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Merdeka, 25 April 1951

Merdeka, 25 April 1951: May Day 1951 preparations

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Merdeka, 25 April 1951 (hlm. 2): plans for May Day 1951 by a central committee (SOBSI, KABM) assisted by the Peace Defence Committee, Lekra, Pemuda Rakyat, Sakti and Gerwis, framed as defence of world peace.

Merdeka, 25 April 1951 (hlm. 2): rencana Hari Buruh 1951 oleh panitia pusat (SOBSI, KABM) dibantu Komite Pembela Perdamaian, Lekra, Pemuda Rakyat, Sakti, dan Gerwis, dibingkai sebagai pembelaan perdamaian dunia.

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationInstitute of People's CulturePeople's Youth

Places

Jakarta

Topics

Gerwislabour and workerspeace and anti-imperialismpropaganda and media

Tags

may day

Details

Date
1951-04-25
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, April 25). Merdeka [Daily newspaper], No. 1613, 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 (1951-04-25) - p. 02, Gerwis hit [MPN SIDAK 190312].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.818) · 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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