Java Reds in protest march, Purwokerto (Straits Times, 1963)
The Straits Times, 25 March 1963, p. 2, UPI/Antara: 1,500 communists demonstrate in Purwokerto, Central Java, against high prices and the cost of living; participants came from the PKI and affiliates including Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, BTI and Lekra. They petition for lower prices and the inclusion of communists in the Cabinet. Short item showing Gerwani as a PKI-affiliated mass organisation.
The Straits Times, 25 Maret 1963, hlm. 2, UPI/Antara: 1.500 komunis berdemonstrasi di Purwokerto, Jawa Tengah, menentang harga tinggi dan biaya hidup; peserta dari PKI dan organisasi afiliasinya termasuk Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, BTI, dan Lekra. Mereka menyerahkan petisi menuntut harga murah dan masuknya komunis ke Kabinet. Berita pendek yang menunjukkan Gerwani sebagai organisasi massa afiliasi PKI.
“p.1: the demonstration involved the PKI and affiliates 'Pemuda Rakyat, Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), Indonesian Farm Front (BTI) and Lekra'.”
Straits Times, 25 Mar 1963 (lead only). 1,500 Communists demonstrated in Purwokerto, Central Java, against the high cost of living (Antara), involving PKI members and affiliates including Pemuda Rakyat; Gerwani likely among the affiliates though the lead is cut.
shared: Antara News Agency, Central Java, Purwokerto, cost of living
South China Morning Post, 14 Dec 1964, p.28 (Jakarta, 13 Dec; fragmentary OCR): Sukarno rejects a demand to ban 'Sukarnoism', and the item notes that Antara reported hundreds of members of Gerwani, 'the Communist women's organisation', demonstrated outside government offices in Medan the previous Wednesday with signs d
shared: Antara News Agency, cost of living, demonstration, labour and workers
Short ANP item in Het Vrije Volk (23 Sep 1965, p.9), one week before the coup attempt: thousands of Indonesian women demonstrated at the Ministry of Trade in Jakarta against rising prices of necessities, as reported by PKI paper Harian Rakjat. They demanded strong action against capitalists, bureaucrats, swindlers and
shared: cost of living, demonstration, labour and workers
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1947-07-05, Antara, Yogyakarta, 4 July): interviews with new ministers. Labour Minister Mrs. S.K. Trimurti says the labour organisation must be strengthened and led to the national battle front, notes production shortfalls from Dutch and Japanese destruction, and wages depend on consumption; E
shared: Antara News Agency, cost of living, labour and workers
Nieuwe Courant, 7 July 1947, p. 2: S.K. Trimurti, Minister of Labour in the Republican government, tells Antara the labour organisation must be strengthened and led to the national fighting front, notes production shortages from Dutch and Japanese destruction, and says wages must consider total consumption and availabl
shared: Antara News Agency, cost of living, labour and workers
Harian Rakjat, 7 Mar 1957, p. 3: includes an article by Ny. Umi Sardjono for International Women's Day on women's struggle and rights (alongside a science piece), a DPR report with Ny. Mudigdio (PKI) speaking on 6 March, and Gerwani branch items. Notes 46 organisations including Gerwani opposing abolition of menstrual
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, Institute of People's Culture, Purwokerto, labour and workers
Renmin Ribao (7 Nov 1965, p. 5) reprints Indonesian army statements from radio and Antara: Nasution's 25 October speech on 'slander' and purges, Suharto's 30 October Bandung speech calling the PKI the 'protagonist' and Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members 'supporting roles' of the movement, an army information chief's int
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, Institute of People's Culture, Antara News Agency, Central Java
Harian Neraca, 6 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 55 on September 1965, recounting the women's price demonstration at the Trade Ministry on 21 Sept 1965 led by Gerwani under Ny. Sukoni and recasting public kitchens as coup preparation.
shared: cost of living, demonstration