For those Who Need Context what is Going on :
My Country Indonesia is in Deep shit, The Neoliberal Clown Government lead by Prabowo Subianto, A Former Military General and the Son in-Law of the US Backed Dictator Suharto. And right Now Clowns at DPR (Parliement) Has Recently introduce getting Their Members salary Up to 50 Million Rupiah (Around 3.000 USD) which is Clownish and Amazingly Shit (For Comparison, Average Indonesian Minimum Wage is 3 to 12 Million Rupiah which is 182 to 730 USD). And yeah That me and pretty Much everyone here is pretty fucking Pissed
And we protested, Mostly In Jakarta, But One incident on the night of 28 August One Innocent Online Taxi Bike Rider was Not involved In the protest But was delivering food, Got Rammed Over By Indonesian Police Truck, he Didn’t Make it (RIP). This Incident spark The Fire That Activated the Bomb, Heavier Protests All Over Different cities In My country.
As for the Protestors and Activists…, i am Supportive, However some… Oppositions are As Shit as The Neo-Lib Government, I Mean Really Shit, (Like Majority of the Oppositions Online are Anti-China Rhetoric, Anti-Communists, and fill with Liberals, Unfortunatly). As for Communists/Socialists Movement…, Pretty Much Non-Existance since Suharto Pretty Much wiped Out all Communist/Socialists During His Reign.
Yeah I am in Deep Shit. Ugh… we were so close to become a Red State in the 60s. And now Here we are, 1965 Happened. Boom Gone
Stay safe, friend. If you are part of any serious and thoughtful left orgs this is a good time to analyze strategy vs. risk and whether it is better to lay low.
that is kinda similar to the thing that happened in colombia years ago: people started a general strike related to a congress with huge salaries and a tax reform who tried to make bailouts for the rich people and putting more taxes in common people, there was chaos, there was infiltrators of the police, arbitrary detentions and stuff…in the end, the leftist guy won the elections. you should try to lay low and keep an eye open to avoid people in uniform if you want to avoid most troubles that you can, or take part in the chaos if that’s your thing, or maybe try to help to direct things to a leftist direction to counter the rightist and anticommunist narrative in the internet
