Tag: Democracy
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IRAN BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
A beach in Iran, a few months before the Islamic Revolution, 1979. The post IRAN BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION appeared first on RUDOLF DETHU.
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MBB Working for Colorful Indonesia
Perhaps the advent of social media opinion-purging makes a case feel more widespread than it is, but fundamentalism and proudly unadulterated discrimination seems to have done nothing but grow over the years. With increasing outspokenness, ignorance — self-justified in the oddest of manners — can now be fully distributed with a simple tap of the…
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Homegrown & Well Known: I WAYAN “GENDO” SUARDANA
He’s done some horrific time in a filthy Kerobokan prison cell, receives death threats more regularly than an granny has afternoon tea with her friends and yes, this activist turned lawyer admits that he often gets scared. And although he might slow down when he does, he never gives up. One foot in front of the…
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Merdeka Menjadi Bianglala
Jabat erat keberagaman dari klandestin. Ada kabar mencengangkan, utamanya bagi insan bineka yang berdomisili di Bali. Gerakan Indonesia Tanpa JIL (ITJ) yang notabene pendukung “Pluralisme? Injak saja!” ternyata sudah membuka cabang di Bali (akun Twitter: @ITJ_BALI dengan @BahrudinJamil sebagai admin). Konon berpusat di Klungkung. Duh gusti, Ini sungguh lucu. Di Bali mana ada JIL? Mau…