La Marx InternationalOn August 25, 2025, the Indonesian revolution erupted in the fourth most populous country in the world when the country's parliament voted to increase the salaries of parliamentarians—a genuine provocation given that their incomes already exceed 40 times the minimum wage in Jakarta, the country's capital. The government of Prabowo Subianto and the Greater Indonesia Movement Party, known by its Indonesian acronym Gerindra, finds itself cornered by a massive mass mobilization spanning the cities of Jakarta, Malang, Surabaya, Manado, Yogyakarta, Sernad, Sukabemi, Bandung, and Purwokerto, accompanied by solidarity actions in Berlin, New York, and Melbourne.
The capitalist government of Subianto had to suspend attendance at the Tianjin Summit farce, which brought togethe...
