Merdeka and the Morning Star
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Merdeka and the Morning Star

Civil Resistance in West Papua

  1. 302 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Merdeka and the Morning Star

Civil Resistance in West Papua

About this book

An important addition to UQP's internationally acclaimed Peace & Conflict Studies series West Papua is a secret story. On the western half of the island of New Guinea, hidden from the world, in a place occupied by the Indonesian military since 1963, continues a remarkable nonviolent struggle for national liberation. In Merdeka and the Morning Star, academic Jason MacLeod gives an insider's view of the trajectory and dynamics of civil resistance in West Papua. Here, the indigenous population has staged protests, boycotts, strikes and other nonviolent actions against repressive rule. This is the first in-depth account of civilian-led insurrection in West Papua, a movement that has transitioned from guerrilla warfare to persistent nonviolent resistance. MacLeod analyses several case studies, including tax resistance that pre-dates Gandhi's Salt March by two decades, worker strikes at the world's largest gold and copper mine, daring attempts to escape Indonesian rule by dugout canoe, and the collection of a petition in which signing meant to risk being shot dead. Merdeka and the Morning Star is a must-read for all those interested in Indonesia, the Pacific, self-determination struggles and nonviolent ways out of occupation.

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Table of contents

  1. Author Biography
  2. Other titles in this series
  3. Title page
  4. Imprint page and dedication
  5. Note from the series editor
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. List of figures
  9. Map of West Papua
  10. What’s in a name? A note on nomenclature
  11. Prologue
  12. 1. Research horizons
  13. 2. Historical and political dynamics of the conflict
  14. 3. Visions of merdeka
  15. 4. Civil resistance in West Papua
  16. 5. From armed to unarmed resistance
  17. 6. Towards a framework for nonviolent liberation
  18. Epilogue
  19. Postscript: ‘Now we take our message to the world’
  20. Acknowledgements
  21. Glossary
  22. Notes
  23. References
  24. Index