National Politics
A new tactical toolkit
The labour movement successfully adopted new tactics in their campaign for social security reform
High stakes
ASRIANA KEBON speaks to Indonesian underage minors who were returned to Indonesia following age determination hearings in Darwin
Terror in Tandes
Two villagers from the rural fringe of Surabaya recall the most frightening night of their lives
Hunted communists
Many of those accused of being communists fled to South Blitar after the Surabaya crackdown, only to become the target of the Trisula Operation in 1968
Survival through slavery
Suspected communists who survived the killings of 1965-66 in South Sulawesi spent the next 20 years working for the military in an isolated jungle camp
I'm still here
Forty-five years later, survivors are telling their stories about their suffering in detention
The spirit of Sudirman
A mural competition in Yogyakarta sees Indonesians reinterpreting their revolutionary past in the light of present concerns
Transcending personality politics
The election of Anas Urbaningrum suggests Partai Demokrat can survive without its founder, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Resistance through memory
The victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster continue to assert their rights to compensation
Stopping the flow
Lapindo Brantas’ involvement in the Surabaya Post has restricted the way journalists report on the mudflow
Princess of populism
Leaving Indonesia
Costly inducements
Passports optional
Snatching victory
The demand for sustainable timber is colliding with the needs of Central Java farmers
Jusuf Wanandi’s memoir allows glimpses into the mindset of Suharto-era officialdom
Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery
Recent ground-breaking publications, an internationally award-winning film and a major conference are opening up new truths about Indonesia’s past
The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror
