On
January 27, 2008 General Soeharto, former dictator of Indonesia,
passed away. This man was responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands
of communists in a bloody coup in 1965. Despite these monstrous
crimes and his well-documented corruption the old butcher died
in his bed, untouched by the law.
Just One Day Comrade (Sehari Saja Kawan) is
one of many poems written by a well-known Indonesian poet Wiji Thukul about the
strength of workers’ unity. Through the power of his words, he has inspired
many youth and workers to fight against the oppressive capitalism.
In the midst of the hue and
cry over the non-renewal of RCTV’s license in Venezuela, freedom of speech is
being blatantly violated in other parts of the world. In Indonesia, an event to discuss
Marta Harnecker’s book ‘Understanding the
Venezuelan Revolution’ was disrupted through intimidations by the police
and hooligans.