Today's History, June 14, 1941: Bung Karno Writing In Mass Media About The Ideology He Holds

Bung Karno often pours his thoughts into articles in the mass media. (Instagram/@presidensukarno)

JAKARTA - History today, 82 years ago, June 14, 1941, the writing of the freedom fighter, Soekarno published in the Lantaran newspaper. The article entitled Soekarno by Soekarno Himself'attracted the whole of Bengkulu. The general assembly finally understood that Soekarno did not only dedicate the ideology of Communism.

He was able to unite all ideologies. Bung Karno likes to emphasize himself is a symbol of unity. Previously, Soekarno was known as a smart figure. He learned from anywhere. Farmers, laborers, to teachers.

Soekarno admired his father, Soekemi Sosrodihardjo. There are many valuable lessons learned from his father. Moreover, Bung Karno's father is a teacher. Bung Karno considered him a reliable educator. Even though his father is a tough teacher.

This education made Bung Karno thirst for science and like books. Instead of educating his father, he only allowed Bung Karno to read papers, this education actually honed his sensitivity.

However, his father's knowledge knows the boundaries. Bung Karno did not want to be discouraged. It is special that his father entrusted Bung Karno to a pink' to the right person. Haji Oemar Said (HOS) Tjokroaminoto, his name.

Soekarno also admired this figure. He learned many valuable lessons from Tjokro. Soekarno was able to learn a lot - about ideology to Islam deeply. Something that Bung Karno's parents never taught.

Bung Karno's knowledge is increasingly diverse over time. Especially when Bung Karno began to get involved in books. Reading activities also made Bung Karno like getting acquainted with many world leaders.

"My grandmother is Javanese and Mistical culture. From you came Theosphism and Islamism. From the mother of Hinduism and Buddhism. Sarinah Joins Humanism. From Mr. Tjokro came Socialism. From his friends came Nationalism. I added to the reflection of beautifulness from Karl Marxism and Thomas Jeffersonism. "

I learned the economy from Sun Yat Sen. I learned kindness from Gandhi. I was able to study modern science with ancient animistic culture and took it like the result of being a message of hope that was alive and can be inhaled according to the understanding of the people of the village," explained Soekarno as quoted by Cindy Adams in the book Bung Karno: Connecting the Tongue of the Indonesian People (2000).

It was these actions that made Soekarno never dedicate one ideology or insight. All of them were studied by Bung Karno. In political ideology, for example. Soekarno's political sect was not just one or two streams.

The independence fighter who later became the first Indonesian President, Soekarno. (ANRI)

However, the general public had already guessed that Bung Karno was a true marxism (communism). This assumption was given because Bung Karno was close to figures who in fact made communism a tool of struggle.

Soekarno also feels a moral responsibility to explain the political flow he agrees with. He made a special writing when he was exiled to Bengkulu with the title: Soekarno by Soekarno Himself. The article was published in a View News Letter on June 14, 1941.

The presence of writing circulating throughout Bengkulu became an affirmation that Bung Karno had various political sects. He accepted all political sects. From communism to nationalism. This spirit made him remembered as a symbol of Indonesian unity. Various ideologies are able to be optimized in one struggle: Indonesia's independence.

"There are people who say Soekarno is a nationalist, there are people who say Soekarno is no longer a nationalist, but Islam, not a marxis, but a person who understands himself. The group recently said that he wanted to be called a nationalist, he did not agree with what was usually called nationalism, wanted to be called Islam, he issued ideas that did not match his understanding. many Muslims.

"Want to be called a marxis, he prays, do you want to be called a marxis, he's 'crazy' on that marxism? Is Soekarno a nationalist? Is it Islam? Is it Marxiskah? The readers, Soekarno are a mixture of all those ismes," Soekarno's story in his writing in the View News Letter as quoted from the bookBung Karno Panglima Revolution (2014).