Injustice feeds widespread Indonesian protests keith loveard keithloveard.substack.com/p/injustice-fe…

Here below is my article on how Southeast Asia is responding to Donald J. Trump administration's increasingly aggressive anti-China policy, published by The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2020/10/why-tr… FPCI

Better late than never for me too. A good discussion that, among other things, supports my view that the protests reflect anger and frustration with the monopolization of power by the elite.

'Calling visa' for Israel likely to be designed to grab last-minute benefit from Trump regime - like $2 bn in investment. In the eyes of many Muslims, it is selling out their Palestinian friends.

The higher case levels at the same time as a new spike in US and Europe suggests this is not climate-related.

Good short post by Made Supriatma on the changing role of the Indonesian police under Jokowi and Tito: "It is no exaggeration to say that the police are increasingly playing a dual function, as both a security force and a political instrument." eastasiaforum.org/2020/10/06/the…

Arrest of a second Indonesian minister on corruption allegations in a matter of just weeks should be cause for applause that corruption agency KPK is back at work after damaging revisions to its charter. Or is it just being used in a political battle? #KPK

Storm of protest over killing by police of six members of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI). Protests coming from all directions, noting no witnesses despite busy highway where incident occurred, no CCTV. Incident clearly raised animosity between state and hardline community. #FPI

While banning the FPI makes the government's position clear, it does not explain how it intends to deal with a vocal if disenfranchised minority. Indonesia has been troubled by radical Islam since independence and a ban does not make the problem go away.

Major debate raging on Twitter on minority and majority in Indonesia and the respective sins and omissions of both. Hard to see that govt move on FPI has done anything to resolve situation.

In Denpasar, Bali street traders say business is almost non-existent. At night the city dies. Many people, unable to stand the cost of living, forced to go back to their villages. This is happening across Indonesia. #COVID19 bali

West Papua has lost 663,443 hectares of forest—10 times the size of Jakarta—in just 9 years. If you care about climate crisis, you must pay attention to West Papua.

There's a revolution of sorts underway in the world of punctuation. Just thinking about it makes me dizzy. And yes, maybe I'm a touch old-fasioned.

I covered the death of Lloyd Boney in Brewarrina for the ABC and the declaration of the Royal Commission. It's immensely saddening that nothing has really changed.

My new book points to the potential for Indonesia to develop its 'hidden' economy and provide a soft power example to other developing markets: amazon.com/Indonesia-Divi…

Author and journalist keith loveard reflects on 30 years of observing #Indonesia's efforts to boost economic development, concluding that obstacles such as #corruption and environmental decay are to blame for the lack of social equity. #climate #environment #politics Joko Widodo

A Jakarta court finds senior government officials negligent for allowing the city's air quality to become one of the world's worst. Let's see if any meaningful action follows, not least curbing emissions from coal-fired power stations.

Congratulations co-Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa

Shame: BBC News - COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Short, sharp quake felt in Keramas, Gianyar, Bali about two minutes ago.