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70 millioen arbeiders en 80 millioen vrouwen protesteren tegen koloniale oorlog (70 million workers and 80 million women protest against colonial war)

70 million workers and 80 million women protest against colonial war

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De Waarheid report (6 Jan 1949) on international protests against the Dutch "Christmas" military action in Indonesia: the WFTU statement, and the WIDF telegram and letter to the Security Council on behalf of 80 million women including its Indonesian and Dutch affiliates. Also covers Security Council scheduling and Minister Drees in Batavia.

Laporan De Waarheid (6 Januari 1949) tentang protes internasional terhadap aksi militer Belanda "Natal" di Indonesia: pernyataan WFTU, serta telegram dan surat WIDF kepada Dewan Keamanan atas nama 80 juta perempuan termasuk afiliasi Indonesia dan Belanda. Juga jadwal Dewan Keamanan dan Menteri Drees di Batavia.

“The Women's International Democratic Federation... in a telegram to the Dutch government on behalf of 80 million affiliated women protested against the colonial Christmas war.”

People

Willem DreesTrygve LieMerle CochranMohammad Hatta

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationWorld Federation of Trade UnionsUnited Nations Security CouncilSocial Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)

Places

IndonesiaJakartaNew YorkParis

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementpeace and anti-imperialismNetherlandslabour and workers

Tags

colonial rulesolidarity telegramsolidarity campaign

Details

Date
1949-01-06
Creator
De Waarheid
Publication
De Waarheid
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1945–1949
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Waarheid (1949-01-06) - 70 millioen arbeiders en 80 millioen vrouwen protesteren tegen koloniale oorlog [Delpher ddd-010851409-a0055].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.889) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
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