Posts Tagged ‘ indonesia ’

Workers in Indonesia Rise Up Against Freeport

Workers in Indonesia Rise Up Against Freeport

October 14, 2011

Here's what we know: Freeport MacMoRan is the world's lowest-cost copper producer and the largest gold producer in the world. Producer is a funny term, they pull it from the earth. I suppose the production label comes from everything they do to the stuff they take from the earth.. the...

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Indonesian Elections and West Papua

Indonesian Elections and West Papua

July 14, 2009

Last week Indonesians voted in only the second presidential election in their nation's history. A race between three major coalition parties, it was the Democratic Party Coalition of current President Yudhoyono that cruised to victory with 60% of the vote. A former military man who was known to many...

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Statehood Doesn’t Pay Bills

Statehood Doesn’t Pay Bills

February 20, 2008

Nationalism has long been the cause of alot of pain and broken dreams in the history of the world. Yet nationalism is the force that brings about so many changes in so many places, even in this day and age. I was working in Portugal several years ago when...

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bm243 Aceh Villagers vs. Exxon-Mobile

January 12, 2008

It might seem like an impossible battle, but it is actually possible for people outside the United States who suffer from the activities of an American company, organization, or government, to take their fight to a US court room. And that is just what a group of Villagers...

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Indonesian Approach to AntiTerrorism

Indonesian Approach to AntiTerrorism

September 24, 2007

As I chose my fruit and vegetables at the street market this afternoon, I was listening to Australia's Radio National podcast - Background Briefing. I'm a longtime listener of BB, and every now and then they cover a topic that makes me stop what I'm doing, rewind, and listen...

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