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Wie korrupt ist #Trump?
Hier hat sich jemand die Definition der UN hergenommen und das in ein Modell gegossen. Damit wurden dann die Präsidenten der #USA verglichen. Der Vergleich ging dann auch noch in Richtung Marcos, Suharto und anderer.

Wenig überraschend ist die aktuelle Präsidentschaft mit Abstand die korrupteste. Wenn sich der Trend fortsetzt, kommt Trump in die Regionen, wo bisher #Suharto war.

https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-most-corrupt-president-in-american

#Korruption

Wie korrupt ist #Trump?
Hier hat sich jemand die Definition der UN hergenommen und das in ein Modell gegossen. Damit wurden dann die Präsidenten der #USA verglichen. Der Vergleich ging dann auch noch in Richtung Marcos, Suharto und anderer.

Wenig überraschend ist die aktuelle Präsidentschaft mit Abstand die korrupteste. Wenn sich der Trend fortsetzt, kommt Trump in die Regionen, wo bisher #Suharto war.

https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-most-corrupt-president-in-american

#Korruption

Wie korrupt ist #Trump?
Hier hat sich jemand die Definition der UN hergenommen und das in ein Modell gegossen. Damit wurden dann die Präsidenten der #USA verglichen. Der Vergleich ging dann auch noch in Richtung Marcos, Suharto und anderer.

Wenig überraschend ist die aktuelle Präsidentschaft mit Abstand die korrupteste. Wenn sich der Trend fortsetzt, kommt Trump in die Regionen, wo bisher #Suharto war.

https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-most-corrupt-president-in-american

#Korruption

Wie korrupt ist #Trump?
Hier hat sich jemand die Definition der UN hergenommen und das in ein Modell gegossen. Damit wurden dann die Präsidenten der #USA verglichen. Der Vergleich ging dann auch noch in Richtung Marcos, Suharto und anderer.

Wenig überraschend ist die aktuelle Präsidentschaft mit Abstand die korrupteste. Wenn sich der Trend fortsetzt, kommt Trump in die Regionen, wo bisher #Suharto war.

https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-most-corrupt-president-in-american

#Korruption

Wie korrupt ist #Trump?
Hier hat sich jemand die Definition der UN hergenommen und das in ein Modell gegossen. Damit wurden dann die Präsidenten der #USA verglichen. Der Vergleich ging dann auch noch in Richtung Marcos, Suharto und anderer.

Wenig überraschend ist die aktuelle Präsidentschaft mit Abstand die korrupteste. Wenn sich der Trend fortsetzt, kommt Trump in die Regionen, wo bisher #Suharto war.

https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-most-corrupt-president-in-american

#Korruption

Are Indonesia’s Prabowo and ultra rich ‘9 Dragons’ on a collision course?

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s push to reorganise Southeast Asia’s largest economy around a stronger, more interventionist stat…
#Economy #AgungSedayu #AttorneyGeneral'sOffice #BaritoPacific #business #Djarum #GoldenAgri-Resources #HajiIsam #Indonesia #IndonesianPresidentPrabowoSubianto #JhonlinGroup #LippoGroup #NineDragons #PatriotBonds #SalimGroup #SembilanNaga #suharto
https://www.europesays.com/3175133/

Are Indonesia’s Prabowo and ultra rich ‘9 Dragons’ on a collision course?

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s push to reorganise Southeast Asia’s largest economy around a …
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #AgungSedayu #AttorneyGeneral'sOffice #BaritoPacific #Business #Djarum #GoldenAgri-Resources #HajiIsam #Indonesia #IndonesianPresidentPrabowoSubianto #JhonlinGroup #LippoGroup #NineDragons #PatriotBonds #SalimGroup #SembilanNaga #Suharto #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/727887/

Are Indonesia’s Prabowo and ultra rich ‘9 Dragons’ on a collision course?

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s push to reorganise Southeast Asia’s largest economy around a …
#NewsBeep #News #Economy #AgungSedayu #AttorneyGeneral'sOffice #BaritoPacific #Business #Djarum #GoldenAgri-Resources #HajiIsam #Indonesia #IndonesianPresidentPrabowoSubianto #JhonlinGroup #LippoGroup #NineDragons #PatriotBonds #SalimGroup #SembilanNaga #Suharto #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/727887/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/620998/ Are Indonesia’s Prabowo and ultra rich ‘9 Dragons’ on a collision course? #AgungSedayu #AttorneyGeneral'sOffice #BaritoPacific #Business #Djarum #Economy #Éire #GoldenAgriResources #HajiIsam #IE #Indonesia #IndonesianPresidentPrabowoSubianto #Ireland #JhonlinGroup #LippoGroup #NineDragons #PatriotBonds #SalimGroup #SembilanNaga #suharto

Are Indonesia’s Prabowo and ultra rich ‘9 Dragons’ on a collision course?

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s push to reorganise Southeast Asia’…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Economy #AgungSedayu #AttorneyGeneral'sOffice #BaritoPacific #Business #Djarum #GoldenAgri-Resources #HajiIsam #Indonesia #IndonesianPresidentPrabowoSubianto #JhonlinGroup #LippoGroup #NineDragons #PatriotBonds #SalimGroup #SembilanNaga #Suharto
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/803007/

Are Indonesia’s Prabowo and ultra rich ‘9 Dragons’ on a collision course?

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s push to reorganise Southeast Asia’…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Economy #AgungSedayu #AttorneyGeneral'sOffice #BaritoPacific #Business #Djarum #GoldenAgri-Resources #HajiIsam #Indonesia #IndonesianPresidentPrabowoSubianto #JhonlinGroup #LippoGroup #NineDragons #PatriotBonds #SalimGroup #SembilanNaga #Suharto
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/803007/

Another excellent, sprawling series from the #TheDigRadio: Nusantara covers the history of #Indonesia from the period of Dutch #colonialism to the present.

Latest ep (no. 7) covers conflicts in the state's colonial periphery: #WestPapua, #EastTimor & #Aceh

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/nusantara-ep-7-suhartos-fall/

series site: https://thedigradio.com/Nusantara/

#DutchEastIndiaCompany #SoutheastAsia #colonialViolence #decolonization #Sukarno #Suharto #PKI #decolonialStruggles #FreeWestPapua #documentaries

cc @Jinjirrie

Another excellent, sprawling series from the #TheDigRadio: Nusantara covers the history of #Indonesia from the period of Dutch #colonialism to the present.

Latest ep (no. 7) covers conflicts in the state's colonial periphery: #WestPapua, #EastTimor & #Aceh

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/nusantara-ep-7-suhartos-fall/

series site: https://thedigradio.com/Nusantara/

#DutchEastIndiaCompany #SoutheastAsia #colonialViolence #decolonization #Sukarno #Suharto #PKI #decolonialStruggles #FreeWestPapua #documentaries

cc @Jinjirrie

Another excellent, sprawling series from the #TheDigRadio: Nusantara covers the history of #Indonesia from the period of Dutch #colonialism to the present.

Latest ep (no. 7) covers conflicts in the state's colonial periphery: #WestPapua, #EastTimor & #Aceh

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/nusantara-ep-7-suhartos-fall/

series site: https://thedigradio.com/Nusantara/

#DutchEastIndiaCompany #SoutheastAsia #colonialViolence #decolonization #Sukarno #Suharto #PKI #decolonialStruggles #FreeWestPapua #documentaries

cc @Jinjirrie

Another excellent, sprawling series from the #TheDigRadio: Nusantara covers the history of #Indonesia from the period of Dutch #colonialism to the present.

Latest ep (no. 7) covers conflicts in the state's colonial periphery: #WestPapua, #EastTimor & #Aceh

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/nusantara-ep-7-suhartos-fall/

series site: https://thedigradio.com/Nusantara/

#DutchEastIndiaCompany #SoutheastAsia #colonialViolence #decolonization #Sukarno #Suharto #PKI #decolonialStruggles #FreeWestPapua #documentaries

cc @Jinjirrie

Another excellent, sprawling series from the #TheDigRadio: Nusantara covers the history of #Indonesia from the period of Dutch #colonialism to the present.

Latest ep (no. 7) covers conflicts in the state's colonial periphery: #WestPapua, #EastTimor & #Aceh

https://thedigradio.com/podcast/nusantara-ep-7-suhartos-fall/

series site: https://thedigradio.com/Nusantara/

#DutchEastIndiaCompany #SoutheastAsia #colonialViolence #decolonization #Sukarno #Suharto #PKI #decolonialStruggles #FreeWestPapua #documentaries

cc @Jinjirrie

https://www.europesays.com/ie/532053/ INDONESIA Rupiah drops, investor confidence plummets, protests return to Jakarta #Business #CapitalFlight #Economy #Éire #IE #Indonesia #inflation #Ireland #MealScheme #PrabowoSubianto #Protests #rupiah #Students #suharto

Suharto renuncia en medio de protestas en Indonesia

El 21 de mayo de 1998, el presidente Suharto de Indonesia renunció a su cargo, marcando el final de su gobierno de 31 años. Este evento significativo fue provocado por el asesinato de cuatro estudiantes de la Universidad Trisakti por parte de las fuerzas de segurid…

#Akerix #Suharto #ProtestasIndonesia #HistoriaIndonesia
https://akerix.com/on-this-day/05-21-en-indonesia-el-presidente-suharto-dimite-tras-el-asesinato-de-estudiantes-de-la-1998

A brutal ambush in Jakarta, which recalled Indonesia's decades under a military dictatorship, led to four arrests, but activists say many more were involved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/29/asia-pacific/politics/acid-attack-indonesia-suharto-era/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #terrorism #southeastasia #prabowosubianto #suharto

A brutal ambush in Jakarta, which recalled Indonesia's decades under a military dictatorship, led to four arrests, but activists say many more were involved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/29/asia-pacific/politics/acid-attack-indonesia-suharto-era/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #terrorism #southeastasia #prabowosubianto #suharto

A brutal ambush in Jakarta, which recalled Indonesia's decades under a military dictatorship, led to four arrests, but activists say many more were involved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/29/asia-pacific/politics/acid-attack-indonesia-suharto-era/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #terrorism #southeastasia #prabowosubianto #suharto

A brutal ambush in Jakarta, which recalled Indonesia's decades under a military dictatorship, led to four arrests, but activists say many more were involved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/29/asia-pacific/politics/acid-attack-indonesia-suharto-era/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #terrorism #southeastasia #prabowosubianto #suharto

A brutal ambush in Jakarta, which recalled Indonesia's decades under a military dictatorship, led to four arrests, but activists say many more were involved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/29/asia-pacific/politics/acid-attack-indonesia-suharto-era/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #terrorism #southeastasia #prabowosubianto #suharto

Authoritarian nostalgia is rising across Southeast Asia, as leaders and societies whitewash past dictatorships, threatening democratic institutions and stability throughout the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/26/world/asias-tyrants-seen-as-heroes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #suharto #indonesia #ferdinandmarcos #philippines #thailand #cambodia #globalsouth #asia #authoritarianism #democracy #humanrights

Authoritarian nostalgia is rising across Southeast Asia, as leaders and societies whitewash past dictatorships, threatening democratic institutions and stability throughout the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/26/world/asias-tyrants-seen-as-heroes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #suharto #indonesia #ferdinandmarcos #philippines #thailand #cambodia #globalsouth #asia #authoritarianism #democracy #humanrights

Authoritarian nostalgia is rising across Southeast Asia, as leaders and societies whitewash past dictatorships, threatening democratic institutions and stability throughout the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/26/world/asias-tyrants-seen-as-heroes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #suharto #indonesia #ferdinandmarcos #philippines #thailand #cambodia #globalsouth #asia #authoritarianism #democracy #humanrights

Authoritarian nostalgia is rising across Southeast Asia, as leaders and societies whitewash past dictatorships, threatening democratic institutions and stability throughout the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/26/world/asias-tyrants-seen-as-heroes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #suharto #indonesia #ferdinandmarcos #philippines #thailand #cambodia #globalsouth #asia #authoritarianism #democracy #humanrights

Authoritarian nostalgia is rising across Southeast Asia, as leaders and societies whitewash past dictatorships, threatening democratic institutions and stability throughout the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/26/world/asias-tyrants-seen-as-heroes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #suharto #indonesia #ferdinandmarcos #philippines #thailand #cambodia #globalsouth #asia #authoritarianism #democracy #humanrights

Foreign minister says Labor’s ‘landmark’ agreements builds more stable Asia-Pacific https://www.byteseu.com/1548233/ #Australia #AustraliaForeignMinister #ForeignDiplomacy #ForeignPolicy #MiddlePower #NakamalAgreement #PacificIslands #PennyWong #SecurityAgreements #SinoAustraliaRelations #suharto

Penjahat HAM seperti Suharto dan Sarwo Edhie Wibowo sangat sangat tidak layak untuk dijadikan pahlawan nasional Indonesia!

#indonesia #hakasasimanusia #ham #humanrights #humanright #soeharto #suharto #pahlawan #pahlawannasional #hero #heroes #nationalhero #nationalheroes #pelanggaranham #humanrightsviolations #humanrightsabuses #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ

"Il primo ottobre di sessant'anni fa l'esercito di #Suharto dava inizio all'«annichilimento» dei militanti del #Pki e dei loro familiari: vennero sterminate tra 500 mila e un milione di persone."

#indonesia #IndonesianGenocide #2ottobre

https://jacobinitalia.it/indonesia-storia-di-un-genocidio-anticomunista/

"Il primo ottobre di sessant'anni fa l'esercito di #Suharto dava inizio all'«annichilimento» dei militanti del #Pki e dei loro familiari: vennero sterminate tra 500 mila e un milione di persone."

#indonesia #IndonesianGenocide #2ottobre

https://jacobinitalia.it/indonesia-storia-di-un-genocidio-anticomunista/

"Il primo ottobre di sessant'anni fa l'esercito di #Suharto dava inizio all'«annichilimento» dei militanti del #Pki e dei loro familiari: vennero sterminate tra 500 mila e un milione di persone."

#indonesia #IndonesianGenocide #2ottobre

https://jacobinitalia.it/indonesia-storia-di-un-genocidio-anticomunista/

"Il primo ottobre di sessant'anni fa l'esercito di #Suharto dava inizio all'«annichilimento» dei militanti del #Pki e dei loro familiari: vennero sterminate tra 500 mila e un milione di persone."

#indonesia #IndonesianGenocide #2ottobre

https://jacobinitalia.it/indonesia-storia-di-un-genocidio-anticomunista/

"Il primo ottobre di sessant'anni fa l'esercito di #Suharto dava inizio all'«annichilimento» dei militanti del #Pki e dei loro familiari: vennero sterminate tra 500 mila e un milione di persone."

#indonesia #IndonesianGenocide #2ottobre

https://jacobinitalia.it/indonesia-storia-di-un-genocidio-anticomunista/

Many of the grievances Indonesia's reformists once raised about the Suharto-era — entrenched corruption, concentration of political power and deep inequality — are prevalent today. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/02/world/indonesia-protests-and-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #suharto #democracy

Many of the grievances Indonesia's reformists once raised about the Suharto-era — entrenched corruption, concentration of political power and deep inequality — are prevalent today. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/02/world/indonesia-protests-and-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #suharto #democracy

Many of the grievances Indonesia's reformists once raised about the Suharto-era — entrenched corruption, concentration of political power and deep inequality — are prevalent today. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/02/world/indonesia-protests-and-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #suharto #democracy

Many of the grievances Indonesia's reformists once raised about the Suharto-era — entrenched corruption, concentration of political power and deep inequality — are prevalent today. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/02/world/indonesia-protests-and-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #suharto #democracy

Many of the grievances Indonesia's reformists once raised about the Suharto-era — entrenched corruption, concentration of political power and deep inequality — are prevalent today. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/02/world/indonesia-protests-and-anger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #prabowosubianto #indonesia #suharto #democracy

#Jacobin is really the king of commissioning older western white #leftists to write about the global south. This piece does no original reporting, has no Indonesian voices, and makes blanket statements.

It's not bad, but I can think of dozens of Indonesians who could have written a far better piece than this.

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Prabowo #Left #Tankies #AccidentalCommunism

#Jacobin is really the king of commissioning older western white #leftists to write about the global south. This piece does no original reporting, has no Indonesian voices, and makes blanket statements.

It's not bad, but I can think of dozens of Indonesians who could have written a far better piece than this.

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Prabowo #Left #Tankies #AccidentalCommunism

#Jacobin is really the king of commissioning older western white #leftists to write about the global south. This piece does no original reporting, has no Indonesian voices, and makes blanket statements.

It's not bad, but I can think of dozens of Indonesians who could have written a far better piece than this.

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Prabowo #Left #Tankies #AccidentalCommunism

#Jacobin is really the king of commissioning older western white #leftists to write about the global south. This piece does no original reporting, has no Indonesian voices, and makes blanket statements.

It's not bad, but I can think of dozens of Indonesians who could have written a far better piece than this.

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Prabowo #Left #Tankies #AccidentalCommunism

#Jacobin is really the king of commissioning older western white #leftists to write about the global south. This piece does no original reporting, has no Indonesian voices, and makes blanket statements.

It's not bad, but I can think of dozens of Indonesians who could have written a far better piece than this.

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Prabowo #Left #Tankies #AccidentalCommunism

"A pro-regime student organizer under the Suharto dictatorship that held power from 1966 to 1998, styling itself as the “New Order,” the bespectacled Fadli now occupies the office of minister of culture and is one of Indonesia’s more polarizing figures. Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli has long flirted with historical mythmaking.

Now, with the launch of his controversial project to “revise” Indonesia’s national history curriculum and state-supported narratives, he is attempting something far more dangerous. It amounts to the rejection of more than twenty-five years of democratic reforms and increased academic freedom, and a return of the Suharto dictatorship’s propaganda machine. The project comes as political analysts, civil society organizations, and activists are raising the alarm about the government’s increasingly repressive actions.

Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli Zon has long flirted with historical mythmaking.
Although Fadli has framed the initiative as a corrective effort to decolonize Indonesian historiography and purge it of alleged foreign distortions, it is, in fact, a thinly veiled crusade to rehabilitate the New Order legacy, demonize the Left, and entrench a narrow ethnonationalist and patriarchal vision of Indonesia’s past. In the process, it threatens to undo decades of hard-won efforts by progressive historians, civil society actors, and survivors of state violence to foster a more inclusive and democratic understanding of Indonesian history."

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Dictatorship

"A pro-regime student organizer under the Suharto dictatorship that held power from 1966 to 1998, styling itself as the “New Order,” the bespectacled Fadli now occupies the office of minister of culture and is one of Indonesia’s more polarizing figures. Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli has long flirted with historical mythmaking.

Now, with the launch of his controversial project to “revise” Indonesia’s national history curriculum and state-supported narratives, he is attempting something far more dangerous. It amounts to the rejection of more than twenty-five years of democratic reforms and increased academic freedom, and a return of the Suharto dictatorship’s propaganda machine. The project comes as political analysts, civil society organizations, and activists are raising the alarm about the government’s increasingly repressive actions.

Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli Zon has long flirted with historical mythmaking.
Although Fadli has framed the initiative as a corrective effort to decolonize Indonesian historiography and purge it of alleged foreign distortions, it is, in fact, a thinly veiled crusade to rehabilitate the New Order legacy, demonize the Left, and entrench a narrow ethnonationalist and patriarchal vision of Indonesia’s past. In the process, it threatens to undo decades of hard-won efforts by progressive historians, civil society actors, and survivors of state violence to foster a more inclusive and democratic understanding of Indonesian history."

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Dictatorship

"A pro-regime student organizer under the Suharto dictatorship that held power from 1966 to 1998, styling itself as the “New Order,” the bespectacled Fadli now occupies the office of minister of culture and is one of Indonesia’s more polarizing figures. Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli has long flirted with historical mythmaking.

Now, with the launch of his controversial project to “revise” Indonesia’s national history curriculum and state-supported narratives, he is attempting something far more dangerous. It amounts to the rejection of more than twenty-five years of democratic reforms and increased academic freedom, and a return of the Suharto dictatorship’s propaganda machine. The project comes as political analysts, civil society organizations, and activists are raising the alarm about the government’s increasingly repressive actions.

Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli Zon has long flirted with historical mythmaking.
Although Fadli has framed the initiative as a corrective effort to decolonize Indonesian historiography and purge it of alleged foreign distortions, it is, in fact, a thinly veiled crusade to rehabilitate the New Order legacy, demonize the Left, and entrench a narrow ethnonationalist and patriarchal vision of Indonesia’s past. In the process, it threatens to undo decades of hard-won efforts by progressive historians, civil society actors, and survivors of state violence to foster a more inclusive and democratic understanding of Indonesian history."

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Dictatorship

"A pro-regime student organizer under the Suharto dictatorship that held power from 1966 to 1998, styling itself as the “New Order,” the bespectacled Fadli now occupies the office of minister of culture and is one of Indonesia’s more polarizing figures. Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli has long flirted with historical mythmaking.

Now, with the launch of his controversial project to “revise” Indonesia’s national history curriculum and state-supported narratives, he is attempting something far more dangerous. It amounts to the rejection of more than twenty-five years of democratic reforms and increased academic freedom, and a return of the Suharto dictatorship’s propaganda machine. The project comes as political analysts, civil society organizations, and activists are raising the alarm about the government’s increasingly repressive actions.

Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli Zon has long flirted with historical mythmaking.
Although Fadli has framed the initiative as a corrective effort to decolonize Indonesian historiography and purge it of alleged foreign distortions, it is, in fact, a thinly veiled crusade to rehabilitate the New Order legacy, demonize the Left, and entrench a narrow ethnonationalist and patriarchal vision of Indonesia’s past. In the process, it threatens to undo decades of hard-won efforts by progressive historians, civil society actors, and survivors of state violence to foster a more inclusive and democratic understanding of Indonesian history."

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

#Indonesia #Suharto #Dictatorship

"A pro-regime student organizer under the Suharto dictatorship that held power from 1966 to 1998, styling itself as the “New Order,” the bespectacled Fadli now occupies the office of minister of culture and is one of Indonesia’s more polarizing figures. Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli has long flirted with historical mythmaking.

Now, with the launch of his controversial project to “revise” Indonesia’s national history curriculum and state-supported narratives, he is attempting something far more dangerous. It amounts to the rejection of more than twenty-five years of democratic reforms and increased academic freedom, and a return of the Suharto dictatorship’s propaganda machine. The project comes as political analysts, civil society organizations, and activists are raising the alarm about the government’s increasingly repressive actions.

Known for his populist theatrics, far-right nationalism, and Sinophobia, Fadli Zon has long flirted with historical mythmaking.
Although Fadli has framed the initiative as a corrective effort to decolonize Indonesian historiography and purge it of alleged foreign distortions, it is, in fact, a thinly veiled crusade to rehabilitate the New Order legacy, demonize the Left, and entrench a narrow ethnonationalist and patriarchal vision of Indonesia’s past. In the process, it threatens to undo decades of hard-won efforts by progressive historians, civil society actors, and survivors of state violence to foster a more inclusive and democratic understanding of Indonesian history."

https://jacobin.com/2025/08/indonesia-suharto-genocide-revisionism-authoritarianism/

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