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Continued Updates about the Indonesian Uprising & the Rise of Private Intelligence Agents

10th September

Java, Indonesia: Comrade arrested and accused of running anarchist counter info site

A comrade in Java has been arrested and accused of adminstrating ‘blackbloczone‘ ,an Indonesian focused anarchist website, a few days ago. The comrade is still being detained. The media scum have been up to their old tricks of degenerating our comrades’ name. Fire to the prisons! Free the comrade.

Bremen, Germany: In Rage and Solidarity with the Uprising in Indonesia

Attack on the Indonesian Honorary Consulate in Bremen. Against the rise of militarism and neo-fascism in Indonesia and everywhere!

On September 7, 2025, at around 2:15 a.m., we attacked the Indonesian Honorary Consulate in Überseestadt, Bremen, with paint fire extinguishers. With the slogan “Tantang Tirani!¹” we disappeared into the night.

On August 25, massive protests and unrest began in many parts of the Indonesian archipelago, triggered by the planned massive increase in salaries for the parliamentary elite. The protests were militant from the outset, but after the cops ran over and killed 21-year-old delivery worker Affan Kurniawan on August 28, the protests exploded into a massive uprising. Delivery workers, anarchists, and youth looted and burned down police stations, politicians’ homes, and government buildings. President Prabowo Subianto deployed the military, and at least six people have been killed by police and military forces so far.

Against militarism and oppression in Indonesia and everywhere

It is with great concern and anger that we follow the authoritarian turn in Indonesia toward increased and ongoing militarization of the government. At the same time, we find inspiration and strength for our struggles here in the determined fight of the people against this development and for a life in freedom.

The recent uprising against corruption and police violence is part of a long series of mobilizations and aggressive confrontations. Between February and April of this year, various groups, organizations, and activists from student unions and labor unions, ultras, and anarchists organized across regions to fight, riot, and demonstrate against the Indonesian National Armed Forces Law (UU TNI) passed in March. The law paves the way for a recurring and dangerous shift towards militarism and the rise of neo-fascist forces by (once again) securing an enormously important and influential position for the military in areas of civilian life. Members of the military now have access to public offices and can exert massive control and influence over state and civilian services. It is one of many steps towards the normalization of authoritarian practices and the tightening of state authority.

Looking further back, in 2019 there were a whole series of large-scale protests against corruption and authoritarian changes to the criminal code. In 2020, we saw a similar movement against the “Omnibus Law.” This law massively curtails labor rights, environmental protection, and indigenous rights in favor of neoliberal reform. In 2022, there were large protests against the extremely repressive new criminal code, rising food prices, and a possible third term for Widodo. In 2024, we saw massive protests and riots against the new election law in Indonesia. All this against the backdrop of the riots that ended 31 years of military dictatorship under Suharto in 1998 and are deeply engraved in the collective consciousness.

Relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Indonesian state

Suharto came to power after a military coup in 1965-1966. In the course of this, between 500,000 and 3 million people were killed in massacres. Due to its explicitly anti-communist character, the coup was not only viewed positively by Western governments, but also supported. In 2014, documents were made public proving that the German Embassy in Indonesia and the BND knew about the coup plans and massacres at an early stage, approved them, and authorized economic exports to the military. German arms manufacturers began exporting weapons of war to Indonesia as early as the 1970s, and by the 1990s, Indonesia had become the largest importer of German weapons. Even today, the German Armed Forces directly supports the training of Indonesian military personnel.

In a call (tumulte.org/2025/03/ articles/indonesia-rises-up-against-militarism/#) for international solidarity with the struggle against militarism in Indonesia, dated March 20, 2025, an obvious comparison is drawn with the military powers of the 1960s under the dictatorship of President Suharto, who came to power through a military coup supported by the West. At that time, there were countless human rights violations, anti-democratic actions, police and state violence, and oppression of minorities. The fear in the collective consciousness of a repeating dynamic and similar repression within a military dictatorship was a driving force for many people who fought against the UU TNI.

Overall, the parallels to the authoritarianism that is forming here and around the world are obvious and worrying. Germany is rearming, with the military, the state, and arms companies skimming billions in taxpayer money. The gradual introduction of conscription is no longer just a fantasy of old warmongers, but has found its first expression in the mandatory questionnaire. Germany wants to keep up with the big players in the arms race again.

The recent visit by Foreign Minister Wadephul shows that the German government sees Indonesia as a source of cheap raw materials and is seeking a strong strategic relationship between the two countries.

The Bremen Tobacco Exchange

Our attack also hit the building of the Bremen Tobacco Exchange. The Bremen Tobacco Exchange has been trading Indonesian tobacco since 1959 and was an important factor in the emerging diplomatic and economic relations between Germany and Indonesia. There were also good relations with the military apparatus of the Federal Republic of Germany and thus, from the outset, good relations with Suharto’s military dictatorship. Helmut Kohl, for example, maintained a close friendship with the dictator and often emphasized how well the two countries worked together.

It is clear that we need internationalist responses to repression, human rights violations, surveillance, oppression, and silencing through killing, kidnapping, or imprisoning left-wing, anti-authoritarian, civil society activists, and marginalized groups.

We send our solidarity greetings to the fighters in Indonesia!

Against the rise of militarism and neo-fascism in Indonesia and everywhere!

Tantang Tirani!

From the call:

We rise, not in silence, but in raging fire.

A wildfire of defiance, fueled by the love of freedom,

and the unyielding spirit of those who refuse to kneel.

This is not just a fight for Indonesia,

but a battle cry for every soul who dares to dream

of a world unchained, unbowed, unbroken.

We reject the chains of militarism,

the cold steel of authoritarianism,

and the suffocating grip of neo-fascism.

We are the voices of the oppressed,

the hands that build barricades,

the hearts that beat for anarchy—

the chaos, and the beautiful disorder of liberation.

We will not let the shadows of Suharto’s regime

darken the skies of tomorrow.

We will not let Prabowo’s militaristic dreams

trample the gardens of democracy.

We are the storm, the reckoning,

the ungovernable force that says:

Enough is enough.

To the tyrants, the enforcers, the architects of oppression:

Your walls will crumble,

Your laws will burn,

Your power will dissolve like ash in the wind.

For we are the people,

wild, untamed, and free.

And we will fight,

not just for Indonesia,

but for the boundless, anarchist love of freedom

that lives in us all.

1. Tantang Tirani – English: “Fight tyranny” Slogan in the fight against militarization and neo-fascism

Source: de.indymedia.org/node/536930

Indonesia: Repressive raids continue around the archipelago

Extensive raids in Java and Jakarta, Bandung, Makassar. There are still clashes and conflicts taking place across the archipelago. Media scum parade the hostages on television as they try to regain the narrative but it just fuels the hatred and rebellion by the population.

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Hostile American ‘semperincolumem.com’ & the rise of private intelligence agents

It has been brought to our attention that a hostile agency clearly anti-leftist, anti-anarchist, generally anything it deems as ‘extremist’ and ‘terrorist’, has been reporting about the Indonesian insurrection even linking the call out from anarchist comrades in Indonesia to certain counter-information websites. These utter voids are sign of a rise in recent years of have a go private counter intelligence agents. With the rise in the use of new technologies and the increase of academia environment being employed for state security purposes, comrades must be wary of how their actions online and actively in the world are not just being traced by the obvious security sources but also by private cops.

Examples recently have been the use of image search apps powered by AI and facial recognition to track down Daniele Klette, the Red Army Faction member who spent many years underground.

We have seen an increase in youtube video private journalists turning up especially at our demos and also counter demos to their fascist mates.

Another website we are aware of that has been running for many years trackingterrorism.org, keeping tabs on many groups and comrades in the past. They blatantly advertise themselves to not only the academics but also to capitalist entities as well, showing the overarching role these ‘private agents’ fulfill.

Another more recently relevant example, that has also been running for a long time has been antifawatch.net/, which runs in the USA and UK.

Against the state and its cops, but also against all private counter intelligence agents!

– Comrades from Dark Nights

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