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