Indonesia
Several reasons why West Papua should get its freedom… immediately
By Andre Vltchek
More than ten years ago, in Nadi, Fiji, during a UN conference, I was approached by the Minister of Education of Papua...
Dutch Memorial Day: Maintaining colonial innocence by excluding people of color
On Dutch Memorial Day – May 4 – the Netherlands remembers its war dead from World War II and after.
A close look at the...
Indonesia: AGO proposes nationwide raids on books containing ’banned ideas’
23 January 2019
Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo is proposing that massive raids be carried out to hunt down books which contain communist teachings and banned...
Batam island – Indonesia’s pathetic attempt to create second Singapore
This time it was really supposed to work! The turbo-capitalist, anti-Communist and obedient Indonesia got so used to hearing bizarrely inflated compliments from its...
Malaysian Leader Says World’s Muslims Should Not ‘Lose to the Jews’
By HANNAH BEECH
BANGKOK — A protest in Malaysia against President Trump’s decision to designate Jerusalem the capital of Israel brought together political foes on...
Capitalism reduced Indonesian cities to infested carcases
From Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Samarinda and Pontianak, text and photos: Andre Vltchek
Several years ago, a prominent Indonesian businessman who now resides in Canada, insisted...
Borneo – Island devasted, people oblivious
From Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan)
Andre Vltchek and Mira Lubis
She was just standing there, in the middle of burning land, surrounded by stumps of trees, fire...
From Kennedy’s Assassination to the Massacre of 600.000 Communists in Indonesia
The Indonesia Massacre’s Historic Message
Exclusive: The U.S. mainstream media’s credulity toward today’s Official Narratives is especially troubling given the false storylines from the past,...
52 Years After Fascist Genocide, Indonesians Scared of “Communist Ghosts”
From Jakarta and Yogyakarta
By Andre Vltchek
October 10, 2017
It was once again a hot, muggy day in Jakarta. The air was full of pollutants, epic...
RCEP: International think tanks warn of devastating consequences
This week (December 2-10) [1] the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being negotiated in Jakarta, Indonesia. If signed, RCEP would grant corporations the exclusive right to bypass domestic legal systems and sue governments at international tribunals whenever they feel government regulation can limit their profits [2].