Fifty years ago.(Bandung Conference )(Brief article)

From: Monthly Review | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Nearing, Scott | Copyright information

The Bandung Conference [held in Indonesia in April 1955] brought the world face to face with a new force--a gathering representing more than half of the human family, living in 29 Asian-African nations, most of which were colonies or dependencies as late as 1945. That so impressive a grouping could be brought together so soon after these nations had won their independence is the most impressive aspect of Bandung.

Equally significant was the absence from Bandung of repres...

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