DENGAN TIGA BAB BARU. SEGERA TERBIT: UNFINISHED NATION: Memori Revolusi, Aksi Massa dan Sejarah Indonesia (Edisi 2013)
2005 Sydney Morning Herald article on Joesoef Isak and Max Lane
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OLD 2001 NOTES/ARTICLE: INDONESIA: the urban poor and the proletariat in mobilising politics.
Below are the notes used for a seminar paper delivered in, I think 2001, at the International Institute for Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The paper was never prepared for publication. (PLEASE NOTE: A lot has happened since 2001. This article refers to the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD). This party split in 2007. […]
ARTICLE – After THE ACT OF THE KILLING: Indonesia, 1965: rehabilitating victims, rehabilitating revolution by Max Lane
Indonesia and 1965: rehabilitating victims, rehabilitating revolution under a counter-revolutionary state. Max Lane Text of notes used for talk delivered at Conference: “After The Act of Killing: Historical Justice and the 1965-66 Mass Killings in Indonesia”, University of Melbourne and Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat, Jakarta, August 30, 2013. It is very heartening to see the increased and more open […]
ON BALI: four pieces (2 poems, 2 essays).
BALI, INDONESIA Green, deep green Chlorophyll blinds the eyes keen Black earth, brown aches Sticky mud between toes cakes. Tears irrigate the picture painted under the labouring harvest’s stricture Paddy, palms, coconuts, frangipanis Creations of peasant hands canny. Rice sold and eaten Suffices to keep deep want beaten But for the future there are no […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Report: National strike called in Indonesia for October 3 BY Max Lane
On 24 September, trade unions belonging to the recently formed Majelis Pekerja Buruh Indonesia (Indonesian Worker Employees Assembly – MPBI) have called for a national strike for October 3. They are expecting 2 million workers to join the strike in at least 21 towns with large manufacturing sectors. These towns are spread over all Indonesia’s […]
MARXISM 2013 CONFERENCE
I am pleased to be able to speak at next year’s Marxism 2013 Conference. There will also be speakers from Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan and Sri Lanka as well the US and elsewhere. The website for the Marxism 2013 Conference, organised by Socialist Alternative as a national/international conference in Melbourne, is nowup with information on […]
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