Oct - Dec 2009

Land and social justice

Land and social justice
Communities struggle for access while reforms run aground - Judith Mayer

Fighting over the land and forest
Century-old conflicts persist in the vast tracts of Indonesia that are designated as state forest - Sandra Moniaga

Land titles do not equal agrarian reform
Activists split with Indonesia’s government over whether land registration helps the rural poor - Noer Fauzi

Too precious to mine
Central Java farmers refuse to get stuck in cement - Alexandra Crosby

Land, ethnicity and politics
Direct local elections have led to new developments in the struggle for land rights in East Kalimantan - Laurens Bakker

The trouble with oil palm
Conflicts between villagers and plantation companies in Sumatra are still unresolved - Afrizal

When money rules over voice
Regional autonomy and spatial planning in Bandung benefits the elite - Gustaaf Reerink

Development for the rich
Gated communities are built with little concern for their social and environmental impacts -  Tristam Moeliono

A city without social justice
Jakarta needs more green space, but not at the expense of the poor - Deden Rukmana

Social justice by design
Architect Antonio Ismael Risianto promotes planning for the urban poor - Judith Mayer

West Papua 40 years on

West Papua 40 years on
Reflecting on the Act of Free Choice and the integration of West Papua into Indonesia - Jennifer Robinson

A violation of international law
Indonesia’s claim to sovereignty over West Papua rests upon an unsound legal basis - Melinda Janki

Listening to Papuan voices
Writing the history of the Act of Free Choice was a controversial endeavour - Pieter Drooglever

Negotiating the past and looking to the future
Meaningful dialogue about the future of Papua requires that Indonesians and Papuans honestly address the past - Muridan S. Widjojo

The Papua dilemma
Personal reflections on an ongoing challenge - Jusuf Wanandi

Weekly Articles

Watching Balibo in Jakarta
Packed screenings of the controversial film about the deaths of five Australian journalists in East Timor continue, despite an official ban - Quinton Temby

Fauzi Abdullah (1949-2009)
Indonesian labour activists are mourning the passing of a great man - Michele Ford and Fahmi Panimbang

Gerindra and ‘Greater Indonesia'
Prabowo’s party has deep roots in Indonesian political mythology - Aboeprijadi Santoso

Locating culture in the church
Minahasan Christians reinterpret their cultural history and identity through religion - Kelli A. Swazey

The addiction cycle
Photo-essay: Drug users in Jakarta are trapped in a deadly equation - Patrick Tombola

The wives of Noordin Top
The media portrays women who marry terrorists as victims, but the reality is far more complex - Sally White

More educated, more ruthless
From the Archives (ii53: Jan-Mar 1998): DAVID BOURCHIER looks at the new generation of military leaders, after a big shakeup between July and October 1997

'Selamat Berbuka Puasa'
In South Kalimantan local politicians target TV screens with strategically-placed messages for Ramadan - Ahmad Muhajir