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This article aims to explain the politics activities by the villagers in Surabaya at the early of 20th century. The villagers was always considered as the passive people who refused to be involved in a conflict, therefore didn't do the politic. The historic methodology is taken in this research by referring to the documents from the same century, the newspaper in Surabaya, and also referring to other tertiary resources. The approach chosen is the politic history, a history to describe the struggle of the people to achieve their will. The villagers had various strategy and tactic. As for the villagers who already had the experience of education, even though it was only a basic education, they wrote so many protests in the newspaper related to the decisions of the colonial government which were not in their favour. There was a newspaper in Surabaya managed by the indigenous people at that time, middle scale, and eager to gather all the complaint from the low class society. They also protested directly to the government by using the politic organisation. The formal gathering held by the member of the gemeenteraad, known as "begandring", was used by the villagers to speak up their aspiration.

This article aims to explain the politics activities by the villagers in Surabaya at the early of 20th century. The villagers was always considered as the passive people who refused to be involved in a conflict, therefore didn't do the politic. The historic methodology is taken in this research by referring to the documents from the same century, the newspaper in Surabaya, and also referring to other tertiary resources. The approach chosen is the politic history, a history to describe the struggle of the people to achieve their will. The villagers had various strategy and tactic. As for the villagers who already had the experience of education, even though it was only a basic education, they wrote so many protests in the newspaper related to the decisions of the colonial government which were not in their favour. There was a newspaper in Surabaya managed by the indigenous people at that time, middle scale, and eager to gather all the complaint from the low class society. They also protested directly to the government by using the politic organisation. The formal gathering held by the member of the gemeenteraad, known as "begandring", was used by the villagers to speak up their aspiration.

Relation among ethnics in Indonesian colonial city, especially relation between European and local citizen are unique. In many causes, their interaction is relation between oppressor and the oppressed. Sometimes, it oppresses the peoples. Nevertheless, in the other time and place, their relation based on spirit and motivation of humanity, that is social relationship without racial and political sentiment. In the relation between European as a chief and the inlanders' as a subordinate, the relation has not judge by race difference, but evaluate by social stratification. This relation happened in the different context depend on situation and condition. It indicates that relation among peoples always based humanity, that human constantly need the other else.Key words: ethnics, Surabaya, colonial Hubungan antar etnik di kota-kota kolonial di Indonesia, terutama hubungan antara orang-orang kulit putih Eropa dengan penduduk lokal cukup unik. Dalam banyak kasus hubungan mereka murni dalam kerangka hubungan antara penjajah dan yang terjajah. Hubungan semacam ini kadang-kadang sangat menindas bagi yang terjajah. Pada waktu dan tempat yang berbeda hubungan mereka sering kali juga dilandasai oleh semangat dan motivasi kemanusiaan, yaitu hubungan yang murni berdasarkan status sosial tanpa dilandasi sentimen politik dan rasial. Jika hubungan tersebut terjalin antara majikan yang Eropa dan buruh yang Bumiputera, maka baik-buruknya hubungan tersebut hanya bisa dinilai dari kelas sosial mereka yang berbeda, bukan karena perbedaan ras. Hubungan semacam itu bisa terjalin pada konteks yang berbeda-beda tergantung dengan situasi dan kondisi. Kata kunci: etnis, Surabaya, kolonial Â