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Umi Sardjono dan Hantu Tahunan PKI

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Umi Sardjono and the annual PKI ghost

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Tempo column (2 Oct 2021, Budi Setyarso) using Umi Sardjono's life to argue that 1965 history is still painted in black and white. It notes her arrest without trial, Bukit Duri and Plantungan until 1979, Gerwani's origins in Gerwis, about 1.5 million members by 1960, literacy courses, her immigration and marriage-law work, and the disproved Lubang Buaya torture story.

Kolom Tempo (2 Okt 2021, Budi Setyarso) yang memakai kisah Umi Sardjono untuk menunjukkan sejarah 1965 masih dicat hitam-putih. Disebut penahanannya tanpa pengadilan di Bukit Duri dan Plantungan hingga 1979, asal Gerwani dari Gerwis, sekitar 1,5 juta anggota pada 1960, kursus buta huruf, kerjanya soal imigrasi dan UU Perkawinan, serta cerita penyiksaan Lubang Buaya yang terbantah.

“Di bawah Umi, Gerwani menyelenggarakan kursus pemberantasan buta huruf, membangun sekolah, dan memperjuangkan hak politik wanita (p. 1)”

People

Umi SardjonoJohn RoosaD.N. AiditSjam KamaruzamanAbdurrahman WahidJoko WidodoMa'ruf AminBudi Setyarso

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Communist Party of IndonesiaPKI Special BureauProvisional People's Consultative AssemblyIndonesian Ulema Council

Places

JakartaBukit Duri PrisonPlantunganLubang BuayaCentral Java

Topics

Gerwani organisationGerwisbiographyLubang Buaya and sexual slanderPlantungan and women prisonersmemory, testimony and justice

Tags

commentarystigma

Details

Date
2021-10-02
Creator
Tempo
Publication
Tempo
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Tempo (tempo.co / Majalah Tempo archive) · source link
Access
subscription (Tempo Digital Premium, Nath’s account); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)/Tempo (2021-10-02) - Umi Sardjono dan Hantu Tahunan PKI [tempo.co 844445].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.935) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)
Summary basis
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