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GA-00068 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Menyambut Hari Nasional

Welcoming National Day

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

GA-00074 1960 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Gema Revolusi (fragmen)

Echoes of the Revolution (fragment)

Fragmentary Api Kartini (1960) item 'Echoes of Revolution': OCR remnants of a rhetorical piece or poem on women marching, crushing colonialism, and demanding equal rights in politics and economy. Too damaged to summarise beyond title and these themes.

GA-00141 1962 rel C

Jang Dihadapi Panitia Sensor Film Republik Indonesia, 1962

What the Indonesian Film Censorship Committee Faces, 1962

Article by Utami Suryadarma, chair of the Film Censorship Committee, reprinted in Varia (17 Jan 1962), explaining the committee's new approach to Western, socialist and Afro-Asian film imports under free-and-active foreign policy.

GA-00103 1964 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Rasialisme di Negeri Dollar (dan Pameran Buku)

Racism in the Land of Dollars (and a Book Fair)

Api Kartini (1964) article 'Racism in the Land of Dollars' on discrimination against 19 million African Americans (Birmingham bombing, voting restrictions), condemning also the 10 May 1963 anti-Chinese racist riots in West Java. The page continues with a short piece on a May book fair at Gedung Pemuda and encouraging w

GA-02323 2007 Tempo rel C licensed

Wajah Aidit di Seluloid

Tempo, 1 October 2007: Aidit's face on celluloid

Tempo feature (1 Oct 2007) on how D.N. Aidit was portrayed in the New Order film Pengkhianatan G-30-S/PKI, via interviews with Syu'bah Asa, Danarto, Amarzan Ismail Hamid and Jajang C. Noer. Notes thin research and an invented chain-smoking Aidit; context for film propaganda.

GA-02263 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Kesaksian Binal-Bugil dari Republik Preman (The Act of Killing)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Testimonies from a republic of thugs (The Act of Killing)

Tempo package (1 Oct 2012) on The Act of Killing: Ariel Heryanto's review calling it the most important film on Indonesia, and a profile of Anwar Congo (Medan, Pemuda Pancasila) with his wife Salmah and Joshua Oppenheimer's comments. It stresses perpetrators' impunity and ties to officials. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02766 2016 rel C

Dialita, Dunia Milik Kita: daftar lagu dan sampul CD (2016)

Dialita, Dunia Milik Kita: Track List and CD Sleeve (2016)

Two-page CD sleeve of Dialita's 'Dunia Milik Kita' (Yes No Wave YESNO083, 2016) in Indonesian: track list crediting guest artists Frau, Cholil Mahmud, Sisir Tanah, Lintang Radittya, Kroncongan Agawe Santosa and Nadya Hatta. A notice says the MP3s are free under a digital licence and that copying and selling the CD is '

GA-02969 2017 rel C

Jejak Kekerasan pada Novel Tarian Bumi Karya Oka Rusmini (Haryanti, 2017)

Traces of violence in the novel Tarian Bumi by Oka Rusmini (Haryanti, 2017)

Novi Haryanti's 2017 postcolonial-feminist reading of Oka Rusmini's Balinese novel Tarian Bumi, arguing 1965 politics and caste adat both produce violence on women; notes 1965 is rarely a literary subject. Literary context; Gerwani not central.

GA-02964 2019 rel C

Postmemory dalam Novel Tapol Karya Ngarto Februana (Assa, 2019)

Postmemory in the novel Tapol by Ngarto Februana (Assa, 2019)

Anna Assa's 2019 literary thesis applying Hirsch's postmemory to Ngarto Februana's novel Tapol (2002), arguing the author received 1965 memory affiliatively from three elderly ex-prisoners. Literary context; Gerwani not central.

GA-02971 2020 rel C

Transmisi Memori dan Wacana Rekonsiliasi dalam Cerpen Perempuan Sinting di Dapur karya Ugoran Prasad: Kajian Postmemory (Jati, 2020)

Memory transmission and reconciliation discourse in Ugoran Prasad's short story 'Perempuan Sinting di Dapur' (Jati, 2020

2020 UGM article applying postmemory to Ugoran Prasad's short story 'Perempuan Sinting di Dapur', in which a dying man's guilt over slandering a widow's husband as an infidel in 1965 is transmitted to a young narrator. Literary context; Gerwani not named.

GA-02286 2021-04-14 Tempo rel C licensed

Kisahkan 2 Perempuan Mantan Tapol, Film You and I Tayang di Bioskop Online

Tempo.co, 14 April 2021: Film 'You and I' about two women ex-prisoners streams online

Short Tempo.co news item (14 Apr 2021) that the documentary 'You and I' by Fanny Chotimah, about ex-political prisoners Kaminah and Kusdalini, streams on Bioskop Online from 9 April 2021 after winning the Festival Film Indonesia 2020 documentary prize and the DMZ Asian Perspective Award. Mostly promotional; Gerwani is

GA-03599 2021-05-01 Tempo (edisi 1 Mei 2021) rel C licensed

Kisah Dua Sastrawan Lekra (S. Rukiah Kertapati)

Tale of two Lekra writers: S. Rukiah Kertapati (Tempo, 1 May 2021)

Tempo feature, 1 May 2021, by Moyang Kasih Dewi Merdeka and Hardian Putra Pratama, on the forgotten Lekra writer S. Rukiah Kertapati: poet and novelist, Lekra leadership member from the 1959 congress, wife of BTI leader Sidik Kertapati. Soldiers took her from Purwakarta (article dates the arrest 1969; she was held at C

GA-03600 2021-05-01 Tempo (edisi 1 Mei 2021) rel C licensed

Penyair Misterius, Pendukung Sastra Anak (Sugiarti Siswadi)

Mysterious poet and supporter of children's literature: Sugiarti Siswadi (Tempo, 1 May 2021)

Tempo article, 1 May 2021, by Isma Savitri and Hardian Putra Pratama, on Lekra writer Sugiarti Siswadi: Lekra central leadership member from 1959, children's-literature advocate, author of the banned Sorga Dibumi, and editor of Api Kartini. Researchers cannot trace her life; one suspects she was jailed in Semarang in 1

GA-02991 2022 rel C licensed

Mohammad Arief, Anak Santri Pencipta Lagu Genjer-genjer (Historia, pratinjau)

Mohammad Arief, santri's son who composed Genjer-genjer (Historia preview, 2022)

Historia.id article (preview only, 2022) on the song Genjer-genjer and its composer Mohammad Arief, countering the film's claim that Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat sang it by saying it reflects Japanese-occupation suffering and that Arief was a santri's son. Partial text.

GA-02299 2022-08-20 Tempo rel C licensed

Memoar Ketiga Mia Bustam (Belajar Hidup Tak Dendam dari Mia Bustam)

Tempo, 20 August 2022: Mia Bustam's third memoir (learning not to hold grudges)

Tempo feature (20 Aug 2022, Dian Yuliastuti and Seno Joko Suyono) on the launch of Mia Bustam's third memoir, 'Kelindan Asa dan Kenyataan'. It recounts her arrest in Yogyakarta on 23 Nov 1965, 13 years' detention without trial (Vredeburg, Wirogunan, Plantungan, Bulu) for Lekra membership, release in 1978, and her later

GA-02304 2024-12-10 Tempo rel C licensed

Memoar Keempat Mia Bustam: Gambaran Perempuan Tangguh

Tempo.co, 10 December 2024: Mia Bustam's fourth memoir, portrait of a resilient woman

Tempo.co report (10 Dec 2024, Istiqomatul Hayati and Ihsan Reliubun) on the launch of Mia Bustam's fourth memoir, 'Mutiara Kisah Masa Lalu' (Ultimus, 7 Dec 2024), completing her tetralogy. It gives her biography, arrest on 23 Nov 1965, 13 years' detention (including Plantungan) as a Lekra member, and her children's acc

GA-02305 2024-12-10 Tempo rel C licensed

Mutiara Tetralogi Mia Bustam: Cinta Pertama, Perceraian, dan Penjara

Tempo.co, 10 December 2024: Pearls of Mia Bustam's tetralogy - first love, divorce and prison

Tempo.co report (10 Dec 2024, Istiqomatul Hayati and Ihsan Reliubun) on Mia Bustam's four memoirs: 'Sudjojono dan Aku' (written from 1985, on her marriage and divorce, edited by Hersri Setiawan), 'Dari Kamp ke Kamp' (13 years' detention), 'Kelindan Asa dan Kenyataan' and 'Mutiara Kisah Masa Lalu'. Her children explain

GA-02312 2025-11-16 Tempo rel C licensed

Arsip Langka Seniman Lekra Mia Bustam (Pameran Tunggal Biennale Jogja)

Tempo, 16 November 2025: Rare archive of Lekra artist Mia Bustam (Biennale Jogja solo exhibition)

Tempo magazine report (16 Nov 2025, Shinta Maharani and Iwan Kurniawan) on the Biennale Jogja solo exhibition of Lekra artist Mia Bustam at Benteng Vredeburg (opened 6 Oct 2025), based on Astrid Reza's thesis. It covers her arrest, nearly 14 years' detention (Plantungan gardener), embroidery, paintings, Api Kartini mag