Continuity of Agenda: US Targets Indonesia - Seeks to Punish Jakarta for Joining BRICS

Violent protests unfolding in the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia represent a carbon-copy of similar US-sponsored protests targeted the region in recent years, from Hong Kong to Thailand and Myanmar.

Media organizations vocally promoting the protests are directly funded by the US government through the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and mainstream Western media including both US and British state media.

Indonesia is being targeted by US destabilization for refusing to transform itself into a battering ram against China, and instead becoming the first ASEAN nation to join BRICS along side China and other members.

References:

CNN - Indonesia’s deadly protests paused but deep resentment remains. Here’s what to know (Sept. 1, 2025):
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/01/asia/indonesia-protests-explainer-intl-hnk
The Ford Foundation - Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation Grant (for 2023-2028: https://web.archive.org/web/20240415182315/https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/indonesian-legal-aid-foundation-145912/
HURISGHTS OSAKA - Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation:Struggling for Democracy and its Own Sustainability (2004):
https://www.hurights.or.jp/archives/focus/section2/2004/12/indonesian-legal-aid-foundationstruggling-for-democracy-and-its-own-sustainability.html#:~:text=On%20the%20other%20hand%2C%20support,public)%20to%20implement%20several%20programs.
Mongabay - ‘Without us, no scrutiny’: Indonesia’s independent media count cost of US funding cuts (Mar. 2025):
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/without-us-there-is-no-scrutiny-indonesias-independent-media-count-cost-of-us-funding-cuts/
Remotivi - X:
https://x.com/remotivi?lang=en
Project Multatuli - X:
https://x.com/projectm_org/status/1962493653227827662
BBC - How a cartoon skull became a symbol of defiance in Indonesia (Aug. 7, 2025):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ezvj4d111o
AFSC - Indonesia: Strengthening Diversity Through Narrative Change:
https://afsc.org/programs/indonesia-strengthening-diversity-through-narrative-change#:~:text=In%20Indonesia%2C%20AFSC%20collaborates%20with,%2C%20ability%2C%20and%20sexual%20orientation.
AFSC - Annual Reports:
https://afsc.org/reports-financials
The New Atlas - Twitter Supports US State Department’s “Milk Tea Alliance” with Emojis (2021):
https://youtu.be/zboWj_V8q7g?si=HvckzjaYjhxBuLle

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