Poem of the Morning by Danial Indrakusuma [Posted on FACEBOOK, October 29, 2013 in the lead-up to the October 31 – November 1 national strike in Indonesia organised by the Labour Movement National Consolidation (KNGB). Indrakusuma is active in labour movement politics. He has been active in the democratic struggle since the 1970s and was a […]
DOCUMENT: Statement of Joint Labor Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) to welcome the NATIONAL STRIKE
Comrades everywhere, On the 31st of October – 1st November we will again be conducting a National Strike. Our demands are: wage rise of 50 % (making the minimum wage in Jakarta Rp. 3.7 million); end the system of contract work and outsourcing; withdraw the No. 9 2013 Presidential Decree; health insurance and free education […]
DOCUMENT: SUPPORT THE STRIKE Peoples Liberation Party.
Peoples Liberation Party: support the strike. WE MUST: (minimal) 50% wage increase; Abolish Outsourcing; Social Insurance for all the people; and STOP PRODUCTION (STRIKE) on a National Scale! Salam Pembebasan, Strike! Strike! Strike! The Labour United Front with the name Labour Movement National Consolidation (KNGB) was established within less than three […]
PENGUMUMAN: Pementasan tari Melanie Lane dan Eko Supriyanto di Jakarta, Solo dan Padang.
Pementasan tari Melanie Lane dan Eko Supriyanto di Jakarta, Solo dan Padang. “Solid States”
SHORT COMMENT: On funding the Humanities and Indonesia Studies in the universities by Max Lane
Despite the academe’s now long acquiescence in the corporatisation of the universities, the commodification of education and the subjugation of university activity to the ideology and policies of the governments of the day, I still continue to be shocked by so-called academic leaders praising government decisions that further embed this destructive trend. Following the visit […]
INDONESIA 1965: A forgotten massacre on our doorstep – by Max Lane
INDONESIA 1965: A forgotten massacre on our doorstep – by Max Lane The systematic political murder of around 1 million people in Indonesia began on 1 October 1965 and lasted around three years. The violence was accompanied by mass arrests, probably hundreds of thousands going in and out of ad hoc prisons between 1965 and […]
“The ‘prickly’ relationship between Australia and Indonesia”: an article from 1995 by Max Lane
“Words May Be Consensual, But The Actions Are Confrontationist.” by Max Lane Sydney Morning Herald, 19 September 1995 +++++++ IT’S SURPRISING that any observer of Indonesian society and politics could accept the official line that Indonesia’s approach to the resolution of issues is “consensual”. Indonesian politics during the three decades of the self-styled New Order has […]
Facebook status comments on politics: September, by Max Lane.
Both the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd government and now the Abbot LNP gang are carrying out racist, xenophobic and inhuman policies on refugees, shunting them off to Manus and Nauru. They should not just be welcoming refugees when they arrive on poor fishermen’s boats, they should be organizing them to fly safely down from Indonesia to settle in […]
SEGERA TERBIT: UNFINISHED NATION: Memori Revolusi, Aksi Massa dan Sejarah Indonesia (Edisi 2013)
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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