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Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.

My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

This is the fourth episode of Nusantara, a series on the history of Indonesia.

Nusantara is a word that refers to the vast geographic archipelago that only through centuries of colonial

capitalism and the struggles against it became a nation, one whose boundaries, identities, and

purpose remain contested to this day. This episode begins as Indonesia secured sovereignty from

the Dutch in 1949.

Perhaps surprisingly, it was the United States, the rising post-war imperialist power,

and its Cold War anti-communist commitments that helped make Indonesian independence happen.

A decade and a half later, of course, American anti-communism would

swing back against the Republic, precipitating the overthrow of Sikarno's government and mass

anti-communist murder. Why did the U.S. after backing Dutch colonial rule shift tack to support Indonesian independence.

As we discussed in the last installment, the Republic's military forces put down a 1948 rebellion

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