/390/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About ft. Vedi Hadiz (Patreon)

On Indonesia: a country without a Left.

Foremost scholar of Indonesian politics and political economy, Vedi Hadiz of the University of Melbourne, joins us to talk through the country's politics in advance of the elections next week.

What was the authoritarian order that followed the 1965 anti-communist massacres?

How did the Asian financial crisis lead towards democratisation – and how did the old oligarchy manage to retain much of its power?

How has Indonesia become "Islamified", and what is "Islamic populism"?

How do class and ethnicity/religion interact in Indonesia? Who speaks for the "downtrodden"?

Is the upcoming election a contestation between oligarchic populisms?

Links:

/121/ Those Murdering Bastards ft. Vincent Bevins, Bungacast

Marketing Morality in Indonesia's Democracy, Vedi Hadiz, East Asia Forum

The demise of the left and the Islamisation of dissent in Indonesia, Vedi Hadiz, Melbourne Asia Review (video)

Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential Election Could Be the Last Battle of the Titans, Carnegie Endowment 

The Act of Killing, dir. Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012