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, by Detik.com
Jakarta — The sudden emergence of the Indonesian Student Party (Partai Mahasiswa Indonesia, PMI) has elicited a variety of responses.
The unexpected news was initially conveyed by People’s House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, who said that the PMI had been (…)
, by CNN Indonesia
Student demonstrations have been held simultaneously in various parts of the country — from the west to the east — rejecting the discourse on postponing the 2024 elections and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo serving a third term in office, and against fuel prices hikes, valued added tax increases (…)
, by RIDHA Muhammad
In a recent article Edward Aspinall suggests that the current student mobilisation revives old patterns from the Indonesian student movement. But there are three new manifestations in the current movement that can hardly be understood in terms of the old patterns.
First, in mobilisation, the (…)
, by Wagimanto
The scandalous passing of the “Job Creation” bill, or more accurately, the “pro-Big-Bosses-against-people-and-environment” bill on October 5, has been met with strong opposition from large sections of the Indonesian public.
Protests began when the government proposed the draft bill early this (…)
, by Reuters
He was once a boy scout and member of a patriotic flag-raising team in high school.
But with student protests sweeping Jakarta and other cities in recent months in some of the worst civil unrest to hit Indonesia in decades, Manik Marganamahendra has emerged as an anti-establishment icon. (…)
, by LANE Max
Since Sept 23, there have been student demonstrations in almost every province of Indonesia against numerous new Bills being tabled and passed by the outgoing Parliament. The first protest in the university town of Yogyakarta saw a turnout of 15,000 students, despite the rally call going out (…)
, by Ken
This is the nineth translation from of a series of 13 interviews with leaders of labour, peasant, fisherpeople, urban and rural poor, environmental, student and social-political organisations in Indonesia around the theme “Ten Years after the Fall of Suharto - Views from the People’s (…)
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