Politics of Indonesia

Forty-eight years ago today, in the year of 1969, the people of Papua New Guinea were still using stone tools. Whereas, families in the U.S. were watching on television as their countryman were landing on the moon. There has to be a reason for the people of Papua New Guinea using stone tools in the modern age, while countries like the U.S. are more advanced in technology and this country hasn’t been around as long as countries in Europe and Africa. Geography is the reason of the inequality…

This documentary was emotional to say the least. The relationship of the conservator with the crew that helps him and the animals is stunningly intricate and it is hard to even understand how they can leave these orangutans in the wild knowing the illegal burning and logging that is happening in Sumatra without even mentioning the pet trade and other dramatic reasons. I would be devastated to let an animal leave in a jungle soon to be palm oil plantation since I would care so much about the…

Jared Diamond in his book Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies has gone repeatedly explaining many reasons as to why places like Eurasia and New Guinea developed so differently. The argument of chapter ten is that the shape and major axes of continents affect the distribution of crops and domesticated animals. The continents that Diamond uses is Africa, the Americas, and Eurasia. With Africa and the Americas both have their major axis that are longitude (north to south) while…

The Roots of Inequality The europeans had the right climate for agriculture and the right resources for animals which led them to immunity to some germs and the discovery of steel enabling them to conquer lands and develop faster that most places. Agriculture Depending on where you are in the world and the climate you have, affects the crops you are able to grow and how helpful it is, therefore affecting how fast you’re civilization can develope. In a place like papa new guinea there climate…

celebrations on April 1st, 2016 where the Indonesian Students Club hosted an Indonesian cultural night. This event, held once a year, took place at UIUC’s Lincoln Hall and was attended by many students, town people and even the Acting Consulate General of Indonesia in Chicago. Many of the performers were of Indonesian decent and they performed traditional Balinese dances accompanied by traditional music. There were also traditional instrument performances during the show. This show had a lot of…

attorney general's office banned textbooks that do not represent "historical truth", leading officials to burn thousands of textbooks that failed to mention PKI in 2007. It demonstrates anti-communist rhetoric absolutely still holds power today in Indonesia. It is still widely used both to legitimize the current establishment and as a scapegoat for the country's problems. In the documentary, the survivors and victims' family members show strong hope for justice. They want to bring closure to his…

I was fortunate enough to grow up in a household where political debate was part of my routine: dinner tables yielded fierce discussion daily and from the age of twelve I frequented Speakers’ Corner, speaking alone on two occasions. As my interest in advocacy and social justice evolved, I chose to exercise my democratic freedoms by joining the Labour party, and even won my own Head Boy election on a democratic mandate. Whilst debate and discussion simulated my imagination, I wanted to understand…

political ideologies is will be discussed. Then, the focus will be put on the politicalness of TESOL education in both in English-dominant societies and non-English-dominant societies. Maclure (1976) stated that “education cannot be taken out of politics”.…

Chapter 3: Pinter’s Political Activism and Political Plays Can art be separated from politics is a question which has been debated upon by many critics. Personally, I feel that since art is a representation of life, and politics in life begins when at least two individuals are involved, it can never be separated from politics. However hard an artist tries to separate his work from the tricky games of politics, his efforts turn out to be futile as the artist’s own idea in his work is a political…

the biggest reasons for the increase of money spent on campaigns is for name recognition. It makes sense, but implies that Americans are dumb and illiterate to politics. The focus is not on the impact the politician will make but rather being popular. This is clearly focusing on something rather useless to the literate citizen in politics. The game is now a popularity contest. The research done by Open Secrets.org illustrates that President Obama outspent Mitt Romney on the 2012 election process…