Communist Party of Indonesia

... that's my th- like, he thought it was necessary, so he helped Sukarno's nationalist government in a coalition, and they also tied in the cooperation with the national bourgeoisie versus the comprador bourgeoisie, just like is in China and Chinese theories, to help the progressive aspect of the state develop so that the communists could eventually take over.

The, the PKI, the c- the Communist Party of, of Indonesia entered into a united front, and they actually did it in a way that's kind of unique, and I think this is not discussed enough in the Vincent Bevins book.

Hmm.

Which was, and this is a very Soviet-esque way to say this, I think funny, but Nasakom, Nasakom.

This is an interesting theory.

So instead of, like, state autonomy or a class state, the greatest old debates in Marxism, he actually thought that the state was of dual nature.

And you had the pro-people side, which is Sukarno, the, the, the PKI, the-

Mm-hmm