Haji Misbach was originally also a member of SI since the organization was founded. He is also a member of Marco's IJB. In 1915, he published the Medan Moeslimin and Moving Islamic newspaper in 1917. Not only that, Haji Misbach was also known to have established a bookshop, a modern religious school, and an Islamic Hotel.

 When SI Surakarta weakened, in March 1918 Haji Misbach joined Insulinde. Together with Tjipto he then attracted radical SI Surakarta activists to Insulinde.

 "If Tjipto attracts the attention of radicals in SI because of his brilliant writings, Misbach draws attention because of the warmth, openness, and friendliness as well as the consistency between his words and deeds," Shiraishi writes (p. 195).

 The Insulinde movement that was driven by Tjipto-Misbach inevitably made the colonial government neglected. Insulinde often carried out propaganda to the peasants in the villages to strike. One significant strike occurred in 1919.

 According to Ruth McVey's search for the Emergence of Indonesian Communism (2009), the root of the problem was agrarian reform in the slow Surakarta region. The issuance of rules on tax liability as a substitute for compulsory labor also burdens farmers. Haji Misbach then led the Insulinde activists along with the disadvantaged farmers to strike in protest. Unmitigated, the movement lasted for six months.

 "The government has decided that Insulinde is responsible for changing the attitude of the peasants from being dissatisfied to being a real protest. Haji Misbach and Douwes Dekker were arrested and Tjipto Mangunkusumo were expelled from the Javanese-speaking region, "McVey wrote (p. 66).

 As a result of his resistance, Misbach was imprisoned. But he did not give up and continued to spread terror against the rulers, both colonial officials and native nobles. He then joined the PKI which was founded in 1920 and became one of the most persistent propagandists in Surakarta.

 Haji Misbach continued to be involved in the strike campaign until he was arrested again on October 20, 1923. At first the colonial authorities imprisoned him in Semarang, then decided to exile him to Manokwari in July 1924. The Red Hajj died there due to malaria on 24 May 1926.

 The radical period in Surakarta reached its climax in 1926 when the PKI launched a premature rebellion against the colonial government. Tjipto, despite serving his sentence was also subject to the sap. He was considered a PKI because of his radical attitude and likes to hit kromo.

 So, on December 19, 1927, the colonial government decided to exile Tjipto to Banda, Maluku Islands. He had moved to a place of exile before finally dying on March 8, 1943 due to asthma.

 The failed PKI rebellion was at the same time closing the tidal chronicle of the national movement in Surakarta.