PNI dan Politik Inklusif: Membangun Gerakan Nasional Anti Kolonial di Indonesia (1928-1931)

Abstract

This study examines the role of the Indonesian National Party (PNI) in developing an anti-colonial national movement through an inclusive political approach during the 1928–1931 period. Using historical research methods and primary sources such as colonial archives, the newspaper Persatoean Indonesia, and party documents. This research reveals how PNI successfully created a struggle strategy that involved various societal layers, including intellectuals, laborers, women, and youth. The findings indicate that PNI implemented inclusive politics through: (1) establishing branch networks across regions, (2) organizing boycotts against colonial institutions, (3) conducting political education and cadre training programs, and (4) strategic collaboration with other national movement elements. The newspaper Persatoean Indonesia played a crucial role in disseminating unity ideology and mobilizing mass support. The impact of this approach is evident in the formation of the political federation PPPKI and the repressive response from the colonial government, which ultimately dissolved PNI in 1931. Nevertheless PNI's legacy of inclusive politics lived on through its successor parties, laying a vital foundation for Indonesia's independence struggle. This study concludes that PNI's inclusiveness was not merely a strategy but a tangible manifestation of national unity that transcended ideological and social divisions.