonstrations took place in cities and towns in Indonesia. In some cities, including Jakarta, more demonstrations were planned for 24 September. In most cases, the demonstrations were orderly, with clashes resulting in injuries only in Bandung. (In Papua on the same […]
The Papuan Question in Indonesia: Recent Developments
by Max Lane (Written approx 2 September, 2019) “• Papuan nationalist agitation and violent protests escalated in mid-August 2019 within Papua and in various Indonesian towns, especially after video footage of security personnel calling Papuan activists “monkeys” were widely circulated. Such footage revived longstanding allegations of discrimination against Papuans in Indonesia. Papuan protests have increasingly called for an act […]
