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The Biggest Hoax of All: the 30 September Movement (Ariel Heryanto, 2018)

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Ariel Heryanto's essay (Indonesia at Melbourne, 16 Jan 2018) arguing the state's own story of the 30 September Movement, disseminated since 1966, is the 'primary hoax' behind later 'secondary' ones. Commentary on state disinformation.

Esai Ariel Heryanto (Indonesia at Melbourne, 16 Jan 2018) yang berargumen bahwa kisah negara tentang G30S, disebarkan sejak 1966, adalah 'hoaks primer' di balik hoaks 'sekunder' kemudian. Komentar tentang disinformasi negara.

People

Ariel HeryantoTim Mann

Organisations

Communist Party of Indonesia

Places

IndonesiaMelbourne

Events

30 September Movement

Topics

propaganda and mediamemory, testimony and justiceNew Orderhistoriography

Tags

new order narrativeatrocity rumourspropaganda pamphletcommentarytranslation

Details

Date
2018
Creator
Heryanto
Document type
web article (opinion essay / academic blog post (translated from Indonesian))
Language
English; Indonesian
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
secondary
Country
Australia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Indonesia at Melbourne · source link
Access
Indonesia at Melbourne (University of Melbourne blog), https://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/the-biggest-hoax-of-all-the-30-september-movement/, dated 16 January 2018, retrieved 2026-10-13; open access. English translation by Tim Mann of an essay first published on Mojok.co. Saved by Nath as a .txt web capture. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Heryanto, A. (2018, January 16). The biggest hoax of all: The 30 September Movement (T. Mann, Trans.). Indonesia at Melbourne. https://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/the-biggest-hoax-of-all-the-30-september-movement/ (Original work published as "Dari kencing onta sampai PKI" on Mojok.co)
File
02 Secondary Sources/2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference/Heryanto (2018) - The Biggest Hoax of All, the 30 September Movement (Indonesia at Melbourne).txt
OCR / text
Good (0.951) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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