Antara Darah dan Hati: Dream Reality English Translation

Chapter 3 Part 5 "Vrijheid of dood!"

*Play the song above for the theme of this part

Several days have passed since my conversation with mevrouw Sofia and a few days have passed since she was last seen on campus. Usually I find her brooding in the library or the campus green space's gazebo. However, lately she is not there, I hope she is safe because maybe today there will be riots again.

Yes, today another demonstration will take place regarding the policy that will be implemented by Prime Minister Willem van Huizen. Muhamed and I were at the rallying point of the mass action, we would walk to the front of the volksraad building together with students from all universities in this city.

Ilya did not take part in the demonstration because he is a foreign citizen, even so he prayed for our safety and also he would help in any way he could regarding the problems we were facing, especially to help us win against heer Vinno.

According to the information that Ilya got, he is a Neo-Nazi, someone with a high position in the secret deep state organization of the fascist Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands and also a fan of the Nazi ideology of Germany that is contained in Mein Kampf's book along with the Dutch Party that became its ally during the second world war, the name of the party is Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging Partij or abbreviated as NSB. No wonder his attitude was like that in front of me and people like me. I hope Allah gives me victory over him or He is willing to give him His guidance, aamiin.

Several tens of minutes have passed, finally instructions were given, we started walking and shouting the student union marching song until finally we arrived in front of the volksraad building. The Schutterij had lined up wearing their complete attributes even some of them were also carrying long rifle firearms, ironically some of the personnels were native.

It turned out to be true, what caused Indonesia to be easily colonized was not because of the actions of the Dutch colonizers themselves, but because of the actions of the indigenous rulers and the natives who oppressed their own people, oh the irony. I want to call them traitor but it is useless because I'm still confused about what the true meaning of a traitor is? Around me many Dutch students took part in the demonstration to defend basic human rights here while on the other hand there they are, some of the natives from the police force who were ready to hurt, beat and kill us all.

The oration began, brother Adriaan and the head of the Student Executive Board organization from other universities began to issue their demands and condemnations which contained protests against the policies that is being discussed in the parliament and would be ratified in the near future. They also requested that representatives from the volksraad to come out and be willing to negotiate with them or at least welcome us to negotiate. However, there was still no response whatsoever. Well, as I thought, they are not representatives of the people, volksraad members are representatives of the wishes of the authorities and representatives of their own egos. The hives of the crooked and the nest of the wicked whose eyes will become blind, their ears become deaf and their mouths will be silent when the people's desire is not their desire.

"Vrijheid of dood! Vrijheid of dood! Vrijheid of dood! (Freedom or death! Freedom or death! Freedom or death!)" slogans were shouted, speeches were spoken, criticism was stated, protests echoed, plays were performed in front of the schutterij force.

The atmosphere that was initially controlled began to turn chaotic. From the back, the masses of the protest began to panic. There was a group of people trying to provoke our anger and it seemed that riots would begin. They pelted us with stones, some were pulled from the line by these people, causing a ruckus.