Internationale CAJ - www.joci.org
-
Indonesia: “Economic Crisis and the Shadow of 1998”
Indonesia is currently facing a very critical situation. The wave of crisis affecting society is increasingly felt across various sectors. The soaring prices of basic necessities, the growing tax burdens—with some regional leaders raising taxes by more than 250%—inadequate wages, massive layoffs, unclear job status, and the lack of job opportunities have become the main triggers of public unrest. In addition, unresolved poverty alleviation efforts and recurring natural disasters are worsening the situation.
-
The Young Christian Workers’ Revolutionary Praxis for Social Transformation
By Ludovicus Mardiyono, former IYCW’s President
In a world caught between capitalist machinery and spiritual void, the Young Christian Workers (YCW) movement offers not merely an alternative, but a prophetic engagement of faith, community, and justice. The YCW’s "Action Guide" reveals a method that is not just strategic but deeply incarnational, combining theology, sociology, and grassroots activism. At its core, it is a popular movement theology, a lived spirituality that dismantles systemic oppression not just through critique, but through organized action — praxis, as Paulo Freire and liberation theologians would term it.