BALI
by Max Lane
I LOST A FEW SECONDS ON JULY 4, 1987 IN MANILA
by Max Lane
REFLECTIONS ON EAST TIMORESE ELECTIONS AND POLITICS
13 August, 2007
by Max Lane
No leaderships with a national-scale authority
REFLECTIONS ON THE EAST TIMORESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
May 12, 2007
by Max Lane
TIMOR: SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN MOBILISES IN THE DISTRICTS
by Max Lane
The Presidential election campaign is now officially underway in East Timor. Voting will be held on April 9. Max Lane spoke by phone with Avelino Coelho, Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Timor (PST) and one of the Presidential candidates.
ML: During the first days of the campaign and your campaign meetings what issues are people raising with you?
INDONESIA: HISTORIANS AND LEFT ATTACKED
by Max Lane
On March 28 and 29 a series of rightist mobilisations took place in Jakarta. The largest of these was a 500 strong mobilisation aimed at disrupting a march and rally being organised by the United Party for National Liberation (Papernas) protesting foreign domination of the Indonesian minerals sector and demanding nationalisation of companies in the sector. These groups were armed with scythes, knives and canes. This was the fourth time in the last six months that Papernas had been targeted for violent disruption.
THE CASE OF PAKISTAN: MECHANISMS TO HELP MINIMISE ELECTORAL FRAUD AND POLITICAL MANIPULATION IN THE ELECTIONS
By Nofil Shah
NATIONALISM, HISTORICAL MEMORY AND CONTEMPORARY CONFLICTS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC: THE YASUKUNI PHENOMENON, JAPAN, AND THE UNITED STATES
by Mark Selden
