On 'The Jakarta Method' (feat. Vincent Bevins)
What a Hell of a Way to Dad
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The Indonesian Communist Party, the Party Communist Party in Indonesia
The Indonesian Communist Party wasn't as militant as the propaganda painted, he says. The PKI was not only part of the system, they were doing the best within it,. So when elections eventually stopped in 1959 in Indonesia, they were the group within Indonesia that pressed hardest for the continuation of elections. And this is basically the case in Vietnam too, right? I mean, as you mentioned, Vietnam was an important as in an Asia because in an Asia was the biggest domino and yeah, Mac Damaris in his memoir says that once in an Asia had fallen to the Western camp in 65, they knew that they didn't have to do that.
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