Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing protesters that began in the capital last week quickly spread beyond Jakarta. https://to.pbs.org/4mAEjoi
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The US could learn a thing or two
sep 1, 2025, 8:09 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes, like the fact that violent civil resistance is almost always a total failure. It gets treated as terrorism, gets put down violently, then those who aren’t imprisoned or dead flee for their lives and accomplish nothing.
sep 1, 2025, 9:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Alternatively, the civil unrest called the American Revolution did pretty well for those that participated.
sep 1, 2025, 10:14 pm • 0 0 • view
PBS helping fascists. Damn this timeline sucks. They PROTESTED the criminal corruption of govt. They RIOTED over the murder of a young man not even involved. But PBS buries that at the end. …
sep 1, 2025, 8:59 pm • 0 0 • view
“an armored car from the Mobile Brigade unit of the National Police suddenly sped through the crowd of demonstrators and hit Kurniawan, causing him to fall. Instead of stopping, the car ran over him.”
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