The Laweyan Rebellion
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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.
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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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