The Communist Challenge in the Malayan Labour Scene, September 1936-March 1937

This paper examines the Malayan labour unrest between September 1936 and March 1937 with special reference to communist involvement, and its effects in Malaya to the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941. … Read More >The Communist Challenge in the Malayan Labour Scene, September 1936-March 1937

How the British suppressed the Malayan labour movement (Part 3)

[By Charles Hector] Many of the leaders of the labour movement were arrested, charged, convicted and sentenced. SA Ganapathy, for example, who was the first president of the 300,000-strong PMFTU, was hanged by the British in May 1949. … Read More >How the British suppressed the Malayan labour movement (Part 3)