From Jail to Jail is the political autobiography of a central
though enigmatic figure of the Indonesian Revolution. Variously
labeled a communist, Trotskyite, and nationalist, Tan Malaka
managed, during the several decades of his political activity, to
run afoul of nearly every political group and faction involved in
the Indonesian struggle for independence. Malaka was elected
Chairman of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in 1921 and barely
five years later opposed the PKI-led uprising in Indonesia. He
openly opposed Sukarno's support for negotiations with the Dutch,
yet Sukarno issued a decree in 1963 recognizing Tan Malaka as a
hero of national independence. During his several decades of
political activity he spent periods of exile and hiding in nearly
every country in Southeast Asia. From Jail to Jail is one of the
few known autobiographies by an Asian Marxist of the 1930's and
1940's.
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