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Politics 8 years ago
Army planned to overthrow Sukarno in 1965: US declassified files
Newly declassified US government files have revealed that the Indonesian Army planned to overthrow Sukarno after failing to convince him that the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) was behind the failed coup attempt against him.
Art & Culture 8 years ago
Essay: Of reunions and September putsches
We became a generation taught to be scared of the shadows on the ground thrown by rustling leaves, instead of being directed to take a long hard look at the tree itself, and more importantly from which direction the gust of wind rustling it came from.
Opinion 8 years ago
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Propaganda dé jà vu? Let’s learn from millennials
Here we go again, it’s the time of the year when the ghost of the past returns to haunt us. And this nightmare is far from over — its central scene being the murder of six generals and a captain in an attempted coup blamed on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) on Sept. 30, 1965.
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