From Jail to Jail. Tan Malaka

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       FROM JAIL TO JAIL

      Take away the sign (man) from the sign for prison,

      Add to it (probability), that makes the word (nation).

      Take the head-particle from the sign for misfortune:

      That gives the word (fidelity).

      Add the sign for man (standing) to the sign for worry

      That gives the word (quality).

      Take away the bamboo top from the sign for prison,

      That gives you (dragon).

      People who come out of prison can build up the country.

      Misfortune is a test of people’s fidelity.

      Those who protest at injustice are people of true merit.

      When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out.

      Ho Chi Minh, “Word Play,” in Ho Chi Minh on Revolution: Selected Writings 1920-66, edited and introduced by Bernard B. Fall (New York: Signet, 1968), p. 137.

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Malaka, Tan.

      [Dari pendjara ke pendjara. English].

      From jail to jail / by Tan Malaka ; translated, edited, and introduced by Helen Jarvis

      p. cm. — Monographs in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 83

      Translation of : Dari pendjara ke pendjara

      Includes bibliographical references

      ISBN : 0-89680-150-0

      1. Malaka, Tan. 2. Revolutionaries—Indonesia—Biography. 3. Communists—Indonesia—Biography 4. Indonesia—Politics and government—20th century. I. Title II Title: Dari pendjara ke pendjara III. Series.

      DS643.22.M3A3 1990

      324.2598’ 075’ 092-dc20

      [B]

      90-47586

      CIP

       FROM JAIL TO JAIL

      by

       Tan Malaka

      translated, edited, and introduced by Helen Jarvis

      In three volumes

      VOLUME ONE

      Ohio University Center for International Studies

      Monographs in International Studies

      Southeast Asia Series Number 83

      Athens, Ohio 1991

       CONTENTS

       PREFACE

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       INTRODUCTION

       POSTSCRIPT

       NOTES

       VOLUME ONE

       Volume One

       INTRODUCTION

       1. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO FORCES

       2. HUMAN RIGHTS

       3. THE RIGHT TO SELF-PRESERVATION

       4. THE RULE OF LAW

       5. RETURN TO INDONESIA

       6. DELI

       7. SEMARANG—THE RED CITY

       8. ARREST AND EXILE

       9. WHERETO?

       10. EN ROUTE TO THE PHILIPPINES AND CANTON

       11. PRINTING PROBLEMS

       12. THE PHILIPPINES

       13. ARREST AND DEPORTATION

       14. WHERETO NOW?

       NOTES TO VOLUME ONE

       GLOSSARY

       INDEX TO VOLUME ONE

       VOLUME TWO