Foreword bu Noam Chomsky -- "Andre Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful – and particularly for the West, shameful – realities to their historical roots. The remarkable scope of his inquiries…
In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330,000 men, plus three thousand Commandos. Of these, six thousand were within 20 miles of the Borneo frontier. This grew to thirteen thousand in early 1965. From mid-way through 1964, British troops and their allies who were defending the border started to make offensive incursions into Indonesian Borneo - these operations were codena…
Naiknya Habibie menjadi Wakil Presiden pada Maret 1998, tidak bisa lepas dari andil Prabowo. Pada 1998, dia bersama Kivlan Zen telah terlibat dalam gerakan menolak Jenderal L.B. Moerdani untuk maju sebagai Wakil Presiden, dan mendukung kelompok Habibie. Tapi, tidak lama setelah menggantikan kursi Soeharto, Habibie merasa cemas akan adanya kudeta yang dilakukan oleh Prabowo. Mengapa Habibie mera…
Beginning to remember addresses the many ways in which Indonesians have dealt with memory, its formation and its manipulation.The writers in this collection consider how narratives of the past taken shape, at local, national, group, and individual levels in Indonesia, exploring the reasons why various understandings of issues such as national solidarity, citizenship, power, ethnic identity, rel…