Mutual Aid Request Roundup 13 Aug 2026
Military vehicles near Monas, fences around Jakarta's malls, officials insisting it's all Independence Day rehearsal and not a crackdown in waiting. A disabled Indonesian Muslim woman writing from Jakarta traces the fencing back to dwifungsi ABRI, the US-backed Cold War doctrine still shaping how Indonesia disciplines its own people, and connects it to the same logic running Gaza's occupation and Washington's deals with Tehran. The people named in this week's requests need that support regardless.
