The Latent Danger of Communism Threatens Indonesia

Abstract

The communist ideology is threatening the Indonesian state. This threatening is based on phenomena that have emerged recently, such as the red and white flag crossed out by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) logo and the emergence of the PKI flag bearing the hammer and sickle logo. This study aims to analyze the latent danger of Communism that is threatening the life of the Indonesian people. The method used in this research is the historical method with four stages, namely heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. The historical method is an instrument to reconstruct historical events (history as past actuality) into history as a story (history as written). Interviews and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) methods are also carried out. The results show that there are two different perspectives in viewing the latent danger of Communism in Indonesia. The first is to believe that no reliable indicators show Communism will rise because there will be obstacles. These obstacles are because Indonesia has laws and provisions of the MPR (Tap MPR), which still prohibit the ideologies of Communism and Marxism. The revival of communist ideology in Indonesia is improbable because Communism in the world has been paralyzed, which affects Communism in Indonesia. The second perspective believes in the dangers of the communist ideology growing and developing in Indonesia. Communism is a common enemy, and Communism will never be extinguished in world political movements.