Asian opinion against the US Seventh Fleet (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (29 Dec 1963, p. 4) on Asian opinion against the US Seventh Fleet entering the Indian Ocean. It reports that Gerwani issued a statement backing Sukarno's stance that Indonesians will not bow to imperialist intimidation. Full text is GA-01922.
Asian opinion widely opposes the US Seventh Fleet: press and organisation reactions
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao (29 Dec 1963, p. 4) of Asian press and organisational reactions against the US Seventh Fleet entering the Indian Ocean. For Indonesia, Gerwani issued a statement backing Sukarno's refusal to bow to intimidation; dockers' unions, Harian Rakjat and Bintang Timur also quoted. Other items cov
Indonesian people answer US imperialism: confrontation, confrontation, confrontation (headline only)
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 12 Jan 1964, p. 4) with headline and citation but no body text: 'How to deal with US imperialism's overbearing conduct? The Indonesian people answer: confrontation, confrontation, more confrontation'. Gerwani content is in the full text, GA-01924.
How to deal with US imperialism's overbearing conduct: Indonesian responses
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (12 Jan 1964, p. 4) on Indonesian responses to US pressure: a Harian Rakjat editorial calling for 'confrontation' of Malaysia, the Seventh Fleet and SEATO, and New Year messages from SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and the Peace Committee. The Gerwani Central Committee pledges support for the go
Aidit's International Women's Day letter urges women cadres to join poor-peasant women
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (9 Mar 1964, p. 4) on D.N. Aidit's International Women's Day letter, via the PKI Press Bureau. He urges urban revolutionary women cadres to go to villages and unite with poor-peasant women to enforce the Basic Agrarian and Crop-Sharing Laws, argues that women cannot be emancipated without
Indonesia launches 'smash Malaysia' movement: Umi Sardjono for women (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (19 Mar 1964, p. 3) on Indonesia's campaign to 'smash Malaysia'. It quotes Umi Sardjono, speaking for women and as a Gerwani leader, saying Indonesian women fully support Sukarno's order to launch a volunteers' movement; truncated. Full text is GA-01930.
Indonesia launches 'smash Malaysia' movement: Sukarno, Aidit and women's support
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (19 Mar 1964, p. 3) on Indonesia's 'smash Malaysia' campaign: Sukarno orders the armed forces to contribute, Aidit swears in Pemuda Rakyat volunteers, and DPR-GR members back the President. Umi Sardjono, representing women and a Gerwani leader, pledges that Indonesian women will carry
Renmin Ribao, 20 Mar 1964: Indonesians volunteer against 'Malaysia' at National Front office
Renmin Ribao p. 3 (20 Mar 1964), on Indonesian volunteer registration against 'Malaysia'. The excerpt lists organisations whose members rushed to register at the National Front office, including SOBSI, the BTI peasants' front, the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), journalists, students and Baperki. No
Renmin Ribao, 20 Mar 1964: Indonesians volunteer against 'Malaysia' at National Front office
Renmin Ribao p. 3 (20 Mar 1964), on Indonesian volunteer registration against 'Malaysia'. The excerpt lists organisations whose members rushed to register at the National Front office, including SOBSI, the BTI peasants' front, the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), journalists, students and Baperki. No
World support for Chinese detained in Brazil (headline only)
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 19 June 1964, p. 4) with only headline and citation: world groups back nine Chinese arrested in Brazil. The record's tag links it to Gerwani through a Gerwani 14th-anniversary rally mentioned in the full text, GA-01932.
World groups support nine Chinese arrested in Brazil; Havana rally on Gerwani's 14th anniversary
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao (19 June 1964, p. 4) of international protests against Brazil's arrest of nine Chinese. Gerwani appears once: a Havana rally marking Gerwani's 14th anniversary, where SOBSI women's representative Tuti Supangat demanded the nine's release. Shows Gerwani's anniversary celebrated abroad and
Peoples of many countries oppose US aggression in the Congo (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (5 Dec 1964, p. 5) from a roundup on global protests against US-Belgian intervention in the Congo. It notes that the Gerwani Central Council issued a statement demanding withdrawal of the aggressor forces; the Indonesian Youth Front is also cited. Truncated; full text is GA-01954.
World opposes US aggression in the Congo; 10,000 demonstrate in Jakarta
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao (5 Dec 1964, p. 5) on world reaction to the US-Belgian attack on Stanleyville, Congo, including a 10,000-strong anti-US demonstration in Jakarta that stormed and burned the USIS library. Gerwani appears in one sentence: its Central Council demanded withdrawal of the aggressor forces, alon
Chinese women's federation and four bodies cable support for Indonesia's withdrawal from the UN
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (13 Jan 1965, p. 2): five Chinese bodies cable Indonesian counterparts backing Sukarno's UN withdrawal. The All-China Women's Federation's telegram to Kowani, Gerwani, Marhaenist women, Muslimat NU and another group calls the UN a 'paper tiger' and pledges unity with '104 million' Indo
Renmin Ribao, 13 Jan 1965: Indonesian bodies condemn US over UN flag; Sukarno on UN withdrawal (Gerwani cable)
People's Daily page 3, 13 January 1965 (search excerpt only): Indonesian organisations back Sukarno's decision to leave the United Nations. The excerpt says the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani) cabled the President that the UN should be reorganised because imperialism controls it. Shows Gerwani's role
Renmin Ribao, 13 Jan 1965: Indonesian bodies condemn US over UN flag; Sukarno on UN withdrawal (Gerwani cable)
People's Daily page 3, 13 January 1965 (search excerpt only): Indonesian organisations back Sukarno's decision to leave the United Nations. The excerpt says the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani) cabled the President that the UN should be reorganised because imperialism controls it. Shows Gerwani's role
Subandrio praises Indonesia-China joint statement (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (7 Feb 1965, p. 3) on Indonesian reactions to the Sino-Indonesian joint statement and Subandrio's China visit. Gerwani is said to have telegraphed Subandrio hailing the statement. Truncated; full text is GA-01958.
Subandrio praises the Indonesia-China joint statement; organisations acclaim it
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (7 Feb 1965, p. 3): Subandrio calls the Indonesia-China joint statement 'a big hammer striking imperialism', and National Front, youth, student groups and Gerwani acclaim it. Gerwani is mentioned only in the last sentence, as having telegraphed Subandrio. Illustrates Gerwani's place in
Sukarno chairs KOTI; organisations hail death of Kahar Muzakkar (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (8 Feb 1965, p. 4): after KOTI met under Sukarno, parties and organisations, including Gerwani, are said to hail the killing of Darul Islam rebel leader Kahar Muzakkar in South Sulawesi. Truncated; full text is GA-01960.
Sukarno chairs KOTI; organisations hail killing of Darul Islam leader Kahar Muzakkar
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (8 Feb 1965, p. 4): Sukarno chairs KOTI, hears Subandrio's China report and news that the army killed Darul Islam leader Kahar Muzakkar; PNI, IPKI, SOBSI (3.5 million), youth groups and Gerwani acclaim the killing, with Bintang Timur and Harian Rakjat editorials on US/British threats.
Protests against US bombing of Vietnam; 75,000 youth rally (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (8 Mar 1965, p. 4) on Indonesian protests against US bombing of North Vietnam. It quotes Suwati Trimo (name uncertain) and Sulami of the Gerwani volunteers' command pledging support in the name of three million Gerwani women volunteers; truncated. Full text is GA-01962.
Strong protests against US bombing of Vietnam; 75,000 youth rally in Semarang
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (8 Mar 1965, p. 4): 75,000 youth in Semarang demand confiscation of US capital and expulsion of the Peace Corps; Buddhists protest at the US Embassy. Women volunteers' leaders, including Gerwani volunteer-command leaders Sulami and Suwati Trimo (uncertain) and adviser Mrs Arudji Kartaw
Mrs Kartawinata: no peaceful coexistence with imperialism; six million women volunteers (headline)
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 9 Mar 1965, p. 4) with headline and citation only: Mrs Kartawinata says there can be no peaceful coexistence with imperialism and that Indonesia's six million women volunteers are ready to fight. Gerwani content is in the full text, GA-01964.
Six million women volunteers ready: International Women's Day feature on Indonesia
Xinhua feature in Renmin Ribao (9 Mar 1965, p. 4) for International Women's Day on Indonesia's 'six million' women volunteers, enrolled since Sukarno's March 1964 call: military training, takeovers of US Information Service offices and US plantations, street protests. Mrs Arudji Kartawinata and Kartini Radjasa are quot
Bandung tenth anniversary in Jakarta; BTI and Gerwani welcome Zhou Enlai's visit
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (17 Apr 1965, p. 5) on the Bandung Conference tenth-anniversary celebration in Jakarta: Ganis Harsono announces 37 attending countries, delegations arrive, and BTI (8.5 million) and Gerwani welcome Zhou Enlai's visit. The Gerwani Central Council, speaking for 'three million members', s
Aidit reviews ten thousand Pemuda Rakyat members (headline only)
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 27 May 1965, p. 3) with headline only: Aidit reviews ten thousand Pemuda Rakyat members, followed by a demonstration of twenty thousand. Gerwani content is in the full text, GA-01970.
PKI 45th anniversary: Aidit reviews Pemuda Rakyat; armed women volunteers march
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (27 May 1965, p. 3) on events for the PKI's 45th anniversary: Aidit reviews 10,000 Pemuda Rakyat at Lapangan Banteng with a CPC delegation under Peng Zhen present. A fully armed contingent of women volunteers, made up of Gerwani leaders and women independence veterans, performs a military
Sukarno's speech at the rally for Gerwani's 15th anniversary on the Second Afro-Asian Conference
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (10 June 1965, p. 4) on Sukarno's 8 June speech at a 10,000-strong rally for Gerwani's 15th anniversary in Jakarta. He insists the Second Afro-Asian Conference stay faithful to Bandung's anti-imperialist principle, dismisses states that would withdraw to support 'Malaysia', and says he wil
Zhang Qian, 'Women of Asia and Africa, unite!': notes on the Bandung tenth anniversary in Jakarta
Renmin Ribao feature by Zhang Qian, member of the Chinese women's delegation (14 June 1965, p. 5), on the Bandung tenth-anniversary celebrations in Jakarta, April 1965. Hosted by Kowani and Mrs Subandrio; describes decorations, Sukarno's mass rally, Pham Van Dong reviewing 15,000 volunteers and Afro-Asian anti-imperial
Other Indonesian parties' stance after 30 September: Nahdlatul Ulama statement (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (20 Oct 1965, p. 5) from a compilation of Indonesian statements after 30 September. The visible text is point 3 of the Nahdlatul Ulama statement, claiming Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members were sent from afar to Lubang Buaya for training; truncated. Full text is GA-01982.