[Fascism and Global History. Comparing Indonesia and Germany

When we discuss fascism, we often limit our focus to the German or European experience. In this lecture, we’ll broaden our perspective to include Indonesia in order to better understand fascism as part of a connected global history. In 1965, the Indonesian military—but above all paramilitary forces—carried out a genocide against trade unionists, feminists, communists, and people of Chinese descent, in which up to 2 million people were murdered. But was the Suharto Regime fascist? What similarities and differences can be identified when comparing the New Order to German fascism? The hypothesis of the lecture: In both countries, fascism was preceded by revolutions that failed to fulfill their social promises. In both countries, the forces of the organized labor movement were so dangerous that capital formed an alliance with the petty bourgeoisie to physically destroy them. The lecture concludes with a look at fascist strategies in both countries today.

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