April-June 2002

Politics and Human Rights

Indonesia - US military ties
September 11th and after - Kurt Biddle
The life and death of Theys Eluay
The murdered Papuan leader was an ambiguous figure - At Ipenburg
BP and the Tangguh test
A multi-billion dollar gas project in a remote Papuan bay needs scrutiny - Down to Earth

Culture

Revolution of hope
Independent films are young, free and radical - Katinka van Heeren
Do-it-yourself freedom
How to escape the mainstream, big money, newspaper thought police - Alexandra Crosby

Peace and cooperation

Celebrate for peace
Reclaiming public ritual can help resolve conflict - Taufik Rahzen
We are all one
How custom overcame religious rivalry in Southeast Maluku - P M Laksono
Between war and peace
An insider speaks about peace negotiations on Aceh - Otto Syamsuddin Ishak
Aceh negotiation ups and downs
Waiting for peace in Poso
Why has this Muslim-Christian conflict continued for three years? - Lorraine V Aragon
Is reconciliation sleeping with the devil?
The dilemmas of negotiating an end to conflict - Vanessa Johanson
Australians volunteer
The history of Australian Volunteers International begins in Indonesia - Peter Britton
Antidote to parochialism
- Herb Feith
The first volunteer
Herb Feith, who began it all 50 years ago, inspires a new volunteer - Rachael Diprose

Herb Feith

Bush, Osama and the planet
- Bill Liddle and Herb Feith
Ideas man
Herb Feith's search for better mental road maps to a complex Indonesia - Jamie Mackie
A syncretistic Jew
Learning from Indonesian religious experience - Herb Feith

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Peace on the net

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