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Bursa Kanonisasi Pahlawan
Editorial, Esai

Bursa Kanonisasi Pahlawan

11 November 2025 Membekas warisan Hindia Belanda tetapkan Persbreidel-Ordonantie, 07 September 1931, termuat di Staatsblad 1931 Nomor 394 dan Staatsblad 1931 Nomor 44. Gouverneur-generaal van Nederlandsch-Indië mewakili kekuasaan Belanda di Nederlandsch-Indië antara tahun 1610 hingga pengakuan Belanda atas kemerdekaan Indonesia pada tahun 1949 – mengatur menetapkan – bahwa pihak penguasa sewaktu-waktu dapat bertindak terhadap surat kabar dan majalah yang isinya dianggap mengganggu ketertiban umum. Pihak pencetak, penerbit dan redaksinya tidak diberi kesempatan membela diri, atau banding ke pengadilan di tingkat lebih tinggi. Sekarang, ada pers ikut arus, ada jurnalis merayap di bawah sandal penguasa. Terus direndahkan dan menistakan sendiri martabatnya.   Oleh: Dera Liar Alam K...
The History of May Day in South Africa
Estorie

The History of May Day in South Africa

1 Mei 2021 Source: SOHO Feature Image: Workers’ Day 2019: A brief history THE STRUGGLE for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, in the United States of America and Canada resolved that eight hours should constitute a legal day's labour as of 01 May 1886. The Federation also recommended to workers organizations under their jurisdiction that they abide by this resolution by the said date. Since then May Day has been celebrated on 01 May annually. The first recorded celebration of May Day in South Africa is reported by Ray Alexander to have taken place in 1895 which was organised by the Johannesburg District Trades Council. The next occasion was ...