Communism has bankrupted Russia following the demise of the images of Lenin and Stalin. China, while still claiming to be communist has welcomed capitalism and discarded Maoism. In Indonesia, however, some people claim that communism is experiencing a threatening revival.

They have raided bookshops in several cities, burning books that in their view promote communism. The works of Indonesia's prominent man of letters, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, which