Murba Party

Murba Party
Partai Murba
ChairmanSukarni
General SecretarySjamsu Harja Udaja
Founder
Founded7 November 1948 (1948-11-07)
Dissolved11 January 1973 (1973-01-11)
Preceded by
Merged intoIndonesian Democratic Party
Newspaper
  • Murba
  • Massa
Youth wingPARRI
Women's wingMurba Women's Union
Membership (1948)80,000
IdeologyNational communism
Murbaism[2]
Political positionLeft-wing
Labour wingSOBRI

Murba Party (Indonesian: Partai Murba, Partai Musyawarah Rakyat Banyak, Proletarian Party) was a 'national communist' political party in Indonesia.[3][4]: 52  The party was founded by Tan Malaka, Chairul Saleh, Sukarni and Adam Malik in 1948.[5] The history of the party was largely intertwined with that of the powerful Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). Initially relations between PKI and the Murba Party were fluid, but gradually the two parties developed into each other's arch-enemies.[6] The Murba Party continued to exist under the New Order, but was merged into the Indonesian Democratic Party in 1973.

  1. ^ "Wajah 48 partai peserta Pemilu 1999: Nomor 31: Partai Musyawarah Rakyat Banyak (Murba)" (in Indonesian). Kompas. 12 March 1999. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2009-01-26 – via Seasite.niu.edu (Southeast Asian languages, literatures and cultures).
  2. ^ "Pokok-Pokok Ajaran Tan Malaka (Murbaisme)," Biro Pendidikan Partai Murba (1960)
  3. ^ Crouch, Harold A. The Army and Politics in Indonesia. Politics and international relations of Southeast Asia. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1978. pp. 64–66
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Warisan Tan Malaka" Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Tempo Interaktif, 11 August 2008
  6. ^ Mortimer, Rex. Indonesian Communism Under Sukarno: Ideology and Politics, 1959–1965. Jakarta: Equinox Pub, 2006. p. 376