Recovering memory in Spain and Indonesia
The electronic artist Grey Filastine connects efforts in Spain and Indonesia to confront a dictatorial past and achieve justice in the present, the Jakarta Globe reports:
“They’re excavating the mass graves, they’re going through the political process of changing the history books, of removing big statues of Franco, like all of that stuff is just now happening. I mean come on, does it take that long?” Grey said. “So there could be a long period of adjustment after Suharto as well. ”
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There was an Indonesian, Dr. Tio Oen Bik, who served in the International Brigades from 1937-1939 and eventually, returned to Indonesia around 1953. Dr. Bik miraculously survived the Suharto’s massacre. A short biography of Dr. Bik can be found in The Volunteer, http://www.alba-valb.org/resources/document-library/the-volunteer-march-1996