Communism in Malaysia

Malaysian Communism : a historical strategic error seems to be, the misconception that violence is necessary for revolution.

Until 1941 : reasonably cordial oligarchy was maintained between the British and Malay rulers

1946 : the Malayan Union was an authoritarian approach to depowering the Malay rulers

1948, February : the Federation of Malaya superceded the Malayan Union peacefully

1948, March : Chin Peng starts planning armed conflict, and has people shot by June

Marx maintains however, that workers may achieve their goals through peaceful, legal, means ... hence Marx isn't outlawed in Malaysia, only parties with explicitly violent strategies. 

Political ammunition in Malaysia

Constitutional extension of pribumi rights to pridatangs and non-Muslims, is quite controversial. And it is the root issue. So anyone talking about Malaysia-first without addressing the root issue is politically disadvantaged from the get-go.

If we are to treat elections as sport, perhaps the elections would be more sporting, if the election commission had the power to ban certain subjects from electoral campaigns. This seems unlikely in the near term.

How can multiracial parties, persuade pribumis and Muslims that their special rights will not be equalised? It is an impasse

African American x Malay Malaysian Identities

Malaysia is a relatively underdeveloped country, so its academic sophistication is low.

Few people understand the parallels between African American political identity in the US, and Malay Malaysian political identity in Malaysia. Perhaps both can be found rooted in the fall of Constantinople after which the Ottomans tolled the Silk Road. Both are concerned with 500 years of colonial influence. Both remain scarred by trauma that presents itself daily, to this day.

Various differences are present, but they do not reduce the commonality of these ethnic collectives' experiences. Perhaps one day, Malaysian academicians will manage to plug into global academic discourse via this kind of scholarship.