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Communication Against Capital

Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia
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Communication against Capital explores the revolutionary communication strategies of the pergerakan merah, the anticolonial "red movement" in 1920s Indonesia. Rianne Subijanto tells the story of ordinary lower-class women and children and people of diverse races and ethnicities who waged their battles against Dutch colonialism within multiple arenas of communication, including political associations, assemblies, printed matter, schools, and shipping lines. Existing communication technologies were repurposed into mechanisms of struggle and used as weapons in anticolonial and anticapitalist resistance. In this process, communist ideas merged with ideals drawn from the Enlightenment to shape the emancipatory spirit of Indonesians. This red enlightenment motivated the production of revolutionary communication strategies of mobilization. Subijanto's innovative work shows that the novel techniques of the pergerakan merah served to shift anticolonial mobilization in Indonesia from warfare to modern forms of communication.
Rianne Subijanto is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Baruch College, The City University of New York.
The Pergerakan Merah as an Event of Communication Means of Colonialism as Means of Struggle Red Enlightenment in the Roarin' Twenties Geography of Resistance Openbare Vergaderingen and Cultures of Resistance "The War of Pens and Words" In the Name of Public Peace and Order The Other Labor of Clandestine Sailors The Enlightenment Project is Necessary and Unending
Subijanto's book sheds new light on the extent of left-wing organizing, not only against Dutch colonialism but also against restrictive customs and traditional forms of exploitation. (Jacobin)
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