MELANESIA vs INDONESIA
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MALUKU EN DE MELANESIAN SPEARHEAD GROUP (MSG) ▼
MELANESIA Versus INDONESIA
by Bernard Nietschmann Consider that there are two major forces in collision worldwide: the expansion of states and the defending nations. Indonesia and Melanesia - two large geographic areas of islands -represent these counterpoised forces of political incorporation by invasion, and political liberation by self-determination. Indonesia is a new colonial state built on Javanese expansion by armies and settlers against the peoples of Sumatra, Kalimantan, South Moluccas, East Timor, and West Papua. Melanesia is an equally large area that has an emerging geopolitical identity based on independence from colonial occupation. Indonesia is an archipelago of different nations united by force; Melanesia is an archipelago of similar peoples united by choice. Independence from colonial rule is spreading throughout Melanesia: Fiji (1970), Papua New Guinea (1975), Solomon Islands (1978), Vanuatu (1980), and Kanaki (New Caledonia claimed by France) will achieve independence in the near future. That leaves the Torres Strait Islands (claimed Australia), and West Papua, South Moluccas and East Timor (claimed by Indonesia). Melanesia has a very strong internal affinity based on identity and a growing consensus against non-Melanesian control by occupation. Vanuatu is in the forefront of the pan-Melanesian movement. In an address to the United Nations General Assembly (October 11, 1984), Vanuatu Foreign Minister Sela Molisa stated: | P2 ►
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