Govt ignores Indonesian debt slaves’ plight
The planned deportation of more than 400,000 Indonesian workers from Malaysia only reinforces their status as debt slaves. Malaysia now has almost 2 million Indonesian guest workers with legal status and another 500,000 without the proper documents. Malaysia’s new laws on foreign workers, and the Indonesian government’s pathetic acceptance of these laws almost without […]
A play Nyai Ontosoroh, Synopsis and the context of the story
Nyai Ontosoroh The story of the struggles of Sanikem alias Nyai Ontosoroh It was a time when the Dutchmen ruled, with their companies, with their government and with their White Laws. Whites and natives did not mix, did not integrate. It was just here and there you a found a few Natives allowed into Dutch […]
Tan Malaka: Protecting freedom of expression
This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title “Tan Malaka: Protectingfreedom of expression”. “Saya mencium darah revolusi yang begitu harum, revolusi yang akan menyongsongkematian, dengan penuh harga diri…” “I smell the sweet aroma of the blood of revolution that will bring death, and honour.”Thus is a sentence taken from the Tan Malaka monologue performed […]
