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Programme of the Communist Party of Indonesia, 1953

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English text of the PKI programme (Fifth National Congress, 1953): Indonesia as semi-colonial and semi-feudal after the Round Table agreements, with demands on land, labour and democracy. Background on PKI aims.

Teks bahasa Inggris Program PKI (Kongres Nasional V, 1953): Indonesia sebagai negeri setengah jajahan dan setengah feodal pasca-KMB, dengan tuntutan tanah, buruh, dan demokrasi. Latar tujuan PKI.

Organisations

Communist Party of Indonesia

Places

Indonesia

Topics

PKIpeasant womenpeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

statutes and programmecongress reportland reform

Details

Date
1953
Creator
PKI
Document type
organisational document (party programme (official English-language version issued by the PKI Agitprop Department), web transcription)
Language
English; Indonesian
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Marxists Internet Archive · source link
Access
Marxists Internet Archive, 'Programme of the Communist Party of Indonesia (1953)', https://www.marxists.org/history/indonesia/1953-ProgrammePKI.htm. Open access; retrieved 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Communist Party of Indonesia. (1953). Programme of the Communist Party of Indonesia [Party programme; English translation by the Agitprop Department of the PKI; dated by the source to the Fifth National Congress, March 1953; internal evidence suggests 1954]. Marxists Internet Archive. https://www.marxists.org/history/indonesia/1953-ProgrammePKI.htm
File
01 Primary Sources/1.4 PKI, KOWANI and Other Organizations' Publications/PKI (1953) - Programme of the Communist Party of Indonesia, text [MIA].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.979) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.4 PKI, KOWANI and Other Organizations' Publications
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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