Petungombo's Land
The Patience of Petungombo
Monday, December 11, 2000
The struggle of the farmers of Petungombo is an example of persistent resistance without resorting to violence.
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GUPUH is no longer able to tap rubber from the trees. This 73-year-old has had rheumatism in both of his legs for the past two months. He cannot continue to collect his daily eight liters of rubber sap from the Petungombo plantation in Blitar, East Java, where he works as a farmer. This means that he will lose his chance to obtain his daily wages of Rp3,000—32 US cents. As he is sick, his wife, who also works tapping rubber, must stop wor
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