Alit speaks openly about the trauma that lingers from the 1965-1966 massacres. ‘This is a very serious problem’, he says. ‘The government…the politicians…they tried to hide it. They didn’t want us to ...

In Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia, Rianne has taken a bold step by depicting the ...

This special issue of Inside Indonesia commemorates the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the 1965–1966 genocide, when an estimated half a million men, women and children were murdered for their ...

'This is your main suspect' / The Indonesian Institute: Center for Public Policy Research X/Twitter Account The recent crackdown on protests has extended beyond 25 August and indeed beyond the streets ...

Affan Kurniawan was an online motorbike taxi driver in Jakarta. On the evening of 28 August 2025, trying to make a delivery, he was negotiating a big crowd protesting against the government not far ...

As an Indonesian scholar of cinema, I have long reflected on how films shape our understanding of national identity and historical trauma. But some films don’t just stay on the screen or in the ...

Proses demokratisasi yang terjadi pasca turunnya Suharto dari tampuk kekuasaan juga berlangsung di ruang sejarah. Turunnya Suharto menandai satu periode kebebasan dan pembebasan dari tafsir tunggal ...