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A fighting editor: Jogjakarta (Canberra Times, 3 April 1967)

A Fighting Editor: Jogjakarta (Canberra Times, 3 April 1967), duplicate

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Canberra Times, 3 Apr 1967, p. 2: Creighton Burns profiles Jussac Margo Rahardjo, editor of Pelopor Jogja, a former Radio Australia announcer turned anti-Communist propagandist. In 1965 local authorities, he says, used Gerwani, which then controlled the Jogjakarta federation of women's associations, as 'the lever' to prosecute him for pornography over a 1957 short story. Background on Gerwani local power.

Canberra Times, 3 April 1967, hlm. 2: Creighton Burns memprofilkan Jussac Margo Rahardjo, redaktur Pelopor Jogja, mantan penyiar Radio Australia yang menjadi propagandis antikomunis. Ia mengaku pada 1965 penguasa lokal memakai Gerwani, yang saat itu menguasai federasi organisasi perempuan di Yogyakarta, sebagai 'pengungkit' untuk menuntutnya soal pornografi akibat cerpen 1957. Latar kekuatan lokal Gerwani.

“Gerwani, the Communist women's organisation, which then controlled the Federation of Women's Associations in Jogjakarta, was used as the lever to force the local authorities into prosecuting Jussac on a charge of writing pornography. (p. 2)”

People

Jussac Margo Rahardjo WirosoehrotoCreighton Burns

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian National PartyIndonesian Students' MovementRadio AustraliaPelopor Jogja

Places

YogyakartaJakartaMelbourneCentral Java

Topics

Gerwani organisationpropaganda and media1965 coup and aftermathNew OrderAustralia and New Zealand

Tags

profileanti-communism

Details

Date
1967-04-03
Creator
The Canberra Times
Publication
The Canberra Times
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Australia
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Trove · source link
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)/The Canberra Times (1967-04-03) - A fighting editor JOGJAKARTA [Trove 131647295].txt
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Good (0.913) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)
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