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She Was a Key Voice of the 1990s Labor Movement in Nike’s Indonesia Factories. Today She Relies on Donations From Abroad. In 1992, Cicih Sukaesih led fellow Indonesian factory workers in a strike, part of a movement that led Nike to create its first code of conduct. She reflects on her achievements and what’s happened si...

NEW: Cicih Sukaesih helped bring worldwide attention to the working conditions at Nike suppliers in Indonesia.

“She helped to birth, I would argue, the Indonesian trade union movement within Nike’s supplier factories,” one labor activist said.

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Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 49, agency says The death toll from a landslide a week ago in Indonesia's West Java province has risen to 49, the country's main rescue agency Basarnas said on Saturday, with 15 still missing.

Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 49, agency says reut.rs/3M4zo1Y

Orgs, networks & individuals are calling for the immediate, unconditional release of Chantal Anicoche by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Her continued detention constitutes serious violations of her rights and place her safety at grave risk. ichrp.net/sign-on-stat...

Resources for Resistance & Updates from WRL National Office: www.warresisters.org/civicrm/?civ...

We’re excited to announce the publication of our new book New Worlds in Old Shells, on 8th Oct. The book explores how movements can build vibrant, radical, liberating projects that meet the needs of their communities.

Launch webinar is on 22nd Oct, register here: wri-irg.org/en/story/202...

Between mid-June and mid-August, Prabowo’s push to re-write history as well as deepen his economic and strategic aims, has been going at pace.

Read TAPOL's quarterly update for all the latest, out now:

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In Prabowo’s Indonesia, the military is quietly creeping back into civilian life The retired general who is now president has established 100 new army battalions and plans more – and critics say the move has echoes of the country’s authoritarian past

"In the world’s third-largest democracy, the military’s expansion and its creep into civilian domains has drawn criticism from observers who say the move carries echoes of the country’s authoritarian past." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Gaza Isn’t the First Genocide the US Has Denied — and Abetted From Guatemala to East Timor to Yemen, the US has a pattern of obfuscating and aiding crimes against humanity.

A forthcoming article in the Journal of Genocide Research, analyzes official statements, declassified documents and media reports across four cases that involve U.S. support for governments as they were committing atrocities incl. Indonesia in East Timor from 1975-1999

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Launching next week in Dili! Read online free at pressbooks.pub/everydaydipl...

Launching next week in Dili! Read online free at pressbooks.pub/everydaydipl...

Restraints - Omega Research Foundation

🌍 Every day, all around the world, people are tortured using law enforcement equipment, including something as simple as a pair of handcuffs.

🔗 Learn more about the risks & concerns around the use of different kinds of restraints: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/r...

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Garment workers confront Nike over wages - NW Labor Press When three Indonesian factory workers visited Nike’s downtown Portland store May 27, they recognized parts of shoes that they cut or stitched.

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“I came to America to campaign for the rights of workers in Indonesia who were not paid by Nike during COVID," said Dedeh Nurhasanah.

Activists from GLJ, Portland Jobs with Justice + other groups invited shoppers to take a quiz about Nike production.

The great historian of Southeast Asia, Anthony (Tony) Reid, died yesterday in Canberra, aged 85. His studies transformed our understanding of Indonesia and the region. A professor at the ANU for many years, he also founded institutes at UCLA & NUS. And he was a lovely person

Indonesia new capital yet to spark electricity for low-income neighbors on Borneo RANGAN, Indonesia — Every night for three decades, Marwati would worry about snakes crawling out of the walls of her house near the east coast of Borneo. Today, a small rooftop solar panel powers a…

In a district that holds Indonesia’s biggest coal reserves and sits near the new national capital, the country’s largest construction site, a large share of households in Paser district remain without an electricity connection.

Pay-to-release program reduces shark deaths, but backfires in some cases Researchers behind an incentive-based fisheries program in Indonesia have reported a drop in shark and ray bycatch, but also warned of an unexpected rise in the intentional capture of these…

A pay-to-release program for threatened sharks and rays significantly reduced bycatch in Indonesia, with 71% of wedgefish and 4% of hammerheads released alive; but it also led some fishers to intentionally catch these species to claim incentives.

Indonesia signs $10bn deal to buy 48 Turkish Kaan fighter jets The landmark agreement includes co-production with Indonesia and marks Turkey’s largest-ever defence export

Indonesia signs $10bn deal to buy 48 Turkish Kaan fighter jets - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/indonesia-signs-10bn-deal-buy-48-turkish-kaan-fighter-jets

Lax Laws in Indonesia Turn Blind Eye To Animal Trafficking When Indonesian prosecutors went after the leader of an illegal wildlife syndicate operating near the Malacca Strait, they relied on the country’s then relatively new 2019 Quarantine Act to seek a …

Illegal #wildlife #crime is rampant in #Indonesia, from #birds to #orangutans, to coral. Trafficking online is worth $852.6mil USD per year. Indonesia is falling short on its response. Story via @360info_global #Boycott4Wildlife #extinction @palmoildetect

Indonesia expects to conclude free trade talks with EU by end of June Indonesia said on Saturday that free trade negotiations with the European Union, which have been ongoing for nine years, are expected to be concluded by the end of June.

Indonesia expects to conclude free trade agreement with the EU by end June
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Join the NYCPeace and Justice contingent on Saturday. Bring signs that highlight the issues below.

All of these films are excellent and worth viewing. @owasow.bsky.social has given a really important film fest to help understand this moment in a historical context, with deep, valuable lessons in how we meet and inform the present moment and resist this autocratic takeover
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After three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a Filipino green-card holder who had been arrested at Seattle-Tacoma Airport has finally gone home.

'“Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s relentless attacks on civilians make a sick mockery of ASEAN’s claims that the junta has implemented a ceasefire or that it has any intention of doing so,” said Yanghee Lee of SAC-M.' #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmar

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Landslide at Quarry in Indonesia Kills at Least 14

Landslide at a quarry in Cirebon, Indonesia, kills at least 14 men. Another 11 people are missing and believed to be dead. Officials had warned for years that the quarry was not meeting safety standards www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...

Indonesia Moves to Expand Censorship of LGBT Content Television and radio are already heavily monitored and censored. Next up: the digital arena, including social media.

🇮🇩 Indonesia is moving to expand censorship of LGBT content, targeting not just TV and radio but also digital and social media. Activists warn this could further restrict free expression. globalpressjournal.com/asia/indones... #Indonesia #LGBTQ #Censorship

To be clear, yesterday’s protests appear to have been a success and media coverage is only one of many important outcomes. Organizing often builds over time and big events like April 5 often have a long tail of consequences from new movements to new leaders. Also: bsky.app/profile/owas...

Terror Attack Against Tempo: Here's What National Police Chief Says National Police Chief claims to have ordered the Chief of Detectives to investigate the case of pig's head terror directed at Tempo.

"This is not solely about Tempo. Today it could be Tempo, but in the future, all of us as journalists could be threatened and the state must provide protection," said Tempo's Editor-in-Chief Setri Yasra en.tempo.co/read/1989586...

No Way In or Out: Authoritarian Controls on the Freedom of Movement Sealed borders and exit bans evoke images of the Cold War, when communist states limited the free movement of hundreds of millions of people.1 Today, blanket prohibitions on international travel,…

#Global 🌐 @freedomhouse.bsky.social reports that at least 55 governments around the world restrict freedom of movement in order to punish, coerce, or control dissidents, activists, journalists, and people they view as political opponents.

Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving | Asia Pacific Report

#WestPapua and the world’s biggest deforestation project.

A West Papuan doctoral candidate has warned that indigenous noken-weaving practices back in her homeland are under threat with the world’s biggest deforestation project. #palmoil #deforestation #ecocide

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