Communist Party of Indonesia

Communist Party of Indonesia Partai Komunis Indonesia
Abbreviation	PKI
Founder	Henk Sneevliet
Founded	23 May 1914; 109 years ago (23 May 1914)[a]
Banned	5 July 1966; 57 years ago (5 July 1966)[1]
Headquarters	Jakarta
Newspaper	Harian Rakjat
Student wing	Consentrasi Gerakan Mahasiswa Indonesia
Youth wing	People's Youth
Women's wing	Gerwani
Labour wing	Central All-Indonesian Workers Organization
Peasant wing	Peasants Front of Indonesia
Membership (1960)	3,000,000–4,000,000
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
International affiliation	Comintern (until 1943)
Colours	Red
Slogan	Para Buruh Seluruh Dunia, Bersatulah! (Workers of the world, unite!)
Anthem	Pujaan Kepada Partai (Ode to the Party) Internasionale (The Internationale)
Election symbol
Hammer and sickle
Party flag
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The Communist Party of Indonesia (Indonesian: Partai Komunis Indonesia, PKI) was a communist party in the Dutch East Indies and later Indonesia. It was the largest non-ruling communist party in the world before its violent disbandment in 1965. The party had two million members in the 1955 elections, with 16 percent of the national vote and almost 30 percent of the vote in East Java.^[2] During most of the period immediately following the Indonesian Independence until the eradication of the PKI in 1965, it was a legal party operating openly in the country.^[3]

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