joene 🏴Vadim Damier and Kirill Limanov (libcom.org): *Anarchism in #Indonesia*
"The leftist movement in Dutch East Indies emerged first under the influence of the Social Democratic and Socialist currents of the #Netherlands. Anarchist ideas were little known, although one of the first critics of the Dutch colonial system was the writer-anarchist Eduard Douwes Dekker, known under the pseudonym "#Multatuli" (1820-1887). Working in the years 1842-1856 in the colonial administration in the Dutch East Indies (even before his turning to #anarchism), he became acquainted with the brutality of #colonialism and made accusatory speeches, works of art and articles, trying to raise public opinion against the colonialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, the texts of Multatuli exerted a significant influence on the anarchist and syndicalist workers in the Netherlands.
Grandnephew of Multatuli, Ernest François Eugène Douwes Dekker (1879 - 1950), a native of the European-Indonesian family, became one of the leaders of the anti-colonial movement in the archipelago. During his trip to Europe in 1910 - 1911, he established contacts with activists of radical movements for the liberation of the #colonies, including with the Indian Shyamaji Krishnavarma, who later described …"
