The Tipping Point

April 29, 2008

Julia Suryakusuma

  • The writer is the author of Sex, Power and Nation.

    HAVE you ever stepped on a worm?

    I never have, thank God, but apparently they wriggle a lot if you do. Hence the local saying “cacing kalau diinjakpun mengeliat” (even a worm squirms when stepped on), meaning that everyone, even the lowliest creatures, will eventually fight back if pressed hard enough.

    Here in Java, we live with a history littered with authoritarian re

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