Marxist Attitudes to Social Revolution 1946-1948
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1974
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Reid, Anthony
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Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs
Abstract
For the PKI leaders in the 1950s, the failure of the Indonesian
revolution was partly attributable to the failure of the communist
party itself, In the period prior to the adoption of the
Jalan Ba:t'U policy of August 1948, the party had trusted too much in
the Indonesian national bourgeoisie and too little in the international
forces of socialism; it had lost its freedom of organization
and failed to stress sufficiently its work among peasants and its
activity among soldiers and workers in the Dutch-occupied zone. (1)
This judgement might appear posthumously to justify Tan Malaka's
policies, and to sustain the view that a more radical PKI line might
have succeeded in resolving Java's rural problems along lines analogous
to China or Vietnam.
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PKI leaders, 1950s, Indonesian revolution, communist party, Jalan Baru policy, August 1948, bourgeoisie, socialism, Marxist attitudes
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RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs
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