The Left in Indonesia & the Struggle Against Neoliberal Globalization
Date & Time:
10/05/2008 - 19:30
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BOOK PARTY / FORUM
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Co-sponsor: The East Timor & Indonesia Action Network
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Since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Indonesia has been trapped in an increasingly destructive neo-liberal economic straitjacket. The left, newly reborn out of the brief but victorious struggle it led against the Suharto dictatorship, is struggling to find the ideas and strategy to relaunch its progress and a new struggle against this onslaught. As social crisis and social discontent spread to all corners of society, new as well as renewed currents of left activism are emerging in response. They face the legacy of 35years of violent and systematic suppression of ideological life and of historical memory. In this context, Venezuela is now also offering inspiration.
Bios:
Max Lane Max Lane is author of Unfinished Nation: Indonesia Before and After Suharto, He is Visiting Fellow, Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore.
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) is a U.S.-based grassroots organization working in solidarity with the peoples of East Timor and Indonesia. ETAN educates, organizes, and advocates for justice for historic and ongoing human rights violations, supports economic and social justice, and advocates for restrictions on U.S. military assistance to Indonesia. For more information see its website at www.etan.org.
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