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Surat dari New York: Pemuda Amerika Serikat dan Perdamaian

Letter from New York: American Youth and Peace

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Api Kartini (1961) item 'Letter from New York': a young American woman's account (Bettina Aptheker, per the editors' note) of growing American youth peace activism, with marches, vigils and demonstrations from 1960 to August 1961 and the formation of a single national peace organisation. Printed by the editors in Indonesian translation as WIDF-sphere solidarity; no Gerwani content.

Item Api Kartini (1961) 'Surat dari New York': kisah seorang pemudi Amerika tentang meningkatnya gerakan perdamaian pemuda Amerika, dengan pawai, jaga malam dan demonstrasi 1960-Agustus 1961 serta pembentukan satu organisasi perdamaian nasional. Dimuat redaksi dalam terjemahan Indonesia sebagai solidaritas lingkar GWDS; tanpa isi tentang Gerwani.

“American youth held marches and vigils for peace from 1960; 3,000 young people demonstrated in City Hall Park, New York, in April 1961.”

People

Bettina Aptheker

Places

New YorkSan FranciscoHiroshimaNagasaki

Topics

USA and UKpeace and anti-imperialismpropaganda and media

Tags

demonstrationletter

Details

Date
1961
Creator
Api Kartini
Publication
Api Kartini
Document type
periodical article (Api Kartini magazine issue/page)
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
Alexander Street - Women and Social Movements (WASI / Modern Empires WASG) via Columbia proxy · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.2 Api Kartini Magazine 1959 to 1964/Api Kartini articles (1959-1964) - single articles (Alexander Street WASI)/Api Kartini (1961) - SURAT DARI NEW YORK - Pemuda Amerika Serikat & Perdamaian LETTER FROM NEW YORK -American Youth and Peace [WASI].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.87) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.2 Api Kartini Magazine 1959 to 1964 › Api Kartini articles (1959-1964) - single articles (Alexander Street WASI)
Summary basis
full text read; OCR largely unreadable

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