Politics

Links between corruption and violence in Poso

Old elites are still in power, but direct elections now give voters a choice

Labour on the net

From workers’ rights to democracy

New agreement to end conflict in Aceh creates surprising trust and optimism

Observing social change in Papua

Australia: an alternative West in Asia?

Transforming rubbish into political art

A farmer’s daughter takes control and makes a difference

It’s been a long struggle trying to get unions to listen to women

Fauzi Abdullah reflects on more than a quarter of a century of organising

Greater freedom to organise also means more opportunity for division

Why is organised labour missing from the democracy movement?

Just a public relations exercise that undermines workers’ rights

Indonesia’s labour movement needs to consolidate the gains of 1998

Advocates for Papuans need to examine their motives and prejudices.

Entrepreneurs are transforming political parties.

The East Timorese resistance movement also committed crimes.

Overwhelming data makes the East Timor report rock solid