In Suharto’s Anti-Communist Purge, Prisoners Made an Island Bloom
In his 2020 memoir "Pearls on the Prairie, A Survivor’s Story", the late author Tedjabayu recounts his 14 years as a political prisoner and shares p…
Tag: Agriculture
In North Sumatra, Pulp Firm Threatens Indigenous Rituals
A conflict over land granted to a eucalyptus pulp manufacturer by the Indonesian state threatens not only the livelihoods of the indigenous people who…
As Cambodia Sheds Factory Jobs, Family Farms Lose a Lifeline
Hammered by years of debt, drought and desperation, Cambodia’s smallholder farmers have long supported themselves by sending family to work in Phnom…
Pork Imports Won’t Save the Philippines From Swine Fever
Small-scale pork farmers bear the brunt of the Duterte administration’s neoliberal response to African swine fever, which promotes importing foreign…
Fear and Loathing at Citarum’s Pollution Ground Zero
Along West Java’s longest river, the Citarum, chemical pollution, siltation and agriculture waste have made the waterway one of the world’s dirtie…
A Tradition Inherited Through a Dream
Wet talcum powder is known across Indonesia for having a wide variety of health benefits. But changes in the environment and agricultural practices ha…
Climate Change and Community Persistence
In Sulawesi, the effects of climate change have become increasingly noticeable, but local communities are fighting back with a dose of community persi…
The Citizens’ Agenda: The Parties Respond
Nearly a year ago, we embarked on the Citizens’ Agenda: our quest to find out what our Singaporean community thinks are the most important issues fa…
While the Resistance Self-Quarantines
For years, farmers and residents caught in agrarian conflicts throughout Indonesia have faced criminalisation, brutality and murder. The mandate to co…
Myanmar’s Delayed Reaction to the “Foreign Virus”
Myanmar was relatively slow in acknowledging the COVID-19 public health threat. The government’s early denial is poised to have wide-ranging effects…
