https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ry3rp-15833e3
On Indonesia’s new president and the End of History.
For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast
Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results.
- How did Prabowo go from wannabe fascist dictator to cuddly populist grandpa?
- Why is Jokowi “Indonesia’s Obama”?
- What is Indonesia’s Trump/Hunter Biden ticket?
- What’s up with the $32bn new capital being built in Borneo?
- What is the Museum of Anticommunism, and how successfully has Indonesia’s ruling class rewritten its history?
- Plus: why is metal so popular in Indonesia?
Links:
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Suharto’s Old Guard Is Still Calling the Shots in Indonesia, Michael Vann, Jacobin
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Shadow Puppets and Special Forces: Indonesia’s Fragile Democracy, Michael Vann, The Diplomat (on police v military clashes)
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Indonesia state apparatus is preparing to throw election to a notorious massacre general, Allan Nairn, The Intercept
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