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Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world and it experienced an anti-communist genocide in the mid 1960s. We conclude our two-parter about Indonesian propaganda with an examination of (mostly) anti-communist propaganda under the Suharto administration after the successful coup that deposed Sukarno. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Jon Gabrus. 

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Episode researched and written by TooSlick. Edited by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selection of the week is Dendang Remaja by A. Romzi and The Hooks.

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Bibliography

M. C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1300

Milton Osborne, Southeast Asia: An Introductory History

David van Reybrouk, Revolusi Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World

Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method

Theodore Friend, Indonesian Destinies

Elisabeth Jackson, “‘Warring Words’: Students and the state in New Order Indonesia, 1966-1998”

Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing (2012)

Comments

Brent

The longest line in Trump’s theme park is for a ride called “The Loyalty Test” on which riders must loudly recite a Trump loyalty oath or risk being ejected from their seats. Then, when only the most loyal remain, they are all subjected to humiliation and ridicule by a giant laughing Trump statue.

alli moulton

I'm not Catholic but every time we had to go to a Catholic mass for like baptisms or communions my dad would always say "stand up, sit down, fight fight fight" and it made me laugh every time. Took me right back to that when Julian was talking about getting lightheaded

Azianjeezus

Can you have the "how the red was won" on?

Jan

If the John is amzed by disagreements in Indonesian military, let him learn about the shitshow that was Japanese military during WWII.