🎙️PODCAST: What does the first year of the presidency of #Prabowo reveal about #Indonesia’s political direction? https://t.co/E9wzuL8SYa With Prof Tim Lindsey @cilis_mls, @MelbLawSchool & @iwilson69 @MurdochUni. Hosted by Sami Shah. Produced by @profactual. #EartoAsia

Ketum PBNU hobknobbs with Israeli hawks in midst of a genocide and profits from fossil fuels amidst a climate crisis, mobilising religio-political authority to peddle self-interested anti-science climate denialism. https://t.co/yLF1aF6paX

I discuss the 1st year of Prabowo's presidency, and what may lie ahead, with Prof Tim Lindsey on latest edition of Ear to Asia podcast.

Soeharto is undoubtedly a national hero, to those who've thrived within the conditions produced by his violent counter-revolution, from the normalization of cultures of impunity to the' endless wellspring' of corruption and self-enrichment, semua diatas nama rakyat dan bangsa.

Dialogues@Fulcrum - Fulcrum editor & Coordinator, Indonesia Studies Programme, Julia Lau (@JuliaMLau) speaks to Dr Ian Wilson (@iwilson69) about power, politics, and popular culture, including the phenomenon of 'preman' in today's Indonesia. #Podcast

Israel violating a ceasefire deal as a mob of Israeli settlers attack an American journalist and Palestinian grandma & an Israeli soccer match is cancelled because of violent fans is all the worse when you remember the deal calls to "de-radicalize" Palestinians and not Israelis

A historic role of paramilitary ormas, for the state, has been to manage and harness local informal coercive actors via transactional arrangements in the reprodution of the broader socio-political order, aka 'jaga lingkungan'. https://t.co/K6EKY0vm22

Religious paramilitary intimidates man at his home due to disliking his opinion, forcing him to apologise under duress as the police look on https://t.co/Yd2rOVM4ok

What is being proposed is basically an extra layer of colonialism.

Exclusive | The Albanese government might have recognised Palestine, but it is continuing to hand taxpayer money to Israeli companies steeped in genocide, writes Bernard Keane.

An open letter to the Vice Chancellors of Australian Universities from Academics for Palestine, Western Australia. Australia’s Vice Chancellors must direct their universities to support the universities of Gaza. Please read and share widely. https://t.co/dpotiMoMNY

"Pemahaman-pemahaman ini didapat dari buku ini, sehingga buku itu dianggap berbahaya apabila dipegang yang bersangkutan, kan mereka ada batas hukuman, kalau mereka keluar dan membaca lagi mereka bisa memiliki kekecewaan lagi, bertambah lagi, kekecewaan terhadap pemerintah.."

Kevin I need to be so real with you right now. The thoughts of *all* Australians are not with the family of a random right-wing commentator they've never heard of on the other side of the fucking world.

Contestation over the 'penyusup' narrative and the emphasis on elite orchestration has, in many respects, obscured the agency of actors operating outside dominant interpretive frames. -- Ian Wilson https://t.co/30Fx61TYdc

The 'infiltrator' is a common frame in Indonesia for interpreting and narrating mass expressions of dissent . I suggest that it operates to obscure the political agency of marginal political actors, many of whom were at the forefront of recent protests. https://t.co/rHhDDzN3U4

terjemahan: Pembacaan intelektual resmi dan kritis tentang pergolakan di Indonesia seringkali sepakat dalam memandang kerusuhan, dll., sebagai akibat dari aktor-aktor jahat. Perbedaannya terletak pada siapa aktor-aktor ini. Masing-masing, bisa dibilang, gagal mengenali agensi

Official and critical intellectual readings of upheaval in Indonesia often converge in seeing rioting etc as due to nefarious actors. Divergence is over who these actors are. Each, arguably, fails to recognise the agency and anomie of social classes and groups outside their own

Good to see someone highlighting another tragic death of an ojol driver during the protests, this time at the hands of protestors. Shameful there's been no statement, apology or queue of people to melayat. Presumably little political capital to be gained

Let him cook.

Surprise of some analysts at extent of anger among the Indonesian public arguably reflects their emphasis on 'politics' = machinations of elites, while relying on dubious surveys to judge widespread sentiment. End result, a worldview as delusional as that of elites themselves