Archive for May 24th, 2010
Dialog Tragedi Kemanusiaan Mei 1998: dari Keterasingan Menjadi Karib
Oleh Dr. Beni Bevly
Dalam dialog Tragedi Kemanusiaan Mei 1998 dengan topik dari Keterasingan Menjadi Karib di Union City, San Francisco Bay Area pada tanggal 16 May 2010, kembali lagi berkumandang pertanyaan dan dialog mengenai: Mengapa perbuatan biadab ini terjadi? Apakah sudah ada penyelesaiannya? Bagaimana supaya hal ini tidak terjadi lagi? Apa yang bisa mereka lakukan dari Amerika?
Peringatan yang dimulai dengan makan malam bersama pada jam lima sore, berlajut dengan dialog hingga jam delapan malam, dihadiri sekitar 100 orang peserta, beberapa nara sumber, antara lain Romo Mutiara Andalas, SJ, Dr. Silvia Tiwon dari University of California Berkeley, Nina Jusuf dari Transformasi, dan saya sendiri sebagai moderator ternyata berjalan dengan penuh antusias. Read the rest of this entry »
Setelah 12 Tahun
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Oleh Mutiara Andalas, SJ
Peringatan 12 tahun tragedi Mei 1998 ibarat nyala lilin yang menerangi paras kemanusiaan Indonesia. Pelaku menyerang kehidupan korban dan melukai kemanusiaan bersama. Paguyuban korban membela kesucian hidup korban kekerasan dan diskriminasi rasial dari stigma politik. Negara yang membisu, apalagi menghalangi ziarah keadilan bagi korban tragedi, menyembah berhala politik kekerasan dan diskriminasi. Ratapan korban mendorong paguyuban korban melukis ulang paras negara dan anutan politiknya. Negara yang memeluk politik kemanusiaan mendaku kesucian hidup rakyat miskin dan minoritas sosial. Read the rest of this entry »
Memulai Bisnis Makanan Berskala Internasional
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Oleh Dr. Beni Bevly
Di Tanah Seberang, orang Amerika Serikat-lah yang memulai revolusi untuk melayani dunia dengan penjualan makanan super cepat dalam jumlah yang banyak, lezat dan relatif murah meriah. Bisakah pebisnis di Tanah Air turut serta mengembangkan bisnis makanan seperti itu? Mari kita ikuti uraian berikut.
Beberapa malam yang lalu, saya mampir di Wal Mart – suatu supermarket dengan cabang terbanyak di dunia – beberap mile dari tempat tinggal saya di kawasan San Francisco, Kalifornia. Di dalam supermarket itu saya melewati kios McDonalds, secara otomatis saya belok dan memesan dua buah apple pie seharga USD 1 untuk to go. Read the rest of this entry »
Asia’s ‘Holy Grail’ of regional architecture
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By Evan A. Laksmana
The recent debate regarding the expansion of the East Asia Community (EAS) by allowing Russia to join the ASEAN-driven grouping highlights the continued search for a better, more integrated regional architecture.
In fact, if one looks at the discourse within the last few years, crafting a new “regional architecture” has been somewhat the watchword of both government officials and scholars alike. Read the rest of this entry »
The license to kill, punish, and discriminate
by Jennie S. Bev
Justice and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said recently the Indonesian government was no longer prioritizing the search for the culprits responsible for The May 1998 Tragedy.
He said, “It’s a bit difficult for us to look for who is responsible. However, we agree to hand out compensation [for the victims and their families], such as the chance to get a job. I even guarantee a job at the Justice and human rights ministry for them.”
Yeah, right.
This statement is outright appalling. Monetary compensation and job benefits sound good, but they cannot replace the men and women who were killed, the raped women, and, most importantly, the loss of trust in the government.
Do not punish the victims and survivors of an atrocity by discontinuing the search for culprits. They have suffered more than enough. Read the rest of this entry »
Manicheism in Indonesia
by Jennie S. Bev
Along with Serbia, Iraq, Iran and North Korea, the peace-building approach in Indonesia is both polarizing and dualistic. In a term used by Johan Galtung, these traits are “manicheistic.”
Manicheism itself is a term originated from religious studies referring to a dualistic system of good and bad. In this case, it is referring to a preference in a security-oriented approach, rather than in a peace-oriented approach.
In Indonesia, the state prefers to see “security” as identical to “peace.”
Indonesia must learn to adopt peace-oriented approaches in both daily living and policy making activities and attitudes. Failure to do so will exacerbate the already tarnished face of peaceful Indonesia with ongoing violent incidents and persecutions of minorities. By adopting a peace-oriented rather than a security-oriented approach, Indonesia will be able to cultivate peace from the ground up, where human rights — including minority rights — are upheld respectfully. Read the rest of this entry »
