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 […]

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 […]

12 essays on aspects of politics since 2013 Authors are: Ull Fiona, Mada Sukmajati, Rizki Alvian, Wawan Mas’udi. Amalinda Savirani, Cornelis Lay, Leo Agustino,  Ahmad Rizky Mardhatillah Umar, Richard Chauvel, Yatun Sastramidjaja, Max Lane. For contents, click HERE. In Indonesia, this book can be obtained in PERIPLUS Bookshops. Otherwise order by clicking HERE. 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  A primary feature of Indonesia’s transactional politics since 2014 has been the shallowness of policy and ideological discourse.  The public process of the formation of coalitions in support of presidential candidates Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto were marked by transactionalism regarding electoral standing rather than ideological and policy differences, and this […]

“Beragam isu berkembang melalui media-media nasional Indonesia, di tahun-tahun politik yang panas. Mulai kedaulatan ekonomi, radikalisme, terorisme, Pancasila, toleransi, dan populisme Islam. Seolah Indonesia diguncang dalam kondisi gawat. Benarkah begitu? Bagaimanakah sebenarnya keadaan Indonesia saat ini, terutama politik dan budayanya? Simak wawancara kami dengan Max Lane, seorang aktivis dan pengamat Indonesia dari Australia, penulis buku […]

Trade Unions’ Initiative To Create Alternative Political Force in Indonesia. by Max Lane “Five trade union confederations organised a conference in April 2018 that brought together like-minded progressive trade unions, non-government organisations, student activists and political groups, to push for an alternative political force which would be independent of the two major power blocs led by President […]

A new book proves that the Indonesian army was responsible for the systematic slaughter of leftists in the 1965–66 genocide — and that orders came directly from the top. Jess Melvin’s new book, The Army and the Indonesian Genocide, has been rightly hailed as a breakthrough. Uncovering the actors behind the mass murder of hundreds of thousands […]