If US troops invade Cuba they will be wiped out; world support for Cuba (Renmin Ribao, 15 September 1962)
Renmin Ribao, 15 Sep 1962, p. 4: round-up of world solidarity with Cuba against threatened US intervention (Albania, WFDY, US Fair Play for Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico). The Jakarta item says Gerwani, in the name of over one million members, telegraphed the US government protesting aggression on Cuba, and c
If US troops invade Cuba they will be wiped out; world support for Cuba (Renmin Ribao, 15 September 1962)
Renmin Ribao, 15 Sep 1962, p. 4: round-up of world solidarity with Cuba against threatened US intervention (Albania, WFDY, US Fair Play for Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico). The Jakarta item says Gerwani, in the name of over one million members, telegraphed the US government protesting aggression on Cuba, and c
Neues Deutschland, 15 Sep 1962, p. 5: World demands peace for Cuba
Neues Deutschland, 15 September 1962, p. 5: ADN/ND roundup 'Welt fordert Frieden für Kuba' (subhead 'Warnung an Washington') on worldwide solidarity with Cuba. Under 'Indonesien' it states that Gerwani, 'the most important Indonesian women's organisation', demanded that the US government immediately stop aggressive act
Indonesian parties and organisations demand severe punishment of rioters (Renmin Ribao, 21 May 1963)
Renmin Ribao, 21 May 1963, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Indonesian parties and mass organisations condemn the May 1963 anti-Chinese riots in Cirebon, Tegal, Bandung and Bogor as counter-revolutionary and link them to Malaysia and the US Peace Corps. Gerwani's Central Committee calls the Bandung incidents despicable acts vio
Indonesian parties and organisations demand severe punishment of rioters (Renmin Ribao, 21 May 1963)
Renmin Ribao, 21 May 1963, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Indonesian parties and mass organisations condemn the May 1963 anti-Chinese riots in Cirebon, Tegal, Bandung and Bogor as counter-revolutionary and link them to Malaysia and the US Peace Corps. Gerwani's Central Committee calls the Bandung incidents despicable acts vio
Renmin Ribao, 7 Mar 1964: world opinion attacks US expansion of the South Vietnam war
People's Daily, 7 March 1964, p. 3: roundup of world protests at US escalation in South Vietnam ('a second Dien Bien Phu awaits you'). The excerpt says the Indonesian Peasants' Front, SOBSI, the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), Pemuda Rakyat and the student movement union recently met and denounced US
Renmin Ribao, 7 Mar 1964: world opinion attacks US expansion of the South Vietnam war
People's Daily, 7 March 1964, p. 3: roundup of world protests at US escalation in South Vietnam ('a second Dien Bien Phu awaits you'). The excerpt says the Indonesian Peasants' Front, SOBSI, the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), Pemuda Rakyat and the student movement union recently met and denounced US
Gerwani wants US Information Service offices closed (Berita Harian, 1964)
Berita Harian, 5 August 1964, p. 3, Reuters: Gerwani, described as a left-wing women's movement, cabled Sukarno demanding closure of the US Information Service, return of Peace Corps volunteers training Indonesian athletes, and condemned the Johnson-Tunku Abdul Rahman joint statement, per the PKI paper Harian Rakyat. S
Berliner Zeitung, 20 Jul 1965, p. 5: With Sukarno
Berliner Zeitung, 20 July 1965, p. 5: ADN brief "Bei Sukarno" from Djakarta. President Sukarno received at the Bogor summer palace the women's delegations from the DRV, South Vietnam and the USA, who had spent five days in Indonesia discussing ways to end the Vietnam war, and welcomed their joint appeal, saying 90 perc
PKI demands expulsion of US ambassador (Gerwani demand, Berita Harian, 1965)
Berita Harian, 26 July 1965, p. 3: the PKI renews its demand that Sukarno cancel acceptance of new US ambassador Marshall Green; the demand, issued through its women's organisation Gerwani, also asks Sukarno to break diplomatic relations with the United States. Clipping breaks off. Evidence of Gerwani's anti-American c
Stop support for the Suharto regime
De Waarheid, 21 Jun 1975, p. 5: boxed text 'Stop support for the Suharto regime' from the NVB monthly 'Vrouwen': the IGGI group (US, Japan, West Germany, Netherlands) gives up to 880 million dollars yearly to the regime; its April meeting was postponed amid confusion over Indochina; Suharto fears liberation victories.
Neues Deutschland, 22 Oct 1975, p. 3: Deliberations of the nine commissions
Neues Deutschland, 22 October 1975, p. 3: "Beratungen der neun Kommissionen", report from the World Congress of Women in East Berlin (International Women's Year). Under the subhead "Schulwesen abhängig von sozialem System" (Commission 5), the Indonesian delegate Sjamsiddar Moerdono is quoted that 51 percent of the coun
After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978)
Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, feature by George Oliver on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup, with PKI members forced to swear loyalty. It describes the Category A, B, C system, the 1965-66 massacres (estimates up to half a million killed), Amnesty International's
After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978), clean OCR
Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, clean OCR of George Oliver's feature on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup (same article as GA-00267). It covers the official and alternative accounts of 30 September, killings of perhaps half a million, half to three-quarters of a mi
Berliner Zeitung, 10 Jan 1985, p. 5: 63 UN states against discrimination of women
Berliner Zeitung, 10 January 1985, p. 5. ADN/BZ brief '63 UNO-Staaten gegen Frauendiskriminierung': according to the UN press office, Indonesia and Jamaica ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, bringing the total to 63 states including all socialist states; the USA, Br
Neue Zeit, 10 Jan 1985, p. 1: Against discrimination of women
Neue Zeit, 10 January 1985, p. 1: a two-sentence "Kurz informiert" item from New York, "Gegen Frauendiskriminierung", reporting that Indonesia and Jamaica have ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, bringing the total to 63 states; the USA, Britain and West Germany a