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GA-00752 1950-04-11 De Vrije Pers rel C

Alléén werkers (Only workers; youth merger notice)

Only workers; youth organisations merge into a new front

Short items in De Vrije Pers (11 Apr 1950): a clarification about banknote distribution for workers, and a merger of Front Pemuda Indonesia and eight youth groups into Gerakan Pemuda Rakyat, with A.L. Fanggidaej as one of the secretaries. Gerwis/Gerwani is not mentioned; the Fanggidaej named here is not identified as F

GA-01189 1952-05-31 Java-Bode rel A

Kinderdag in Djakarta (Children's Day in Jakarta)

Children's Day in Jakarta

Java-Bode, 31 May 1952, p. 2: at Gerwis's initiative a 1 June Committee with Gerwis, Sobsi, Pemuda Rakjat and IPPI representatives organises Children's Day contests on Merdeka Square for about 4,000 registered children and will distribute over 6,000 old garments to poor children of Tanah Abang and Senen.

GA-01032 1953-07-29 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Delegatie van partijen in Z.-Sumatra naar Djakarta

Delegation of parties in South Sumatra to Jakarta

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (29 Jul 1953, p.2): a delegation of parties and organisations in Palembang flew to Jakarta with a joint declaration signed by six parties (PIR, PNI, PKI, Partai Buruh, Permai, Murba) and 22 organisations including SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwis. It rejects a cabinet built on PNI and Ma

GA-00776 1953-09-17 De Vrije Pers rel B

Andere vakbonden (Other trade unions; Sarbupri strike)

Other trade unions: Sarbupri strike and BTI congress solidarity

De Vrije Pers fragment (17 Sep 1953) on trade-union reactions to the Sarbupri plantation workers' strike. It notes that the BTI's second congress, attended by SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwis representatives, declared solidarity with the strike and instructed its branches to support strikers.

GA-01035 1954-03-10 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Twee comités in Bindjei (1 mei-viering)

Two committees in Binjai (May Day celebration)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (10 Mar 1954, p.2): in Binjai two committees were formed to organise May Day. The first unites SOBSI, Sarbupri, Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and similar groups under a SOBSI chair; the second comprises non-SOBSI organisations such as PGRI and Perbupri and regards itself a branch of the Medan commit

GA-01216 1954-03-18 Java-Bode rel B

Twee comités voor arbeidsdag (Two committees for Labour Day)

Two committees for Labour Day

Java-Bode, 18 March 1954, p. 2: short item on two rival committees for 1 May Labour Day in Binjai, East Sumatra: one uniting Sobsi, Sarbupri, Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and similar bodies, chaired by Sobsi, and a non-Sobsi committee of PPPRI, OBPI, Perbupri and PGRI.

GA-01040 1954-06-24 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Gezamenlijke verklaring van dertig partijen (opheffing van de Nederlands-Indonesische Unie)

Joint declaration of thirty parties (abolition of the Netherlands-Indonesian Union)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (24 Jun 1954, p.1): the Jakarta cooperation committee of about thirty parties and organisations, including PNI, PKI, Partai Buruh, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, SOBSI, BTI and Wanita Rakjat, issued a joint declaration demanding immediate abolition of the Indonesian-Dutch Union, blaming Dutch imper

GA-02037 1963-03-25 The Straits Times rel B

The Straits Times, 25 March 1963: Java Reds in protest march (Purwokerto)

Straits Times, 25 Mar 1963: Java Reds in protest march (Purwokerto)

Straits Times, 25 Mar 1963 (lead only). 1,500 Communists demonstrated in Purwokerto, Central Java, against the high cost of living (Antara), involving PKI members and affiliates including Pemuda Rakyat; Gerwani likely among the affiliates though the lead is cut.

GA-03347 1963-03-25 The Straits Times rel B

Java Reds in protest march (Purwokerto)

Java Reds in protest march, Purwokerto (Straits Times, 1963)

The Straits Times, 25 March 1963, p. 2, UPI/Antara: 1,500 communists demonstrate in Purwokerto, Central Java, against high prices and the cost of living; participants came from the PKI and affiliates including Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, BTI and Lekra. They petition for lower prices and the inclusion of communists in the C