The Puzzle of Burning Communist Books

May 15, 2001

Nono Anwar Makarim *

 

An anti-communist campaign when communism has already vanished is surprising. It is as surprising as the idea of a campaign against horse-drawn carriages on Jl. Sudirman or an anti-tiger campaign at Ratu Plaza. Why now? The Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) dissolved 35 years ago. In the space of a week, the largest communist party outside the socialist bloc was annihilated. The genocide that wiped out its leaders

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