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1948 Madiun Affair
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A communist-led uprising by PKI during the Indonesian National Revolution which was a broader conflict that had between the left and right wings of the Republican movement
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Significance of 1948 Madiun Affair
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Highlighted self-serving and backstabbing nature of PKI to the Republic.
PKI - "Rising from the Ashes" period - 1948 to 1965 |
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Reasons for communist rise:
PKI's changed strategy from ______________ to _______________ and _____________ leadership? |
From RADICAL to MODERATE which emphasised nationalism over communism; wooing rich-poor rural leadership
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Success of PKI's strategies can be seen in ________ and at the end of _____________
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Seen in the 1957 elections where they obtained the highest votes among pol parties and end of 1962 which saw a mass of 2m members
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Reasons for communist rise:
Sukarno's support |
Strengthened PKI's position within Indo politics with the inherent motive of tripartite power balance.
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The decimation of PKI
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1965 massacre
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Which two countries aided the communists in Indo against the rise of prominent rivals?
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China and SU
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What was the significance of the 1965 Massacre?
*communism |
Relative permanence to PKI's diffusion in 1966 which paved the way for unchallenged power by the military and Suharto.
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What was the main thing that the PKI could have done to make a name for themselves?
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To further convince the other political forces of its priority of nationalism over class struggle to lessen the suspicion.
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