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“Power and Opposition Under Prabowo’s Political Cartel” by Max Lane
After months of speculation about what a Prabowo government would be like following the ten years of the Widodo presidency, speculation is starting to subside, and policies are becoming clearer Read here: https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/iseas-perspective/2025-38-power-and-opposition-under-prabowos-political-cartel-by-max-lane/
Pre-Order Now: INDONESIA OUT OF EXILE out as an Audiobook on June 10.
INDONESIA OUT OF EXILE out as an Audiobook on June 10. You can Pre-Order Now!! https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/indonesia-out-of-exile.aspx “Lane chronicles the writer’s struggles through his book Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship. The tome also covers the roles of Pramoedya’s fellow political prisoners, newspaper publisher Hasjim Rahman and journalist Joesoef Isak, in […]
Fear of Military Interference in Politics Runs Deep in Indonesia by Max Lane
Indonesia’s civil society and university campuses have long been a bellwether for military overreach. The current mood among resistors is distinctly anxious. read here: https://fulcrum.sg/fear-of-military-interference-in-politics-runs-deep-in-indonesia/
Prabowo Subianto Now President with New Cabinet but Speculation Still Rampant by Max Lane
The new president has been in power nearly two months so many questions remain unresolved. Read full commentary HERE
ARTICLE: Art and The Continuing Erosion of a Political Taboo: Sculpture and Activism in Indonesia’s National Gallery by Max Lane
Art has power to inspire activism and challenge political taboos. In Indonesia, a recent exhibition highlighted this dynamic. Read more HERE
Literature, Labor Movements and Nationalism in Indonesia
Talks by Max Lane and responses at the University of The Philippines, March 2023. Full transcript downloadable. 1. Indonesia Out of Exile: Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the Politics of Unfinished Ferment 2. Class, Nation, and Social Revolution in Indonesia and the Philippines 3. The Indonesian Labor Movement 57 Class, Nation, and the Forgetting of Development […]
Dynastic Politics Provokes Nationwide Demonstrations by Max Lane
President Joko Widodo has suffered his first defeat from student-popular protests angered by his royalty-style dynastic politics. Perhaps a minor defeat, but a defeat none the less. Read HERE
ARTICLE: Indonesia’s Labour Party After the Elections: Ambiguities Continue
The failure of Indonesia’s working-class representatives to secure a toehold in the national legislature is partly explained by their inability to make up their mind on whether to be a true oppositional force. Read here.
3 articles after a visit to Timor Leste
3 articles after a visit to Timor Leste I was able to make a short visit to Dili, Timor Leste on the occasion of the commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the Restoration of Independence, May 20, 2024. Below are three articles I wrote flowing from that visit. Oppose the Australian State’s Involvement in Oppressions […]
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