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A new tactical toolkit

A new tactical toolkit
The labour movement successfully adopted new tactics in their campaign for social security reform

Born-again cosmopolitan

Born-again cosmopolitan
Pentecostalism and its expressive religiosity resonates with a new generation of Christians  

Living without a state

Living without a state
People in rural Papua are more interested in basic services than grand political struggles

Staying stuck

Staying stuck
Asylum seekers from the Middle East and troubled parts of Asia can languish for years in difficult circumstances in Indonesia

Back on the streets

Back on the streets
A national strike shows that workers are once again a significant force  

Selling nationalism

Selling nationalism
Indonesian television advertisements are constructing images of Indonesia by appropriating well-known nationalist themes

Review: Power politics

Review: Power politics
Jeffrey Winters’ Oligarchy is an epic work of comparative political insight but has little that is new to add to the study of Indonesia’s politics

New social media as a tool for activism

New social media as a tool for activism
Indonesia is Facebooking, Twittering and blogging, but what effect is this having on campaigns for social justice? Indonesia is online. The number of Indonesians using the internet increased from two million in 2000 to over 55 million in 2012, the fourth largest number of internet users in Asia (after China, India and Japan).

Tweeting about politics

Tweeting about politics
Indonesian politicians want to raise their public profile but don’t want the criticism

Rock music and social activism on the internet

Rock music and social activism on the internet
Bali rockers Navicula find a platform for social change in online social media

Online networking and minority rights

Online networking and minority rights
LGBT communities use social media to organise despite threats of violence

Clicktivism and the real world

Clicktivism and the real world
Social media tools are only effective if they can engage people off-line

Facebooking for reform?

Facebooking for reform?
Social media campaigns highlight the need for criminal law reform in Indonesia

Time bomb in Bali

Time bomb in Bali
A culture that suppresses conflict disguises decades-long tensions in Balinese communities

For the good of the people?

For the good of the people?
The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy

Convenient thugs

Convenient thugs
FPI thrives when mainstream Muslim groups remain silent

High stakes

High stakes
ASRIANA KEBON speaks to Indonesian underage minors who were returned to Indonesia following age determination hearings in Darwin

‘You’re crazy. Don’t make up things!’

‘You’re crazy. Don’t make up things!’
Celebrity gossip shows denigrate homosexuality, but at least they talk about it

They are just Papuans

They are just Papuans
Recent violence shows the authorities share a disturbing mindset about the residents of Papua

A house for all Muslims?

A house for all Muslims?
The United Development Party is determined to survive as a political force

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