Category: Malaysia
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Biarlah Kerajaan Gagal: Against electoralism in Malaysia
In 2021, the hashtag #KerajaanGagal trended in waves. It is usually translated as failed government or failed state. Though kerajaan in Malay now refers to the government in everyday parlance, the more archaic ‘kingdom’ better reflects its root meaning. What was the deal with #KerajaanGagal? In 2018, a new coalition Pakatan Harapan formed and successfully…
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The Rise of Fascism in Malaya (1971)
The following text, written by the Partai Rakyat Malaysia (PRM), is reproduced from the Tricontinental Bulletin No. 62, May 1971, a communication produced by the Tricontinental magazine in Cuba. Download the original bulletin here. At the end of the Second World War, after the defeat of the Japanese fascists in Malaya by the Malayan People’s…