New article on the politics of Indonesia after the parliamentary and presidential elections. For full article, click here
The most important book on Indonesian politics out of Australia.
Showcase state : the illusion of Indonesia’s accelerated modernisation, edited by Rex Mortimer, Angus and Robertson, 1973. With articles by, inter alia, Rex Mortimer, Herb Feith, Ken Ward, Peter Britton and Alan Smith. A tradition of analysis that needs reviving.
ARTIKEL ANALISA: Jarak Tipis di antara Kedua Calon Presiden Indonesia oleh Max Lane
(Artikel ini diterbitkan dalam bahasa Inggeris di ISEAS PERSPECTIVES pada tanggal Juli 4, 2014, sebelum pemilihan presiden berlangsung pada tanggal Juli 9. Artikel ini diterjemahkan sukarela oleh Mohamad Zaki Hussein. Terima kasih.) Setelah periode lobi pra-kampanye yang panjang untuk membentuk koalisi politik, kampanye pemilihan presiden telah berjalan selama tiga minggu. Sudah ada tiga debat di antara […]
W.S. Rendra’s THE STRUGGLE OF THE NAGA TRIBE translated by Max Lane
W.S. Rendra’s THE STRUGGLE OF THE NAGA TRIBE translated by Max Lane is now available as part of THE METHUEN DRAMA ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN ASIAN PLAYS (2014)
ARTICLE: The politics of the Indonesian Presidential elections 2014 by Max Lane
According to most Indonesian polls, former provincial businessman, mayor of Solo and governor of Jakarta Joko Widodo has lost a substantial lead to former general Prabowo Subianto in the current general election campaign. The two are now running neck and neck. Prabowo is responsible for the kidnapping and torture of more than 20 pro-democracy activists […]
SOON OUT: UNFINISHED NATION: Memori revolusi, aksi massa dan sejarah Indonesia – Max Lane
Akan terbit Mei 20. Mulai beredar segera sesudah itu di toko buku.
“Decentralization and Its Discontents: An Essay on Class, Political Agency and National Perspective in Indonesian Politics” by Max Lane
Out in mid-June. Terbit pertengahan Juni
ARTICLE: INDONESIA – THE POLITICS OF MAY DAY, 2014.
Around 250,000 workers, members of various trade unions, mobilised in Jakarta for May Day, 2014. From all accounts, the mobilisations were similar to those of 2012 and 2013. The demands carried on workers banners and posters were for rises in minimum wages and the banning of the widespread labor hire practices. From the hundreds of […]
ARTICLE: THE ACT OF KILLING – A puncture in the hegemony by Max Lane
The Act of Killing did not win Hollywood’s favor. The activist-oriented systematic promotion of the documentary, however, has helped it to have a significant impact on public discussion of the mass killings of 1965, both in Indonesia and internationally. A single film could never overthrow the hegemony of half a century of indoctrination, but it […]
POEM: Kelud’s Grey Beauty – by Max Lane
Kelud’s Grey Beauty Unheard here, Kelud erupts and its fine grey anger reaches for space. Its chariot, the streaming wind currents, carries its message afar, to the west. Grey beauty settles across a city, fogging the air, snowing the trees, caking the asphalt. Through open windows and vent holes. invisible snakes of dust sneak inside. […]
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