Ibnu Parna (died 1965) was an Indonesian

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politician and leader of the

Acoma Party The Acoma Party ( id, Partai Acoma) was a communist party in Indonesia. It evolved out of the Young Communist Force (''Angkatan Comunis Muda'', known by its acronym 'Acoma'). Acoma was converted into Partai Acoma on 8 August 1952. Acoma/Partai Aco ...

(''Partai Acoma''),Alexander, Robert J.
International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement
'. Durham: Duke University Press, 1991. p. 534 and

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ist. Involved in the anti-colonial struggle in Indonesia as a youth leader in

Semarang Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...

, Parna was elected an Indonesian Parliament member for the Acoma Party in 1955. Subsequently harassed by Indonesia's authoritarian government, Parna was arrested and killed by Indonesia's authorities, together with hundreds of thousands of other leftists, in the killings of 1965-66.

Biography

Ibnu Parna took active part in the anti-colonial struggle as a youth leader in

. In November 1945 he became vice chairman of

Pesindo People's Youth (Indonesian: ''Pemuda Rakyat'') was the youth wing of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). The organisation was formed as the Socialist Youth of Indonesia (''Pemuda Sosialis Indonesia'' or ''Pesindo''). Initially the organisation ...

(Indonesian Socialist Youth) representing '' Angkatan Muda Republik Indonesia'' ('Young Force of the Republic of Indonesia'), the main youth movement from Semarang. His elder brother, Krissubanu, had also been a youth leader. In early 1946 Ibnu Parna was included, representing Pesindo, in the subcommittee of Persatuan Perdjuangan. However, on March 6, 1946, the Pesindo leadership decided to withdraw Ibnu Parna's position as the Pesindo representative in the PP subcommittee. Parna emerged as the leader of the Young Communist Force (''Angkatan Comunis Muda''), a youth movement associated with the

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Tan Malaka Tan Malaka (2 June 1897 – 21 February 1949) was an Indonesian teacher, Marxist, philosopher, founder of Struggle Union (Persatuan Perjuangan) and Murba Party, independent guerrilla, Indonesian fighter, and national hero. ''Tempo'' credited him ...

.Malaka, Tan, and Helen Jarvis.
From Jail to Jail
'. Monographs in international studies, no. 83. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1991. p. cxliii Acoma, founded in June 1946, later evolved into the Acoma Party. In the 1955 parliamentary election, Ibnu Parna was elected as a Member of Parliament. He was the sole Acoma Party candidate to win a seat. Around this period, Ibnu Parna served as organizing secretary of the trade union centre

SOBRI ''Sentral Organisasi Buruh Republik Indonesia'' ('Central Labour Organization of the Republic of Indonesia', abbreviated SOBRI) was an Indonesian trade union centre. SOBRI was founded in Bandung in 1951. SOBRI functioned as the trade union wing o ...

.United States.
Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
'. 1955. p. 29 In 1956 Ibnu Parna took part in the world congress of the

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. In February 1959 Ibnu Parna was arrested for having published a pamphlet which denounced the rule of General

Nasution General of the Army Abdul Haris Nasution ( Old Spelling: Abdoel Haris Nasution; 3 December 1918 – 6 September 2000), was a high-ranking Indonesian general and politician. He served in the military during the Indonesian National Revolution and ...

, his

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notwithstanding."Report from Indonesia".
''International Socialist Review'' Vol. 20, No. 4 (Fall 1959), p. 101.

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. Retrieved 2 January 2010. The Acoma Party was banned in 1965.Gunn, Geoffrey C.
New World Hegemony in the Malay World
'. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press, 2000. p. 58 Ibnu Parna was arrested and killed in the mass killings of 1965.

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