Posts with tag: Social movements

Talking Indonesia: Indonesia's new protest movements

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Ibu Ana, a housewife in Jakarta, caught the national mood when she was photographed in the rain in thongs and a pink headscarf, facing down a cordon of heavily armed police officers with the Indonesian flag on a bamboo pole. Who are these protestors? How did they mobilise so fast? What do they want and how will they achieve it?

'Democracy emergency': Indonesia needs its own movement party

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The latest mass rallies are momentum for progressive Indonesians to come up with a new plan to advance their visions of a more democratic and just Indonesia

A challenge from below? Social movements against oligarchy

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Previous attempts by the Indonesian left to move into politics have not met with much success. Iqra Anugrah looks at the Confederation of Indonesian People's Movements (KPRI), an emerging alliance that is now making preparations to participate in elections in 2017 and 2019. Will it be able to make an impact where others have struggled?

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