April - June 2006

Workers organising

United we stand?
Indonesia’s labour movement needs to consolidate the gains of 1998 - Michele Ford
Corporate social responsibility?
Just a public relations exercise that undermines workers’ rights - Jeff Ballinger
Workers in politics
Why is organised labour missing from the democracy movement? - Olle Törnquist
Union conflict
Greater freedom to organise also means more opportunity for division - Endang Rokhani

Activists' Stories

Beyond the factory
Fauzi Abdullah reflects on more than a quarter of a century of organising - Michele Ford
The fight for women’s rights
It’s been a long struggle trying to get unions to listen to women - Ari Sunarijati
From migrant worker to union organiser
A farmer’s daughter takes control and makes a difference - Dina Nuriyati

Arts

We can do anything
Workers with soul take their message to the kampung - Bob Muntz and Helen Pausacker
Whimsical protest
Heri Dono transforms rubbish into political art - Helen Pausacker
Rendra speaks
Australia: an alternative West in Asia? - Suzan Piper

Aceh and Papua

A cultural carnival?
Observing social change in Papua - Stuart Upton
Prospects for peace
New agreement to end conflict in Aceh creates surprising trust and optimism - Daniel Burdock

Book Review

Gay nationalism
Review of Tom Boellstorff’s The Gay Archipelago - Baden Offord

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