Magic & Mysticism in Java

Soeharto (1921 – 2008)

By VICTORIA LEPAGE— The recent death of ex-President Soeharto of Indonesia at the age of 86 has reminded me that I was present in Jakarta in 1967 during the bloodbath in which the Communist Party was decimated and General Soeharto rose to political power, along with the minority modernist Muslim party that supported him. At [...]

John Perkins: From Economic Hitman to Shaman

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By REG LITTLE — I remember John Perkins. He was a real jerk. A gold-plated, super-slick lying little butthole shill for corporate gangsters; a snake-oil salesman with a movie-star grin, shiny loafers, a crooked calculator and a tooled leather briefcase full of high-blown bullshit. – Greg Palast (www.gregpalast.com) Despite Greg Palast’s spleenish dismissal from an [...]