The government has finally decided to take action against anti-communist groups conducting 'sweeps' on leftist books. Will the AAK (Anti Communist Alliance) persist in carrying its threat to impound leftist publications on the National Reawakening Day on May 20? Or will it wait until the coast is clear?

And so, what is next? Indonesian literary figure Goenawan Mohamad, one of the signatories of the Cultural Manifesto of 17 August 1963 which se