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[1] h/t John Quiggin.
[2] Wikipedia’s Assume Good Faith should be required reading for all internet users.
[3]. I am trying to correct my monolingual deficiency. Saya bisa berbicara Bahasa Indonesia sedikit sedikit… is about as much Bahasa Indonesia as I can string together at this point.
[4] Ok, that’s a big ask, but it expands the potential audience for a discussion.
Whence (dari mana) the interest in Bahasa Indonesia pak Keiran?
Monolingualism is a distinct disadvantage!
Indonesia is a fascinating place, I had the oppurtunity to explore some parts of Nusa Tenggara when I was much younger.
It’s also fascinating as a social anarchist. There is a small anarchist current emerging in Indonesia that I would love to be able to engage with.
I’m interested in finding them too. The punk movement is massive here compared to anything I ever saw in Australia, and although a lot of it is largely ‘apolitical’ middle class lifestyle consumption. I am sure there must be some seriously turned on activists here with the massive inequality and political corruption that exists. Many street kids are heavily into punk and although they don’t appear to know anything about anarchism, their lifestyle choice is seriously political here.
I’ve seen the odd interesting snippet appear online.
There was this in last years Blacklight #0, Anarchism in Indonesia.
This report on Infoshop of a 2008 Mayday action, Mayday in Jakarta. There is a Komunitas Bendera Hitam facebook page with some 10 000 likes.
There is apparently an anarchist social centre in Jakarta, Institut A.
Hidup Biasa carries the occasional report of Anarchist activity in Indonesia. Unfortunately it seems some have embraced insurrectionist tactics. Insurrectionists elsewhere have undertaken a variety of solidarity actions, see Indonesian Intifada for more.
And there is Jurnal Kontinum, which was described in anarchist news blotters as an anti-authoritarian journal, but I am yet to take the time to examine their politics in any detail.
It’s hard to assess the nature or extent of Indonesia’s anarchist current from what little can be seen as an English speaker online.
I’m yet to see much evidence of the class struggle tradition of anarchism.
I wonder what impacts Indonesia’s legal position on communism and atheism has on any anarchist current.
Hi Kieran,
We meet at camp anarchy. I am the (so-called) ‘lifestyle’ anarchist you critiqued in your post on camp anarchy. I don’t have time to write a response at the moment, but will do so soon. We need more debate/discussion, so I am glad to find others who take a serious revolutionary anarchist position but also seem open-minded. I just wanted to let you know that I too am planning to head to Marxism 2013. I look forward to seeing you take on the Marxists (was very impressed by your summary of the basic anarchist political vision, so I am sure you will be a good rep for our cause). If you want to meet up, feel free to contact me.
Cheers
Johnny
I look forward to catching you at Marxism, I know a few people who were at Camp Anarchy intend to attend, for various purposes. I think N.C was planning on offering a bit of push back in their sessions on anarchism.
Dear Kieran,
You might be interested to know that in Perth members of the amalgamation of the Revolutionary Socialist Party with Socialist Alternative – these would be urban guerillas fancying themselves – are now called ‘SARSParillas’.