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'''Phu Rieng Do''' (Phú Riềng Đỏ) is the name of a famous labor movement at Phu Rieng Rubber Plantation in Vietnam in 1930. |
'''Phu Rieng Do''' (Phú Riềng Đỏ) is the name of a famous labor movement at Phu Rieng Rubber Plantation in Vietnam in 1930. |
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Phu Rieng was one of about 25 french colonial rubber plantations that streched in a three-hundred kilometer band from the South China Sea to the Mekong Reiver in Cambodia. After the [[World War I]] the French colonial government had allocated huge blockes of forerst land to metropolitan corporations; from 1920 on, large amounts of capital became available to construct roads, nurture rubber seedings clear land, and plant saplings. More than 30.000 labors from |
Phu Rieng Plantion was one of about 25 french colonial rubber plantations that streched in a three-hundred kilometer band from the South China Sea to the Mekong Reiver in Cambodia. After the [[World War I]] the French colonial government had allocated huge blockes of forerst land to metropolitan corporations; from 1920 on, large amounts of capital became available to construct roads, nurture rubber seedings clear land, and plant saplings. More than 30.000 labors from North Vietnam ([[Tongkin]])were recruited to develop those rubber plantations. Phu Rieng Rubber Plantation was the biggest assess of Michelin company in Vietnam at that time. |
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In the first period of development of rubber plantation (1920-1935), french capitalists exploited the Vietnamese workers in very pitiless and brutal way. The working and living conditions in those rubber plantations were sometimes described as "health on the earth" <ref> Tu Binh, "Red Earth: A Vietnamese Memoir of Life on a Colonial Rubber Plantation", Ohio University, 1985. p.23 </ref> According to the official records of colonial administration around 17 percent of Phu Rieng workers died in only 1927 but even that figure might be conservative, since the plantation supervisory staff had reason to cover up some losses.<ref> Pierre Brocheux, "Le Proletariat des plantationd'heveas au Vietnam meridional: aspects sociaux et poltiques (1927-1937)", Les Movement Social No 90, Paris (Jan-March 1975) Paris. p. 65 </ref> |
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On 3rd February 1930 more than 5,000 rubber workers of Phu Rieng Rubber Plantation, under the leadership of a communist named [[Tran Tu Binh]], rebelled against plantation’s owner to protest against the cruel and slave-like working conditions at the plantation. <ref> |
On 3rd February 1930 more than 5,000 rubber workers of Phu Rieng Rubber Plantation, under the leadership of a communist named [[Tran Tu Binh]], rebelled against plantation’s owner to protest against the cruel and slave-like working conditions at the plantation. <ref> Supra note 1. p.60 </ref>. The “rebellion” workers occupied the local administration and established a autonomic control for 4 days. They arrested the French plantation supervisor and force him to agree with their requests to improve working condition at the plantation. The workers started demonstration against the colonial administration in the area. |
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Fearing the spreading of the movement to other neighboring areas, on 6th February 1930, French colonial government sent 300 legionnaires, 500 local soldiers under the direct command of the Governor of Cocochina Krauheimer; Resident of Bien Hoa, Marty; his assistant, Vilmont; the head of Surete', Arnoux, came up to Phu Rieng.<ref> |
Fearing the spreading of the movement to other neighboring areas, on 6th February 1930, French colonial government sent 300 legionnaires, 500 local soldiers under the direct command of the Governor of Cocochina Krauheimer; Resident of Bien Hoa, Marty; his assistant, Vilmont; the head of Surete', Arnoux, came up to Phu Rieng.<ref> Supra note 1. p.76 </ref>. The movement was repressed soon. The leader of the movement, Tran Tu Binh, was sentenced for 5 years of imprisonment in [[Con Dao]] island. The Phu Rieng Do movement became the first labor movement in Vietnam directed by the Vietnamese Communists. |
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== Refrences == |
== Refrences == |
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Revision as of 06:21, 14 July 2006
Phu Rieng Do (Phú Riềng Đỏ) is the name of a famous labor movement at Phu Rieng Rubber Plantation in Vietnam in 1930.
Phu Rieng Plantion was one of about 25 french colonial rubber plantations that streched in a three-hundred kilometer band from the South China Sea to the Mekong Reiver in Cambodia. After the World War I the French colonial government had allocated huge blockes of forerst land to metropolitan corporations; from 1920 on, large amounts of capital became available to construct roads, nurture rubber seedings clear land, and plant saplings. More than 30.000 labors from North Vietnam (Tongkin)were recruited to develop those rubber plantations. Phu Rieng Rubber Plantation was the biggest assess of Michelin company in Vietnam at that time.
In the first period of development of rubber plantation (1920-1935), french capitalists exploited the Vietnamese workers in very pitiless and brutal way. The working and living conditions in those rubber plantations were sometimes described as "health on the earth" [1] According to the official records of colonial administration around 17 percent of Phu Rieng workers died in only 1927 but even that figure might be conservative, since the plantation supervisory staff had reason to cover up some losses.[2]
On 3rd February 1930 more than 5,000 rubber workers of Phu Rieng Rubber Plantation, under the leadership of a communist named Tran Tu Binh, rebelled against plantation’s owner to protest against the cruel and slave-like working conditions at the plantation. [3]. The “rebellion” workers occupied the local administration and established a autonomic control for 4 days. They arrested the French plantation supervisor and force him to agree with their requests to improve working condition at the plantation. The workers started demonstration against the colonial administration in the area.
Fearing the spreading of the movement to other neighboring areas, on 6th February 1930, French colonial government sent 300 legionnaires, 500 local soldiers under the direct command of the Governor of Cocochina Krauheimer; Resident of Bien Hoa, Marty; his assistant, Vilmont; the head of Surete', Arnoux, came up to Phu Rieng.[4]. The movement was repressed soon. The leader of the movement, Tran Tu Binh, was sentenced for 5 years of imprisonment in Con Dao island. The Phu Rieng Do movement became the first labor movement in Vietnam directed by the Vietnamese Communists.
Refrences
- ^ Tu Binh, "Red Earth: A Vietnamese Memoir of Life on a Colonial Rubber Plantation", Ohio University, 1985. p.23
- ^ Pierre Brocheux, "Le Proletariat des plantationd'heveas au Vietnam meridional: aspects sociaux et poltiques (1927-1937)", Les Movement Social No 90, Paris (Jan-March 1975) Paris. p. 65
- ^ Supra note 1. p.60
- ^ Supra note 1. p.76
Further reading
Tran Tu Binh, "The Red Earth: A Vietnamese Memoir of Life on a Colonial Rubber Plantation" (Memoir), Ohio University Center for International Studies Center,1985. [[1]]