Tugas akhir ini membahas pengaruh pelaksanaan program pendidikan komunis Universitas Rakyat (UNRA) terhadap eksistensi Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI) yang menaunginya. Dalam rangka membangkitkan dan meluaskan organisasi partainya, PKI memulai tujuannya melalui pendidikan ideologi dan organisasi bagi para kader dan anggotanya. Hal ini mendapatkan bentuknya melalui pendirian UNRA pada 1958. Fungsi ideologis yang dibebankan PKI terhadap UNRA memberikan corak khusus pada kurikulum pendidikan yang diterapkannya. Permasalahan utama tugas akhir ini adalah “bagaimana pengaruh pelaksanaan program pendidikan komunis di UNRA terhadap PKI selama 1958-1965?” Melalui metode penelitian sejarah, studi ini didasarkan pada sejumlah sumber sejarah primer yang meliputi koran Harian Rakjat, naskah-naskah pidato para tokoh PKI, dan materi pendidikan UNRA. Hasil studi ini menunjukkan bahwa program pendidikan komunis UNRA telah memberikan kontribusi penting terhadap upaya indoktrinasi dan kaderisasi massa PKI serta meningkatkan posisi tawar-menawar PKI terhadap lawan-lawan politiknya.

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This study discusses the influence of the implementation of the communist education program at the People's University (Universitas Rakyat, UNRA) on the Communist Party of Indonesia (CPI) which houses it. In order to revive and expand its party organization, the CPI started its goals through ideological and organizational education for its cadres and members. This took its form in the founding of the UNRA in 1958. The ideological function assigned by the CPI to UNRA gave its special style to the education system it implemented. The main problem of this study is "How did the implementation of the communist education program at UNRA affect the CPI during 1958-1965?" Through a historical research methods, this study is based on several primary historical sources including the Harian Rakjat newspaper, texts of speeches by CPI figures, and UNRA educational materials. The results of this study show that UNRA's communist education program has made an important contribution to the CPI's mass indoctrination and cadre formation efforts as well as improving the CPI's bargaining position against its political opponents.