ROOT OF '65

Matthew Woolgar, a PhD history student at Oxford University describes the usefulness of understanding the history of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in the Guided Democracy years.

Matthew Woolgar (3rd from left) during the ASAA 2018 in Sydney held from 3 – 5 July. Source: Supplied

What were the key characteristics of the PKI in the Guided Democracy era?  Why is it important to understand those features if we are to understand the events of 1965?  Matthew Woolgar explains. 

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