South East Asia
Malaysian government crackdown on political opponents
By John Roberts, June 9, 2009
The Malaysian government carried out a wave of arrests last month in a bid to stem opposition to its ousting of the state government in Perak earlier this year.
Suharto-era figures dominate Indonesian presidential poll
By John Roberts, June 3, 2009
Following Indonesia’s parliamentary election in April, three tickets have emerged for the July 8 presidential poll, with the members of each team drawn from the Suharto-era political establishment.
Lessons of the 1965 Indonesian Coup
Chapter Three: 1965—Stalinism’s bloody legacy
By Terri Cavanagh, May 16, 2009
The Indonesian military coup of October 1-2, 1965 was the outcome of a carefully-orchestrated and long-planned operation by the CIA and the US-trained and backed commanders of the Indonesian armed for...
Lessons of the 1965 Indonesian Coup
Chapter Four: Pabloite accomplices of counter-revolution
By Terri Cavanagh, May 16, 2009
In the months following the bloody CIA-organised military coup of October 1-2, 1965, every known member and supporter of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and all working class parties, and hundred...
Lessons of the 1965 Indonesian Coup
Chapter Five: Pabloites cover up Stalinist treachery
By Terri Cavanagh, May 16, 2009
The crisis of working class leadership was never posed so sharply as in Indonesia between 1963 and 1965. The fate of the Indonesian workers and peasants depended entirely on overcoming and defeating t...
Lessons of the 1965 Indonesian Coup
Chapter Two: Stalinists betray the mass movement
By Terri Cavanagh, May 16, 2009
In December 1957 the whole fabric of imperialist domination over the Indonesian economy was shaken by a massive eruption of the working class and peasantry. Factories, plantations, banks and ships wer...
Lessons of the 1965 Indonesian Coup
Chapter One: The historical background
By Terri Cavanagh, May 16, 2009
In October 1965 the international working class suffered one of its greatest defeats and betrayals in the post-World War II period.
Political turmoil wracks northern state in Malaysia
By Dante Pastrana, May 15, 2009
In a protracted power struggle in the northern Malaysian state of Perak, the former chief minister this week was reinstalled in power by a court, then removed within a day.
Thai government offers a small olive branch to opposition parties
By John Roberts, April 29, 2009
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva last Friday lifted the state of emergency imposed to suppress anti-government protests that shut down the ASEAN summit, and called for political reconciliation be...
Summary executions mount in Philippine city
By Dante Pastrana, April 21, 2009
The number of extra-judicial killings of suspected criminals in Davao city has risen to 888 since 1998. The consensus of human rights organisations is that the murders are the work of a death squad ac...
Indonesian election favours incumbent president
By John Roberts, April 20, 2009
While the outcome of Indonesia’s parliamentary elections on April 9 is yet to be finalised, the preliminary results have followed predictable lines. Three of the major parties secured half the vote ...
Anti-government protestors clash with soldiers in Thai capital
By Peter Symonds, April 14, 2009
Thailand’s protracted political standoff within the ruling elite between supporters and opponents of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took on a new dimension yesterday as sections of the urb...
