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We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe. – Frantz Fanon
Chin Peng’s My Side of History lays bare the violence of British imperialism in Malaya – violence that robbed the colonised of their humanity and sought to erase their collective memory. The book also affirms (…)
70 years ago the UK stepped up a brutal colonial intervention in Malaya, presenting it as a war against Chinese communism. British forces herded hundreds of thousands of people into fortified camps, heavily bombed rural areas and resorted to extensive propaganda to win the conflict.
The (…)
On the 3rd and 4th of May two most prominent trade unionists were shot dead and hanged in 1949. Their only crime was that they stood alongside labourers in Malaya against the oppressing capitalists and the government which backed the capitalists. S.A Ganapathy and P. Veerasenan were the two (…)
Every day, father woke up early to prepare his food before he went out to work.
He had to ensure that he complied with the strict rations and restrictions imposed by the British Colonial authorities in the San Chun (Chinese new village). Everyone was allowed to carry only a small amount of (…)
Ahmad Boestamam – a staunch nationalist, a fiery politician, a respected journalist and a well-known novelist – has not been given due recognition and adequate coverage in our school history textbooks, most likely due to his anti-establishment and radical political views.
A little-known fact (…)
Father cringed at the way the British blatantly manipulated the facts. For instance, the colonial government attempted to portray the new villages as a paradise with modern facilities such as piped water and electricity.
It also boasted of a central kitchen which provided cooked food for the (…)
The migration of indentured labourers from India to Malaya – via the kangani or independent hiring systems – was to satisfy British need for cheap labour. These coolies were “milked” for labour and the derogatory term, kalutai or donkey, was used by the kangani to refer to them.
These coolie (…)
The indentured labour system, which replaced slavery in British colonies, kept millions of Indians in servitude, misery, poverty and disease. Today, its legacy is not just a global Indian diaspora but, for Indians in Malaysia, ongoing misfortunes. Mangai Balasegaram investigates.
In recent (…)
“A Paris cable dispatch mentioned Europe’s fear of Russia. Russia’s red army, her rapidly expanding fleet and her reborn navy are looked upon with growing concern in all the capitals of Europe. Europe is uneasy. The world is uneasy. But rather then these elements, civilization should fear (…)
The upsurge of armed struggle in Malaysia represents one of the lesser noticed repercussions of the 1968 developments in Vietnam and China.
The impact of revolutionary developments in Vietnam and China on the May events of 1968 in France and other Western countries has long been acknowledged. (…)
This is a condensed version of Chapter Eight: “Siti Meriyam Binti Idris (Siti Meriyam daughter of Idris) alias ATOM (Born in 1927, Malaysia)”, of Agnes Khoo’s book “Life As the River Flows” – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United (…)
Presentation of Agnes Khoo’s “Life As the River Flows" – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007).
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Part II: “Life As the River Flows – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence” — II: An (…)
An Introduction to Agnes Khoo, “Life As the River Flows" – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007).
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Part I: “Life as the River Flows – Women in the Malayan anti-colonial struggle” — I: About the book
Part III (…)
This is a condensed version of Chapter 1: “Cui Hong (Born in 1949, Thailand)” of Agnes Khoo’s book “Life As the River Flows” – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007).
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Part I : “Life as the River Flows – Women (…)
This is a condensed version of Chapter 2: Chu Ling, of Agnes Khoo’s book “Life As the River Flows” – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007).
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Part I : “Life as the River Flows – Women in the Malayan (…)
This is a condensed version of Chapter 3: Lin Mei, of Agnes Khoo’s book “Life As the River Flows” – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007).
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Part I : “Life as the River Flows – Women in the Malayan (…)
This is a condensed version of Chapter Four: “LIN DONG (Born in 1944 in the tropical rainforest of the State of Selangor, Malaya)”, of Agnes Khoo’s book “Life As the River Flows” – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007). (…)
This is a condensed version of Chapter Five: “Suria (Born in 1951, Thailand)”, of Agnes Khoo’s book “Life As the River Flows” – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007).
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Part I : “Life as the River Flows – Women (…)
This is a condensed version of Chapter Six : « Guan Shui Lian (Born in 1946, Perak, Malaysia) », of Agnes Khoo’s book « Life As the River Flows » – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007).
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Part I : « Life as (…)
This is a condensed version of Chapter Seven: “Xiu Ning (Born in 1927, Malaysia)”, of Agnes Khoo’s book “Life As the River Flows” – Women’s Oral History on the Malayan struggle for Independence (Published by Merlin Press, United Kingdom, 2007).
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Part I : “Life as the River Flows – (…)
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