Borneo – Island Devastated, People Oblivious, Neocolonialist Nightmare
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From Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan): Andre Vltchek and Mira Lubis
By Andre Vltchek and Mira Lubis
Global Research
She was just standing there, in the middle of burning land, surrounded by stumps of trees, fire everywhere, smoke rising towards hopelessly gray sky. The expression on her face was mischievous, almost girlish. I had no idea how old she was: she could have been 28, just as she could easily have been 55.
This island, this village, this charred land: it all looked like hell to me, but obviously not to her: it actually made her laugh, burst with pride.
After all, it was her island, not mine; it was her land, her trees, and it was all getting royally fucked. She was personally participating in this carnage of nature – she, as well as her husband, her entire fami...