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How Representation-ism Kills People’s Resistance:
Reflections on the August-September Wave of Demonstrations in Indonesia
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Reflections on the August-September Wave of Demonstrations in Indonesia
Global south countries have recently experienced an explosion of generation Z unrest. No longer willing to deal with corruption, inequality, and lack of basic services Generation Z has convulsed Peru, Madagascar, Morrocco, Nepal, and the Philippines. They have taken their symbol from the manga One Piece in which a pirate
Recently, Indonesia has been shocked by news of the ban on flying the black flag from the Japanese anime and manga created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece. One Piece has long been a growing companion for Indonesians. Although it originates from Japan, it is deeply rooted in Indonesian culture. The
Zohran Mamdani is a Muslim democratic socialist running for New York City mayor. He has been smeared for his pro-Palestinian stance being a Muslim active in US politics where even as Israel's genocide in Gaza unfolds before our eyes, the political establishment of the United States is still
01: Digital Futures Sometime in the near future, data centers will be established in the United States and China to house the many digital nations that were once island nations from around the world. These nations, lost to the rising waters of climate catastrophe, are targeted by digital nationalists and
Historically, social change was fuelled by widespread distress—poverty, class oppression, and economic disparity—leading to peasant revolts. These revolts typically focused on immediate local targets, such as high taxes and exorbitant interest from landlords, but were inherently limited in scope and lacked a comprehensive revolutionary plan to end oppression
Anarcho-Syndicalism is the main revolutionary strategy of the historical Anarchist movement. The oldest Anarchist international organization: International Workers' Association, is Anarcho-Syndicalist. Anarcho-Syndicalism was the framework in which Anarchism achieved its biggest political success in the form of the social revolution which took place during the Spanish Civil War from
On the day this is being written MAGA leader, Trump confidant, and founder of conservative organization Turning Point USA was killed by a shooter during a public Q and A. Political violence in the United States is on the rise with this not being the only political assassination this year
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September 5, 2025 This solidarity statement we dedicate to those murdered by the State: Affan Kurniawan, Andika Lutfi Falah, Iko Juliant Junior, Muhammad Akbar Basri, Rheza Sendy Pratama, Rusdamdiansyah, Saiful Akbar, Sarina Wati, Septinus Sesa, and Sumari. Eternal as names, never reduced to mere numbers. The illusion of people’s
Donald Trump has repeatedly failed to get the magic deal he wants between Russia and Ukraine enlarging the disturbing prospect that this one, as John Mearsheimer says, will be decided on the battlefield. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed and over a million displaced by the invasion of
Blockades and Solidarity The MAMO Alliance (First Nations) fights against Bill 97, a colonialist overhaul of the forestry regime A text by the Emma Goldman Collective* Text first published in French on Liberté Ouvrière on August 29, 2025, then in English on Liberté Ouvrière on August 30th, 2025 « … the state,