De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,
Java-Bode, 27 Aug 1952, p. 2: Miss Sulami, secretary of the Surabaya committee for victims of the August raids, says something is wrong with the arrestees' release, blames the Sukiman-Wibisono policy and RTC, and says the raids were a general attack on the anti-imperialist people.
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1952-08-28, p. 2): at a Surabaya press conference the committee for victims of the August 1951 raids, with SOBSI, plans a 7 September mass demonstration outside the governor's and Brawijaya commander's residences demanding release of all arrestees. Committee secretary Miss Sulami blames the RT
Short Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra item (10 Jun 1953, p.2): the Indonesian women's movement Gerwis, with 40,000 members, sent a telegram to President Eisenhower urging him to spare the Rosenbergs; the dockworkers' union SBPP (47,000 members) decided on 8 June to send a similar telegram. Shows Gerwis's anti-imperialist s
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao, 14 June 1953 (p. 4), on the worldwide campaign to save Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from execution: US court rejections, New York rallies, and protests in Canada and Europe, including a resolution by the World Congress of Women in Copenhagen. The only Indonesian reference: SOBSI, the Gerwi
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao, 14 June 1953 (p. 4), on the worldwide campaign to save Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from execution: US court rejections, New York rallies, and protests in Canada and Europe, including a resolution by the World Congress of Women in Copenhagen. The only Indonesian reference: SOBSI, the Gerwi
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra news-in-brief column 'De kleine wereld' (3 Jul 1953, p.4). Among items on a pharmacy strike, a journalist's film censored, a Guatemala explosion and Dusseldorf baby names, one notes that the Indonesian women's movement GERWIS urged the US government, via its Jakarta embassy, to guarantee the
Harian Rakjat, 31 Jan 1955, p. 2: local-news page. A short item reports a lecture by Ny. Suharti of DPP Gerwani on the coming general elections, among a series of PKI-linked election lectures and rallies in Jakarta; Gerwani lectures are also announced for 17-22 February. Most of the page is unrelated Indonesian and for
Brief Algemeen Indisch Dagblad item (1955-08-13, p. 2): during the Public Works workers' strike, the women's organisation Gerwani declared solidarity with the strikers, as did the metalworkers' union SBIM and the SOBSI branch in Bandung.
Api Kartini (1959) editorial column 'Celebrating National Day': after Indonesia's 17 August, urges readers to welcome the national days of friendly states upholding the Bandung principles. Features the Democratic Republic of Vietnam's 2 September National Day with a poem by Ho Chi Minh. Solidarity propaganda with Asian