“Andre Vltchek tells us about a world that few know, even when they think they do. That is because he tells the truth, vividly, with a keen sense of history, and with a perceptive eye that sees past surfaces to reality…”
~ Noam Chomsky
“In an age of formula media, Andre Vltchek’s work is truly exceptional – fiercely independent and bracing in its challenge to the echoes and lies of great power.”
~ John Pilger
“This extraordinary research into a hidden history, by Andre and Mira - is a masterpiece of sleuthing the archives and memories of people of this once great country, Indonesia. The story is far wider than the making of the new capital of Indonesia. It portrays the abject betrayal by the West of a new and bustling socialist country under President Sukarno – an honest man who was seeking to use the riches of this huge archipelago for the benefit of his people.
The book describes with ardor and passion, like a vivid movie, the atrocious mass genocide committed by the west in 1965 to cut Indonesia’s bright future short. It is a story – and a lesson for scholars and students – how western neoliberal, neofascist economics destroy the very fabric and culture of people and nations with corruption and killing for profit. This book is a treasure that must revive the eclipsed history of Indonesia in libraries, universities, theaters – and wherever culture is preserved.”
~ Peter Koenig
Language
English
Pages
81
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
May 03, 2020
New Capital of Indonesia: Abandoning Destitute Jakarta, Moving to Plundered Borneo
“Andre Vltchek tells us about a world that few know, even when they think they do. That is because he tells the truth, vividly, with a keen sense of history, and with a perceptive eye that sees past surfaces to reality…”
~ Noam Chomsky
“In an age of formula media, Andre Vltchek’s work is truly exceptional – fiercely independent and bracing in its challenge to the echoes and lies of great power.”
~ John Pilger
“This extraordinary research into a hidden history, by Andre and Mira - is a masterpiece of sleuthing the archives and memories of people of this once great country, Indonesia. The story is far wider than the making of the new capital of Indonesia. It portrays the abject betrayal by the West of a new and bustling socialist country under President Sukarno – an honest man who was seeking to use the riches of this huge archipelago for the benefit of his people.
The book describes with ardor and passion, like a vivid movie, the atrocious mass genocide committed by the west in 1965 to cut Indonesia’s bright future short. It is a story – and a lesson for scholars and students – how western neoliberal, neofascist economics destroy the very fabric and culture of people and nations with corruption and killing for profit. This book is a treasure that must revive the eclipsed history of Indonesia in libraries, universities, theaters – and wherever culture is preserved.”
~ Peter Koenig