Communist Party of Indonesia, Communist Party of Indonesia - Genocide, Communist Party of Indonesia - Initial establishment, Communist Party of Indonesia - Post-1965 developments, Communist Party of Indonesia - Post-war resurgence
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The Communist Party of Indonesia (in Bahasa Indonesia: Partai Komunis Indonesia, PKI) was a communist party in Indonesia. Prior to being crushed in 1965, it was the third largest communist party in the world.
Communist Party of Indonesia - Initial establishment.
Th party was established at the initiative of the Dutch socialist Henk Sneevliet in 1914, under the name Indies Social Democratic Association (in Dutch: Indische Sociaal-Democratische Vereeniging, ISDV). ISDV was constitu ...
The growing influence of the PKI concerned the United States and other anticommunist western powers, and Sukarno's constant balancing act between the PKI, the military, nationalist factions, and Islamic groups was threatened by the PKI's rise. The CIA reputedly worked out a plan together with the Indonesian military to stop the party.
At the same time the political and economic situation turned evermore volatile. Inflation sky-rocketed and living conditions for common people worsened. In December 1964 Chaerul Saleh of the Murba Party ...
The PKI reemerged on the political scene after the Japanese surrender in 1945, and it actively took part in the struggle for independence from the Netherlands. Many armed units were under PKI control or influence. Although PKI militias played an important role in fighting against Dutch, President Sukarno was concerned by the growing influence of PKI would eventually threaten his position. Moreover, the growth of PKI troubled the more right-wing sectors of the Indonesian polity as well as some foreign powers, especially the vigorously anti-communist United States. Thus the relationship between the PKI and other ...
Th party was established at the initiative of the Dutch socialist Henk Sneevliet in 1914, under the name Indies Social Democratic Association (in Dutch: Indische Sociaal-Democratische Vereeniging, ISDV). ISDV was constituted essentially by the 85 members of the two Dutch socialist parties, SDAP and SDP, residing in the Dutch East Indies. [1]
In October 1915 ISDV started a publication in Dutc ...
