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What can Indonesian progressives learn from Mamdani’s victory
Academia 4 months ago

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What can Indonesian progressives learn from Mamdani’s victory

Mamdani's historic victory should inspire the progressive forces within Indonesian civil society, who are currently at their lowest point, to consolidate. 
Democracy doesn’t need heroes
Academia 4 months ago

Democracy doesn’t need heroes

Democracy itself is anti-heroic. Progress does not come from the benevolence of a single messiah but from the collective operation of an impersonal system.
False national heroes
Editorial 4 months ago

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False national heroes

Soeharto cannot be a true hero, only a false one, not until we clarify his role in the military-led mass killing campaigns in the mid-1960s that led to his seizure of power.
Analysis: Soeharto, national hero? Rehabilitating corruption, repression
Opinion 4 months ago

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Analysis: Soeharto, national hero? Rehabilitating corruption, repression

Barring any last-minute political twists, President Prabowo Subianto's administration appears poised to crown Indonesia's second president and Prabowo's former father-in-law Soeharto as a national hero. The move would mark a dramatic turn in the country's reckoning with its authoritarian past, as no previous president had dared to officially honor the man whose 32-year rule was synonymous with repression, corruption, and nepotism.
A revolution, a rumor and a new poet's death
Academia 7 months ago

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A revolution, a rumor and a new poet's death

Attributing the death of poet Amir Hamzah in March 1946 simply to “social revolution in East Sumatra” is an historical injustice.
Andi Mattalatta, the untitled independence hero
Academia 1 year ago

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Andi Mattalatta, the untitled independence hero

Mattalatta had opted to forgo being a king in South Sulawesi in order to fight for national independence, and his dedication in forming the Hasanuddin regiment was part of this struggle.
Indonesia bestows six national hero titles on provincial figures
Society 2 years ago

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Indonesia bestows six national hero titles on provincial figures

President Jokowi bestowed national hero titles on six figures, recognizing their pivotal role in Indonesia’s independence struggle on National Heroes Day.
Sculpture of Algerian hero vandalised in France
Art & Culture 4 years ago

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Sculpture of Algerian hero vandalised in France

Vandals in central France attacked a sculpture of an Algerian military hero who resisted France's colonisation of the North African country.
India unveils hologram monument to anti-British hero
People 4 years ago

India unveils hologram monument to anti-British hero

A hologram monument to one of India's most celebrated independence figures was illuminated on Sunday in a tribute to a nationalist leader who advocated violent resistance to colonial rule. 
Hail to our heroes
Editorial 4 years ago

Hail to our heroes

The state has recognized not only Usmar Ismail’s contribution to nation-building but also his exceptional cinematic work.
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