Anti-Colonial & Nationalist Struggle

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June 2023

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – June 14, 2023

Jakarta – Indonesia was once honored by the visit of a political figure and fighter of the June 1959 Cuban revolution. He even kept his long hair when he met with Indonesia's founding president Sukarno.

January 2021

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – January 4, 2021

Padang – Tan Malaka's heirs want the historical struggle of one of the Indonesian Republic's initiators to be included in school history lessons. They are making this request of the government as one way for the nation's next generation to know the role that Tan Malaka played in the national independence struggle.

December 2020

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – December 19, 2020

Padang – The family of Tan Malaka want more roads named after him in areas which were once a basis for his struggle. Not just in West Sumatra, but also in other parts of Indonesia.

July 2007

News/Indonesia
Pembebasaan Discussion List – July 2, 2007

“Literary history must be won back. Culture as a priority for the people must be won back.

May 2007

News/Indonesia
Jurnal Nasional – May 24, 2007

Jakarta – May 1998. Students from throughout the country spilled into the hall and occupied the national parliament building. The State Palace also was not spared the invasion of large numbers of uninvited guests.

News/Indonesia
Suara Pembaruan Daily – May 23, 2007

The national liberation of the people of Latin America, which has been inspired by the people’s struggle in Venezuela led by President Hugo Chavez, should be able to inspire similar methods and ideologies in the Indonesian national struggle.

April 2007

News/Indonesia
Kompas – April 24, 2007

Budiarto Shambazy – On April 12, 1963 rebels in Brunei were involved in an armed contact with British troops in North Kalimantan. The “rebels” (the TNI or Indonesian National Defense Force, Indonesian volunteers and Brunei opposition) launched a subversive rebellion against the sultanate that was considered a British puppet.