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Free the Farmers!
Posted: Feb 07, 2012 by pplp with 0 comments
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The resistance of Kulon Progo Farmers on Java's South Coast continues, fighting the mining plans of PT Jogja Magasa Iron and their Australian financers, Indo Mines. One of their community members, Tukijo, is currently in prison, condemned to three years to satisfy the vengeful whims of the corporation. Their latest action was to occupy the provincial council building, after a 12-day hunger strike carried out by several community members and student activists in solidarity with their struggle. Read more…
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Kolding
Posted: Jan 27, 2012 by gurindam12 with 0 comments
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There is a new trend in Pekanbaru Riau called Kolding. Many people in this city would spend their sunny afternoons just sitting down and savouring this sweet cold soup, especially the ones sold along Cut Nyak Dien street, behind the Governor's Office of Riau. These cold beverages are a great solution to all the exhausting activity throughout the day. Read more…
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PostPeace to SAY NO Emergency Decree
Posted: Jan 16, 2012 by AzhaPatani with 0 comments
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For the past six years, the Thai government has placed three Muslim provinces under the repressive emergency decree. Throughout those years, countless number of people have been affected by the unjust power and control from government officers. Read more…
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Negotiating Freedom
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 by labourrights with 0 comments
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This film follows the journey of five Indonesian union leaders working together to negotiate the region’s first freedom of association protocol with global apparel brands and supplier factories. The film focuses on the negotiation process but also explores the broader challenges faced by factory workers who try to organize to claim their rights. Read more…
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Solidarity Movement for Aceh Punks
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 by emnews with 0 comments
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On Human Rights Day, December 10 2011, 64 music lovers came from as far as Jakarta and West Java to a charity concert in Banda Aceh's Taman Budaya Park. They were detained for being "punks" and "disturbing the peace". This video highlights a solidarity march held for them. Read more…
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Indonesia Pressured Us: PEPERA 1969 Testimony
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 by papuanvoicesmerauke with 0 comments
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Witnesses talk about what really happened during West Papua's (supposed) Act of Free Choice (or in Indonesian Penentuan Pendapat Rakyat, PEPERA), in July 1969. The testimonies reject the Indonesian government's claim that the people of Papua willingly voted to be integrated with Indonesia. They say people were intimidated, tricked and even killed during the process. Mama Rosa Tambaib was the woman who read out the PEPERA statement of integration, and Elias Yos Moiwend helped the Indonesian Armed Forces to socialise PEPERA to villagers. Read more…
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Salam Wolani (The Wolani Greeting)
Posted: Nov 25, 2011 by papuanvoicesjayapura with 0 comments
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Customary handshake specialist Albert Pu'u describes the greeting of the Wolani people. 'Amanowee' is a greeting that can be made to more than one person, while 'amano' is specifically for one individual to another. The greeting that touches on another person's chin expresses deep appreciation. Read more…
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Upper Bengoh Under Water
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 by jleongmy with 3 comments
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Upper Bengoh Under Water highlights the plight of four villages that will soon be submerged under water by the Bengoh Dam in Sarawak, Malaysia. These villagers will have to leave their homes, farmland and orchards - and yet, during the recent State Elections, they did not voice their objections at the ballot box against the government's resettlement plans. We take Bengoh as a case study to find out why rural Sarawak in general did not vote against the ruling coalition. Read more…
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Sights and Sounds from the Freeport Dispute
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 by lococonut with 1 comments
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A snippet of footage and chatters around the Freeport strike in West Papua. The Freeport workers' union says it is a matter of simple "revenue transparency", the international trade union says the dispute "has nothing to do with" West Papua politics, and a worker recorded in his video testimony that the walk-out was something "important" and worth keeping. Read more…
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Mama-Mama, Marginalized in Their Own Land: The Story of Papuan Women
Posted: Nov 01, 2011 by numbaymedia with 0 comments
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Since 1971, Papuan women have been selling vegetables, fruit, fish and spices. They set up business by clearing space in the center of town beside the Anafre River in Jayapura. Later in the years, migrants also came and began trading there. The are became a market. But the local government's effort to clean up the town center resulted the eviction of the market traders. They have returned again, just to be evicted over and over again. Read more…
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Cop It Sweet - Occupy Melbourne
Posted: Oct 31, 2011 by anna with 0 comments
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Over 1000 people marched from the State Library of Victoria to Treasury Gardens on 29th October 2011 as part of the ongoing Occupy Melbourne protests. Our boys and girls in blue were on the streets again, dodging criticism for the use of brutal strong arm tactics against the public when evicting the Occupy Melbourne protest from City Square on the 21st of October. The police were out in force to protect the people of Melbourne from other people of Melbourne who were undertaking dangerous activities such as walking, gathering in parks, and utilising public spaces to discuss capitalism, democracy and corporate greed. Read more…
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"Release Indonesian minors from Australian jails!"
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 by yerry with 0 comments
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Lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and activists rallied outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on 24 October 2011, calling for the release of more than 50 Indonesian juveniles in Australian adult prisons. The children were arrested for crewing people smuggling vessels. EngageMedia talked to Feby Yonesta of YLBHI about the fate of the children. Read more…
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Eyewitness View of Attack on the Papuan People's Congress
Posted: Oct 22, 2011 by numbaymedia with 0 comments
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This is raw footage of Wednesday's attack by the Indonesian military and police on the Third Papuan People's Congress in Jayapura. The footage shows people dancing, soldiers closing in, and gun shots. The video was shot by several observers. The last sequence was shot while the camera person was hiding from gunfire. Police have now confirmed that five people were killed in the attack - human rights groups say it was more. Read more…
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No Harvey No! The global action for Aussie forests
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 by thelaststand with 0 comments
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On the 7-8 October 2011, over 40 actions took place across the world, demanding that retail giant Harvey Norman stop selling furniture and flooring that come from the destruction of Australia's iconic native forests. This included a massive action at the Sydney Opera House where activists abseiled off the roof with a giant banner. From Milan to Melbourne, people are saying 'No Harvey No' Stop selling Aussie forest destruction. Read more…
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Songs of Occupy Jakarta
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 by occupyjakarta with 0 comments
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The global Occupy movement spread to Indonesia as dozens of people participated in a peaceful Occupy Jakarta protest in front of the Jakarta Stock Exchange complex. Singer Maria Sahida also joined and lent her voice for the cause. Read more…
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Third Papuan People's Congress Under Attack
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 by numbaymedia with 0 comments
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TNI soldiers and police officers closed in to the Papuan People's Congress on October 19, 2011 in Jayapura. At 3.30pm Jayapura time, they fired warning shots and arrested hundreds of the attendees after the congress declared independence from Indonesia. The video is a compilation of cellphone shot footages received by the West Papua Media Alert. Read more…
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I Am Not Moving: Occupy Wall Street Movie
Posted: Oct 17, 2011 by emnews with 0 comments
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Critical comments by President Obama and Secretary Clinton on what was happening in the world, particularly in the Middle East. Ironically, what they claim the governments did in those countries are the exact same things they are doing to the Wall Street protestors. Read more…
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Temani Aku, Bunda (Mother, Don't Leave Me Alone)
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 by KH with 0 comments
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An ongoing documentary about the struggle of a mother and her son who was forced to cheat by his teachers in the National Examination (UN) in State Primary School (SDN) 06 Petang Pesanggrahan, South Jakarta this year. The teachers forced their students to share answers to their classmates and told them to keep quiet, particularly to the parents. Read more…
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The last generations
Posted: Oct 04, 2011 by toysatellite with 0 comments
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As forest cultures endure the loss of the customary lands, their elders suffer the realisation that theirs is the last generation to remember everything... Read more…
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WikiLeaks parody of MasterCard ad ... priceless
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 by emnews with 0 comments
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The banking blockade on WikiLeaks: not only is it illegal under current trade laws, it goes against the fundamental principles of free market capitalism. Another sign that the game is rigged? Help spread this video and increase public awareness of the banking blockade on WikiLeaks. Popular support will make a huge difference in the coming months as WL takes on the legal battle against the global guardians of financial portals. Read more…
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