Quote by Sukarno: “Colonialism is not yet dead. Let us kill it together.”

Independence on paper does not mean freedom in practice. Colonial systems — economic, cultural, military — persist long after flags are changed. This is a call for global solidarity among formerly colonised peoples, recognising that liberation is unfinished and requires collective action, not individual nations working alone.

Sukarno delivered this at the Bandung Conference in April 1955, attended by 29 African and Asian nations representing over half the world's population. It was the first major gathering of postcolonial nations and marked the emergence of what would become the Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War.

First President of Indonesia, who led the country's independence proclamation in 1945 and served until 1967. He was a founding architect of the Non-Aligned Movement and hosted the 1955 Bandung Conference, which brought together leaders of newly independent Asian and African nations. His political philosophy blended nationalism, Islam, and Marxism.