Indonesia

Ulfa Ilyas, LMND activist
May 23; Semarang, Central Java - About 200 protesters from Students and People Accuse Front demonstrated in front of Central Java Provincial parliament in Semarang. The action front, consisted of LMND, GMNI, HMI, PMII, and KAMMI, protested against fuel price rise and condemn it as a form of imperialist interest in Indonesia.

Papernas May 22, 2008
Release all activists of FRM, FIS Mercubuana, FORKOT, and FRM/LMND detained in various parts of Indonesia!
Reject Fuel Price Increase!
Reduce Prices of Basic Needs!
Fight Neoliberal Policies and Kick-Out Its Lackeys!

Papernas May 22, 2008
Waves of protests against government's plan to raise fuel price are intensifying. They have spread to and involved almost all popular sectors (workers, students, peasants, and urban poor), several national political elites and economic figures. Below is a compilation of news on the actions of People Accuse Front (FRM) and National Students'League for Democracy (LMND) on May 21 across the country.Jakarta:

Papernas
May 21, Jakarta - Commemorating a decade of Suharto's fall and protesting against government's plan to increase fuel price, some organisations from the People Accuse Front (FRM) that had stayed overnight in the Proclamation Monument, like LMND and GMNK, joined with other groups of demonstrators and action fronts in the Hotel Indonesia roundabout.

By Ulfa Illyas from Media Bersama (translated by Data Brainanta)
On May 20, National Awakening Day, waves of mass actions rejecting the fuel price increase gained ground. In Jakarta, around 8000 people united under the People Accuse Front (Front Rakyat Menggugat) carried out protests from the Hotel Indonesia roundabout to the State Palace.

KPRM
EMERGENCY: Attack on the secretariat of the Political Committee of the Poor (KPRM) in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Saturday, May 17, 2008 – 00.10 local time. 20 thugs brutally attacked the KPRM offices at 10 minutes past midnight in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan on Saturday May 17. Poice and intelligence agents, who had the offices under survaillance, were seen to join the

Papernas
May 15, 2008 - "Let’s seek the opportunity out of the world's crisis. In responding to the increase in global food prices, let us improve productivity. Amidst the oil crisis and price rises, let's be thrifty. Let's develop the energy resources." - Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudoyono, May 1, 2008.
The poor will benefit from the increase in fuel prices rise, he said on May 7, 2008.

Rahung Nasution
On Thursday, May Day 2008, more than 10,000 people gathered around Jakarta to celebrate Labor Day and demand their rights.
Joined by more than 30 workers’ associations, NGOs and student groups. Marchers rallied for kilometers to the State Palace. Closing the road from traffic. More than 15,000 police officers were deployed to guard the rallies. Thousands more were on standby.
Source: http://mauberedigitalarmy.wordpress.com/

April 29, 2008 - About 1000 workers, students and urban poor held a pre-May Day demonstration outside GKBI Towers in Jakarta, a flashy skyscraper that is the Indonesian headquarters of companies like ExxonMobil, ANZ Bank, Cable & Wireless, Credit Lyonnais Capital, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, France Telecom, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, OCBC Bank and the Swiss Bank.

National liberation greetings!
April 29, 2008 - Indonesia is a nation rich in natural (mining and minerals) and agricultural resources. At a time when the prices of oil and minerals are high, and in the midst of high agricultural prices, the welfare of the people has not improved; instead it is declining – not least ofwhich is the welfare of workers.