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  • New Book: Vote Buying in Indonesia by Burhanuddin Muhtadi

    “…investigates the impact of vote buying on the accountability of democratic institutions…”

  • New Album: Menolak Tunduk By Wukir Suryadi

    New Album: Menolak Tunduk [Refuse to Obey] By Wukir Suryadi Based on album notes from Bandcamp: The uncertain situation of the pandemic due to government policies that are not concerned with the welfare and security of the people makes anyone indignant. Survival is initiated independently and collectively through community solidarity action, including protest. Ironically, community…

  • Research Project: Decolonization, violence and war in Indonesia, 1945 to 1950

    Decolonization, violence and war in Indonesia, 1945-1950 KITLV / Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies Project Decolonisation, violence and war in Indonesia, 1945-1950 is a large-scale, joint inquiry carried out by KITLV, the Netherlands Institute for Military History (NIMH) and the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The project has…

  • Lotus Poems: Ode to a Great Flood By WS Rendra

    Ode to a Great Flood By WS Rendra Between three mountains embracing the moon. From a broad arm of steel emerges one thousand hands. ………………………. In a great flood that is unexpected people survive not because of strength, not because of intelligence, but because of the element of chance. Of the strong and the intelligent…

  • Lotus Poems: Emptiness is Full of Power By WS Rendra

    Emptiness is Full of Power By WS Rendra Habit is not personality Personality is also not a delusion about ourselves. Personality comes from emptiness. When we are empty we are agile and alert. In emptiness, we can respond to anything, according to the circumstances and not based on habit. The full are rigid and lumbering…

  • Short Story: Bitter Covid By Seno Gumira Ajidarma (Standard)

    “The ambulance drivers are exhausted. The grave diggers feel like they’ve got no hands left. The preachers are praying 24 hours a day…”

  • Poem of an Old Person Under a Tree By WS Rendra

    Poem of an Old Person Under a Tree By WS Rendra This is my poem, an old person standing under this barren tree, holding both hands behind my back, and in my mouth a clove cigarette that’s dead. I behold the age. I see the state of the economy in shop windows full of foreign…

  • Poem of a Young Woman and Her Boss By WS Rendra (Explicit)

    “Do not just grab me any how you feel like it. It’s mighty clear to me where this is going…”

  • Celebrity: A Note from Najwa

    We are Anti-Corruption The deepest respect goes to those who admit doing something after proof turns up, not after being forced to by those who want to shut it down. #CatatanNajwa Source: Najwa Shihab @NajwaShihab Tweets by MataNajwa

  • Obit: Poet Toeti Heraty Noerhadi

    The Jakarta Arts Council expresses its deepest condolences at the passing of poet, academic, and patron of the arts, Ms Toeti Heraty Noerhadi.⁣ ⁣ She served as member of the Jakarta Arts Council (1968 – 1971), Chair of the Jakarta Arts Council (1982 – 1985), member of the Jakarta Academy, and Chancellor of the Jakarta…