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The formation of a new Workers Party backed by the country’s labour unions signifies a new trend in Indonesian politics.
In August 2021, a new Workers Party (Partai Buruh, PB) was formed. The structure of the party was formalised through a congress in October 2021. Four union confederations, (...)
Laili — The People Movement Alliance (ARB) held a protest action to commemorate May Day, National Education Day and 24 years since reformasi in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on May 22.
The action, which was titled “Enough of the oligarchy’s term in office, don’t extend it any further!,” was (...)
Little noticed in the West, the past two years have witnessed the largest protest wave in decades against Indonesia’s increasingly authoritarian crony-capitalist government. But activists are still mentally stuck in the 1990s, deploying depoliticized concepts like “civil society” and “moral (...)
Literature That Defends Victims, Not Power we have cried out from behind the walls of segregation from the clutches of the spiteful bed from the nightly business in the gutters from the revenge of unwilling wedlock “we are human beings!”
– ‘Women’, written by Sugiarti Siswadi, leader of Lekra (...)
STATEMENT:
CONFEDERATION OF INDONESIAN PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT (KPRI) President Must Revoke Job Creation Law! Issued Government Regulation in Lie of Law Immediately!
Build an Alternative Political Party from the Unite Multi-Sector People’s Movement! Greetings for all comrade in fairness, equal (...)
Scholars and rights activists have condemned the Indonesian Military’s (TNI) recent move to confiscate books about the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in different parts of the country, calling the raids repressive and illegal.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Padang Military Command (...)
20 years after Suharto’s fall, new movements in Indonesia are resuming a struggle against capital that had been buried by 33 years of dictatorship.
May 21, 2018 marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the dictator Suharto, who ruled Indonesia from 1965 until 1998 — 33 years; a very long (...)
20 years after Suharto’s fall, new movements in Indonesia are resuming a struggle against capital that had been buried by 33 years of dictatorship.
May 21, 2018 marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the dictator Suharto, who ruled Indonesia from 1965 until 1998 — 33 years; a very long (...)
Dear Comrades and Friends
Warm greetings from Jakarta,
Here we sharing our paper on the economic solidarity movement and the transformative social protection of various practices and initiatives of KPRI members (Confederation of Indonesian People Movement).
As you know KPRI members consist (...)
Expanded version of the contribution presented at the forum: “Exit Capitalism – Build The Left”. Socialism International 2016. 25-27 November 2016. KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Session 2: “The Left Alternative in Elections”.
In revolutionary Marxist tradition, the (...)
Press Release Uphold People’s Power, Build up a Just, Equal and Prosperous Indonesia Start from 11 to 15 January 2016, the Confederation of Indonesian People’s Movement (Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia, henceforward KPRI) held its fourth congress in Jakarta, Indonesia. Through this (...)
Anti-communist groups recently attacked victims of Indonesia’s 1965 anti-communist purge, unfurling banners with violent messages.
Gatherings of victims of Indonesia’s 1965 anti-communist purge were attacked by groups of people last week in West Sumatra and Central Java.
A rampaging mob (...)
Who are we?
We are Politik Rakyat (Politic of the People), a new revolutionary socialist political formation in Indonesia, who fight against militarism, sexism and patriarchy, and the environmental destruction by capitalism and for socialism in the 21st century. We are a newly established (...)
Deal a decisive blow to Neoliberalism End the WTO and the Stop the new wave of Free Trade Agreements The time is now for Economic Justice!
The capitalist system is in a deep crisis. Since the 2008 financial crisis where the system nearly imploded, it has yet to fully recover. And instead, the (...)
To the movements and the people of Indonesia, we, a small group among the people’s movements, are now referring to and introducing ourselves as the People’s Politics (Politik Rakyat).
The People’s Politics (not abbreviated) seeks to remain always as an important part of the struggle for socialism (...)
Laurencius Simanjuntak — Founded on July 22, 1996, or when Suharto’s New Order regime was still savage and cruel, it was not an easy time for the People’s Democratic Party (PRD). Moreover the social-democrat orientated party explicitly declared its opposition to Suharto’s power.
“The New Order has (...)
Laurencius Simanjuntak — The revolutionary ideals of the People’s Democratic Party (PRD) founded 16 years ago were thwarted. The New Order regime of former President Suharto in a rage of fury obliterated the party only a few months after it was declared on July 22, 1996. PRD leaders and cadre in (...)
The present capitalism crisis is a crucial moment in the global left movement politics. The cruciality of the crisis situation for the left movement is given by crisis as a very weak moment from capitalism life cycle. In crisis situation, every alternative possibility is arising in the society (...)
Brief History
KPRI grew out of the organization PERGERAKAN, which is an acronym for Association of Actors of People-based Advocacy for Social Justice or often referred to as People-Centered Advocacy Organization for Social Justice. PERGERAKAN as a membership-based organization was founded in (...)
Institut KRISPENA (INKRISPENA)
Background
The Indonesian economy is being driven towards the integration into the global free market economy. The integration process can be seen by the signing of either regional or international trade agreements as well as government’s rules and regulations to (...)
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