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Abstract / Summary

President Sukarno attended the 2nd Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, Cairo, 5-10 October 1964. He was the first speaker and delivered a speech entitled “The era of confrontation”. This article highlighted the issues raised by Sukarno: The politics of non-alignment actively challenged the old world orders which suppressed freedom amongst the colonised peoples of Asia and Africa; Colonialism was still alive and well, and causing a great deal of pain and suffering; Imperialist atrocities – committed by imperialist soldiers and mercenaries – in Indochina, especially South Vietnam, had resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, including women and children; and, Colonialists in North Kalimantan captured and murdered (Indonesian) “patriots” who fought for the legitimate independence of their homeland. 
Feudalism remained the social reality in rural Indonesia, where cruel and greedy landowners opposed and sabotaged the implementation of the Land Act (Land Law: Undang- Undang Pokok Agraria, UUPA) and the Sharecropping Law (Undang-undang No.2/1960 tentang Perjanjian-Bagi-Hasil, Law No. 2 of 1960 concerning 
Sharecropping). In other words, “confrontation” – according to Sukarno – meant fighting against the injustices of colonialism, imperialism and feudalism, be it in Indonesia or in other parts of the world. KEYWORDS: 5-10 October 1964; Africa; Anti-colonialism; Anti-feudalism; Anti-imperialism; Asia; Cairo; Confrontation; Egypt;
Indochina;
Land Act;
Land Law;
North Kalimantan; Sharecropping Law; Sukarno; Summit Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non- Aligned Movement; Non-Aligned Movement; Transnational activism; Transnational solidarity; Vietnam

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Periodical article

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Format

Text

Original Publication Date

1964

Page Count

1

Publication Year

1964

Source Title

Api Kartini, 1964, p. 1

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Politics, Women and War, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Sukarno, 1901-1970, Indonesia, Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Nationalism and Independence Movements, Opposition to Imperialism, Indonesians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Topic

Nationalism and Independence Movements, Opposition to Imperialism

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra