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Asian Women Tell the U.S.A. (Asian Women's Conference, Peking)

Sunday Worker, 1 January 1950, p. 2: Asian women tell the U.S.A. (Asian Women's Conference, Peking)

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Sunday Worker, 1 Jan 1950, p. 2: page with several items; the relevant article, datelined Peking, reports the Asian Women's Conference where women leaders from 15 Asian countries, including Indonesia, Burma and India, pledged struggle against imperialism. Delegates said conditions in Burma and Indonesia were alike under imperialist intervention; Indian delegate Amila Devi is quoted. No Indonesian delegate is named.

Sunday Worker, 1 Januari 1950, hlm. 2: halaman dengan beberapa artikel; yang relevan, bertanggal Peking, melaporkan Konferensi Perempuan Asia, tempat pemimpin perempuan dari 15 negara Asia, termasuk Indonesia, Burma dan India, berjanji berjuang melawan imperialisme. Disebut kondisi Burma dan Indonesia serupa akibat intervensi imperialis; delegasi India Amila Devi dikutip. Tidak ada delegasi Indonesia yang disebut namanya.

“Delegates from Burma, China, India, Indonesia... conditions in Burma and Indonesia are much the same under imperialist wars of intervention (p.2).”

People

Amila Devi

Organisations

Asian Women's Conference (Beijing 1949)Sunday Worker

Places

BeijingMyanmarIndonesiaIndia

Events

Asian Women's Conference, Beijing

Topics

women's rights and emancipationpeace and anti-imperialismChinaWIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetings

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Date
1950-01-01
Creator
Sunday Worker
Publication
Sunday Worker
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (Daily Worker, Sunday Worker, The Worker, Daily World, People's Weekly World) (Columbia) · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/US Communist press (1947-1986) - Daily Worker, Sunday Worker and Daily World (ProQuest Communist Historical Newspapers)/Sunday Worker (1950-01-01) - p.2, Women tell the USA, Asian Women's Conference Peking (Indonesia, Burma etc.) [ProQuest 1923020974].pdf
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01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › US Communist press (1947-1986) - Daily Worker, Sunday Worker and Daily World (ProQuest Communist Historical Newspapers)
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