New York middle upper ambiance,Laptop monitors light up tables,Office staff pop in and order water in bottles with fancy labels,I can’t see the bajaj* below.++++++ bajaj – small, motorised, smoke belching, tin-can motorised trishaw used by Jakartans for cheap transport
Article: Who Will be Indonesian President in 2014? article by Max Lane
ISEAS, Singapore | 18 Jul 2013 INTRODUCTION The usual path to become a presidential candidate in Indonesia is to be nominated by a political party or combination of parties that have either won 20% of the national vote in the parliamentary elections or control 25% of the seats in the House of Representatives (DPR). Some parties already […]
Poem: Singapore Morning
Sandwiched between pipe-embroidered ceiling and shiny floor, I have a coffee and eggs for breakfast underground in Singapore, muzak vibrates through the air-conditioned atmos, suffocating consumption among the franchised dross. Haven from asphalt shimmered steaming heat, From steel roach road rage trumpet bleats, Muzak rattle strangely soothes the soul, Outside, reality only reality to us […]
SAJAK: Tebet II
Tiga antenna televisi mekar bagai kembang bertaman di atap, bunyi palu tukang pukul kayu, tiba-tiba aku nengok menatap Genting merah coklat, gang aspal sesempit satu mobil, tembok abu-abu, di halaman rumah dengan pemandangannya, bersama teman sehidup, berlabuh.
POEM: JAKARTA FROM THE SKYLINE
New York middle upper ambiance, Laptop monitors light up tables, Office staff pop in and order water in bottles with fancy labels, I can’t see the bajaj* below. ++++++ bajaj – small, motorised, smoke belching, tin-can motorised trishaw used by Jakartans for cheap transport
Max Lane: Selected coming and recent publications. (2008-2013) EXCLUDING blog articles
Sole authored books scheduled for publication in by Djaman Baroe in 2013 are: Bangsa Yang Belum Selesai (new edition with three new chapters) (April, 2013) Indonesia tidak ada di Bumi Manusia (a book on the works of Pramoedya Ananta Toer) (June, 2013) W.S. Rendra: sastera kepeloporan dan kontradiksinya, 1970-78 (a book on the 1970s works […]
Revolutionaries and reformists in contemporary Australia – by Max Lane
By Max Lane — Rosa Luxemburg wrote the booklet Social Reform or Revolution in response to the writings of Eduard Bernstein. Bernstein was advocating an “evolutionary” path to socialism, counter-posed to revolution. “Reform or revolution?” became a fundamental question for the socialist and labour movements at the beginning of the 20th century. Defining the division […]
Mixing Marx and Indonesia by Mohammed Cohen
BALI – Max Lane is a Marxist and leading authority on Indonesia. That’s somewhat ironic since Indonesia has been a bulwark of anti-communism since the 1965 coup that brought General Suharto to power and led to the killings of up to 3 million alleged communists. Yet Lane says that Indonesia turned him into a Marxist. […]
October 3 National Strike: Indonesia’s Political Terrain Changing by Max Lane
One of the October 3 mobilisations in Jakarta In its press statement on October 3, the Indonesian Workers and Labourers Assembly (MPBI) stated that 2 million workers mobilized for the national strike it called for that date, with mobilisations in industrial areas or outside government offices in 21 cities and towns. Press and various blog […]
Reflections on starting “anew” in Australia: some experiences from the Australian Left – by Max Lane
It has been almost five years since I was expelled in 2008 with 35 others from the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) or ‘Perspective’, as it had become by then. (And I think there were another dozen or so who had to leave in other ways.) It was a sad, angry and frustrating moment. I joined […]
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