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Merdeka, 20 Februari 1951, hlm. 2: 'Protes PKI terhadap Pem. Perantjis'

Merdeka, 20 February 1951: PKI protests against the French government

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Merdeka, 20 Feb 1951, p. 2: PKI protests France's 24 Jan 1951 expulsion of the WFTU, WFDY and WIDF from Paris; Gerwis and a printers' union send similar protests to the French minister.

Merdeka, 20 Februari 1951, hlm. 2: PKI memprotes pengusiran WFTU, WFDY, dan GWDS dari Paris oleh Prancis 24 Januari 1951; Gerwis dan serikat percetakan mengirim protes serupa kepada menteri Prancis.

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Communist Party of IndonesiaWomen's International Democratic FederationWorld Federation of Trade UnionsWorld Federation of Democratic Youth

Places

ParisFrance

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementGerwispeace and anti-imperialismpropaganda and media

Tags

diasporademonstration

Details

Date
1951-02-20
Creator
Merdeka
Publication
Merdeka
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (nationalist daily))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK · source link
Access
Monumen Pers Nasional (MPN) SIDAK digital newspaper archive (free access; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 per site), page image downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser; MPN SIDAK id in the file name. Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Merdeka. (1951, February 20). Merdeka [Daily newspaper], No. 1559, Tahun ke-VI, p. 2. Djakarta.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Merdeka (1950-1957) - pages mentioning Gerwis and Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Merdeka (1951-02-20) - p. 02, Gerwis hit [MPN SIDAK 189806].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.833) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Merdeka (1950-1957) - pages mentioning Gerwis and Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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