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Despite police bans, a day of peaceful resistance in West Papua

Despite police bans, a day of peaceful resistance in West Papua

Today marked the 51st anniversary of the signing of the devastating New York Agreement (1962). This treaty gave Indonesia permission to take complete control of West Papua, having already occupied parts of it. Poli ...

Goodbye Indonesia: The West Papuan Struggle for Independence.
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Goodbye Indonesia: The West Papuan Struggle for Independence.

Because it is virtually impossible for foreign journalists to obtain official permission to visit the territory filmmaker Dom Rotheroe and fixer Sally Collister travelled in the guise of tourists. Filming discreetly, ...

JFK, West Papua and the ‘Big Wink’

JFK, West Papua and the ‘Big Wink’

Back in the 60s, after the Kennedy assassination, US agents helped engineer a coup in Indonesia and in the process handing West Papua over to Indonesia. State department officials referred to the anti-communist deal ...

West Papua Information Kit (concerning Freeport)

West Papua Information Kit (concerning Freeport)

Before the Rockefellers sent (1961) Michael Rockefeller to this part of West Papua, at the end of 1960, fellow Freeport director Robert Lovett purchased an introduction to Joe Kennedy and his son U.S. President elect ...

thus sprake zarathustra

thus sprake zarathustra

Art by Humphrey King ...

FCX Heavyweight Smackdown of West Papua

FCX Heavyweight Smackdown of West Papua

The people who are living in desperate fear amongst the barren, desecrated rainforest and mountains of the Freeport mining facility, are struggling to retain their human identity in our modern, global culture that tr ...

F Kennedy & gaddafi death star

F Kennedy & gaddafi death star

F Kennedy & gaddafi death star by Humphrey King ...

West Papua to Challenge Illegal Indonesian Occupation in UN Court

West Papua to Challenge Illegal Indonesian Occupation in UN Court

West Papua’s battle for independence is finally gaining momentum in the international community. ...

Frank Zappa- Tears Come From Lovin’ You

Frank Zappa- Tears Come From Lovin’ You

This was meant to be the b-side of a single produced with Burt Ward, who played Robin to Adam West’s Batman, to promote the uber-cheesey 60’s TV show. Footage of Richard Nixon/John F. Kennedy debates and ...

West Papua Has Harsh Words, High Hopes For US

West Papua Has Harsh Words, High Hopes For US

Rallies were held at US Embassies in West Papua, Jakarta, Melbourne and Perth, in advance of Sept 22nd’s US Congressional Hearing in Washington, DC titled “Crimes Against Humanity: When Will Indonesiaââ ...