/392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann
Added 2024-02-16 23:03:24 +0000 UTCOn Indonesia's new president and the End of History.
Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results.
- How did Prabowo go from wannabe fascist dictator to cuddly populist grandpa?
- Why is Jokowi "Indonesia's Obama"?
- What is Indonesia's Trump/Hunter Biden ticket?
- What's up with the $32bn new capital being built in Borneo?
- What is the Museum of Anticommunism, and how successfully has Indonesia's ruling class rewritten its history?
- Plus: why is metal so popular in Indonesia?
Links:
- Suharto’s Old Guard Is Still Calling the Shots in Indonesia, Michael Vann, Jacobin
- Shadow Puppets and Special Forces: Indonesia’s Fragile Democracy, Michael Vann, The Diplomat (on police v military clashes)
- Indonesia state apparatus is preparing to throw election to a notorious massacre general, Allan Nairn, The Intercept
- Prabowo's 'fashy' 2014 campaign video
- Prabowo's 'cuddly' 2024 persona
- /391/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About ft. Vedi Hadiz
Outro:
VoB (Voice of Baceprot) - School Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aZX-C8HKJc
Comments
Does anyone know if Michael Vann is related to John Paul Vann?
NigelBOpinion
2024-02-28 17:47:25 +0000 UTC
