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Sympathy for the Devil

Sympathy for the Devil
Pining for the certainty of the Suharto era

Religious Bandung

Religious Bandung
Bandung’s government opts for a religious program that matches the city’s character

Eager to work

Eager to work
The value of children’s paid work on Lombok’s tobacco plantations presents a challenge to emotive arguments for the wholesale banning of child labour

Snatching victory

Snatching victory
When Indonesia’ s National Police took on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over the Bank Century case, the KPK won

Costly inducements

Costly inducements
Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price

Passports optional

Passports optional
Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia

A matter of luck

A matter of luck
Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives

American dreams

American dreams
Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadelphia

Token gestures

Token gestures
Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered

Oppressed and they know it

Oppressed and they know it
Indonesian fishers in Taiwan are beginning to fight back

Leaving Indonesia

Leaving Indonesia
As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple

Learning to lead

Learning to lead
Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong

Social justice by design

Social justice by design
Architect Antonio Ismael Risianto promotes planning for the urban poor

Development for the rich

Development for the rich
Gated communities are built with little concern for their social and environmental impacts

Land, ethnicity and politics

Land, ethnicity and politics
Direct local elections have led to new developments in the struggle for land rights in East Kalimantan

Too precious to mine

Too precious to mine
Central Java farmers refuse to get stuck in cement

Fighting over the land and forest

Fighting over the land and forest
Century-old conflicts persist in the vast tracts of Indonesia that are designated as state forest

A city without social justice

A city without social justice
Jakarta needs more green space, but not at the expense of the poor

Land titles do not equal agrarian reform

Land titles do not equal agrarian reform
Activists split with Indonesia’s government over whether land registration helps the rural poor

The trouble with oil palm

The trouble with oil palm
Conflicts between villagers and plantation companies in Sumatra are still unresolved

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