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Obama�s Way in Organizing People

Erwin Novianto — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:20:41

"Change won't come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots. That's what I'll do. I'll organize black folks. At the grass roots. For change." (Obama,1995)

Barrack Hussein Obama's campaign slogan "Change We Believe in" and "Yes, We Can", can be considered as a new paradigm for social change. That slogan has inspired people not only in the United States of America

As the Greediness Turns to Arbitrary

AJ Susmana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:49:37

Indonesia is a rich country with natural resources and social cultures values. No wonder, a lot of moral and spiritual doctrines coloring its people's lives. Friendly and religious attitude of its citizenries are always presented as the main character in international association. The acme of Indonesian's spiritualism is summarized in the moral principles of Pancasila (the five basic principles of the Republic of Indonesia), which was introduced by Bung

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Eliminating the Culture of Torture

Ricky Gunawan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:22:39

IIt has been ten years after Indonesia ratified the Convention against Torture. But in fact, the security forces are still torturing detainees.

The 28 September 1998 should have been a milestone for human rights enforcement in Indonesia especially for the advocacy

The Madi�s Death and the Confusion Left Behind

AJ Susmana — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:24:48

MADI a.k.a Arifin, the leader of a religious sect which was alleged heretical by the Indonesian Ulama Council since October 2005, was finally shot dead by the state apparatus on Sunday April 6, 2008, by the troops of the Special Anti Terrorist Detachment 88 and the Fast Reaction Police of Central Sulawesi in Dusun Selena, Palu, in the province of Central Sulawesi. He was shot no less than three

Breaking through Poverty, Paving the Way for a People�s Economy

Erwin Novianto — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:52:04

Poverty is not caused by poor people

Poverty is caused by the system we built and the policies we pursue

We did something wrong and poverty exist

We have to do right and poverty will disappear

(Muhammad Yunus, VCD Poverty Free World 2008)

Let's hold on for a moment and try to look

We Will Never Forget

Mugiyanto — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:03:04

Today exactly ten years ago, on March 13, 1998, several hordes of the coercive New Order apparatus slithered from one region to the next towards the densely populated area of Jakarta. They intended to arrest "dangerous" people who their leader considered to have the potential to cause the authoritarian New Order regime under Soeharto to crash. They were looking for Nezar Patria, Aan Rusdianto, Mugiyanto, and Petrus Bima Anugerah.