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GA-02928 2018 rel B licensed

The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66 (Geoffrey Robinson, 2018)

The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-66 (Robinson, 2018)

Geoffrey Robinson's 2018 synthesis of the 1965-66 violence (about 500,000 killed, a million detained), arguing the army provoked and organised it, the US and allies facilitated it, and colonial and Cold War history set the preconditions. Context; Gerwani in the propaganda chapters.

GA-02956 2018 rel B licensed

The Global Left-Feminist 1960s: From Copenhagen to Moscow and New York (de Haan, 2018)

Francisca de Haan's 2018 chapter proposing a 'global left-feminist 1960s' led by the WIDF network, from the 1953 Copenhagen Congress (whose declaration reached Indonesia) to the 1963 Moscow congress. Frames WIDF transnationalism relevant to Gerwani.

GA-02283 2018-12-28 Tempo rel A licensed

Mengintip Isi Buku Gerwani yang Disita TNI karena Dituduh PKI

Tempo.co, 28 December 2018: A look inside the Gerwani book seized by the TNI as 'PKI'

Tempo.co report (28 Dec 2018) on the seizure by TNI and police in Kediri of 19 books from a bookshop owner, including Amurwani Dwi Lestariningsih's 'Gerwani: Kisah Tapol Wanita dari Kamp Plantungan' (Gramedia 2011), which describes torture and sexual violence against women prisoners. The owner says the books are mainst