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Organise! is working on building solidarity actions such as demonstrations, and any other aid we can provide to the peasants of Kulon Progo. It is urgent, and especially relevant for us in Australia due to Indonesia's proximity, and the involvement of Australian mining companies Indo Mines Limited and Australia Kimberly Diamond. International attention to the issue will also inhibit the police from carrying out the usual extent of brutality against the peasants.
Kulon Progo is a coastal area in Indonesia inhabited by tens of thousands of people who grow crops on the iron-rich sand. They are self-sufficient and self-governing. A conglomeration of mining companies want to mine the iron under the sand, but so far have been unable to because of the resistance of the people living there. The blog 'hidup biasa' has a history of the region here, and a description of earlier struggles here.
The people of Kulon Progo have just issued an appeal for solidarity:
The people of Kulon Progo call for your international solidarity as they resist corporate greed and ecological destruction, please spread this information and act. More info + links to follow.
Thursday Morning, 24 February, mining corporation wants to re-open its office and operational sites which already been closed and destroyed by the peasants December last year. Failed.
Monday, 28 February, media noted that Jogja Magasa Iron and some Japanese investors failed to come.
Wednesday, 2 March, 9 cars with heavy arms police guard came to the pilot project for only 10 minutes.
Yesterday Morning, 7 March, 31 Police truck, 700 special police force (called Mobile Brigade), water cannon, detention car, police dogs, tear-gas, and heavy weapons came to the village…
WE NEED IMMEDIATE SOLIDARITY NOW!
Kulon Progo Self-organised Struggle Against Neoliberal Megaproject
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Adelaide Anarchist Communist Group
