The Laweyan Rebellion
The seeds of resistance sprouted in Sarekat Islam. Set up by batik traders to compete with Chinese merchants, the organization evolved into a political movement, becoming bigger and stronger under the leadership of Tjokroaminoto.
August 17, 2011
The Twilight of Boedi Oetomo
Indonesia’s first indigenous organization, dominated by the Javanese nobility, failed to evolve into a mass movement.
IN the small school room reserved for anatomy lectures was where the ideas of freedom were hatched. It was 9am, Sunday, May 20, 1908, when Soetomo, a student of STOVIA—Java’s medical school in Batavia—chaired a meeting. Before him were a number of prospective doctors: Goenawan Mangoenkoesoem
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