Australian imperialists are seething that China is helping Indonesia decolonize
Australian imperialists are seething that China is helping Indonesia decolonize
Australia is no longer competitive in the nickel market, largely due to Indonesia’s recent domination in the sector. This domination strategy has been carefully planned by Indonesia as it looks to boost its downstream industrial policy in critical minerals processing with the backing of Chinese inve...
The current elite in Indonesia came to power by desposing the left-wing nationalist Sukarno and by murdering 2 million people suspected of being members of the Communist Party. It had 1 million members at that time. To this day, the perpetrators of that genocide walk around freely, and are celebrated as heroes for "saving the nation" from the "communist traitors". There's a museum which celebrates the genocide of the communists and the purpetrators are often on TV talking about how they murdered the inhabitants of village X or Y because it was a hotbed of communism.
For those who want to learn more about this forgotten history, read The Jakarta Method, a book about the Indonesian Genocide and how it functioned as a model for anti-communists all over the Globe (Guatemala, Chile...) and watch the film The Act of Killing, in this film a couple of participants are asked to reenact their killing of communists for a documentary (which they happely do, and in painstaking detail, because the only feedback they're accustomed to is praise for their acts) which provides a horryfying insight into the way the killing of our comrades is looked at. It's basically impossible to watch the film in Indonesia, to quote wikipedia.
it is highly risky to submit The Act of Killing, titled Jagal in Indonesian, to the Film Censorship Board, since the probability of it being banned would mean Indonesians can face charges for watching the film, and allowing paramilitary groups to heckle screenings
But also, isn't fascism in the rise, in Indonesia?
Just heard something mentioned about that from someone in a live, but didn't follow through. Did you see anything about it in your daily research?
Fascism or not, I still would support decolonization. Regardless of if the Hindutva government is in power, India's resources and labor deserves to be its own. Same with Indonesia, no matter how ugly its politics are, etc. And the root of all this evil is always, always the west. Who instigated Islamists and the military junta to overthrow Sukarno and genocide millions? The US, hell, their alphabet agencies and corporations even gave the army hitlists to get them started. Whose divide-and-conquer policies led to such brutal Hindu-Muslim divisions on the Indian subcontinent, and such instability to fan the flames? The Brits and then the US.
Supporting Indonesia in its resource sovereignty is helping create a foundation from which better can emerge in the country- and it is supporting a movement across all the global south at that. And it is striking the truest, worst fascists, the root of all fascists.
And the root of all this evil is always, always the west.
You know what's funny. Is that sh-hid king b-lsen, probable Al Qaida agent/US tool, an american that "converted" to islam and went to kill a man in the UAE, get off scott-free by paying a giant amount of blood money (despite his whole case hinging on the fact that he was too broke which made him go off the rails or smth) and suddenly getting a massively reduced sentence after some UK involvement, is now making tiktoks and becoming a "muslim" "internet personality" in the SEA, along the lines of that romanian pedo who also "converted". Look up his name and idiots online are defending him saying he repented :)
The west is always the root of these evildoers.
Fair take, thanks.
I don't really see too much about Indonesia, but I mostly get the impression that the west is freaking out because Indonesia is increasingly pursuing independent policy. Ben Norton just did video discussing this recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlAN5-Lk0hw
I'll watch it, thanks!
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
Indonesia is Australia's Monroe Doctrine
I recall this article from last year.
That's surprising, coming from an Aussie think tank... compared to the likes of ASPI...
Now and then we do see glimpses of reality buried within western propaganda.