The Commoner: *Anarchism and the Liberation of West Papua*

"… West Papua was one of the independent territories that was forcibly annexed by the #Sukarno regime on May 1, 1963 through the manipulative Act of Free Choice 1969 (PEPERA) which was held by the Indonesian State using guns and death threats. #PEPERA was a referendum called by the United Nations for #Papuans to choose if they wanted to be independent or joined as part of #Indonesia. After this forced annexation, a nightmare began on the land of #Cendrawasih (the Indigenous name for the area). This nightmare saw the killing of hundreds or even thousands of Indigenous West Papuans (OAP) by the Indonesian colonial apparatus, the exploitation of West Papua’s natural resources, and the massive migration of non-Papuan peoples. #Colonialism also brought racism to #WestPapua, and West Papuans are now stigmatized as primitive humans, forest people, lazy people, and many other degrading insults. …"

https://www.thecommoner.org.uk/anarchism-and-the-liberation-of-west-papua

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