Air mata saya meleleh, beberapa tahun lalu, saat membaca sebuah part dari tulisan Anjar Nugroho (dibawah ini) dengan perasaan haru bercampur kenangan 1998 di negeri sendiri yang sempat dilihat, didengar dan dirasakan oleh mata kepala sendiri, bahwa saya pernah mengalami dan melihat langsung sebuah kekuasaan (lebih tepatnya Rezim Otoriter/Otoritarianisme) runtuh. Sebuah Kekuasaan Absolut Despotik dan otoriter. Disini (1998) keadaannya mungkin lebih baik di bandingkan di sana.. dan di bandingkan masa Revolusi Indonesia 60an dulu. Tulisan, yang menumpahka air mata saya itu, adalah penggalan sebuah artikel dalam majalah Amerika, Newsweek yang menulis seperti di bawah ini:
“When they came close, the armed forces ordered the demonstrators to disperse but instead of retreating, the demonstrators disobeyed the order and went on to cross the warning line, slowly choking from teargas fumes, but unwilling to go back. Finally the troops raised their guns, firing bursts into the air, but even then the mob edged closer to the ranks of the troops. And the troops lowered their sight and, when the crowd kept coming, sprayed the demonstrators with round after round.”Splits in the army on class lines do not arise as a simple process but, on the contrary, pass through a series of processes, leading to inner differentiation. The lower ranks of the armed forces tries to gauge the attitude of the masses, observing their commitment, their utter decision to go to the very end to change the old order, their heroic scarifies. Baca entri selengkapnya »
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