Falsafah & Sejarah

UNFOLDING MALAY NATIONALIST: DR. BURHANUDDIN AL-HELMY

Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy’s name is not alien in our political and intellectual discourse. He was an intellectual from Perak who has spent his whole life in the fight of achieving independence.

Anas Hayyan & Mu’adz Rasyid discussed thoroughly on Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy’s life and political ideas that have shaped the political nature of this nation. Safe to say that, without him, the fight for independence might take a really different course.

Ibrahim Yaakub and Left-Wing Nationalism

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Faced with mounting economic and social pressures resulting from the demands of the twentieth-century influx of Chinese, Indians, and Europeans into Malaya, a small group of educated Malays took a different political path than the vast majority in their search for a solution, forming the nucleus of a left-wing political party. One prominent character in Malaysia’s leftist history is Ibrahim Haji Yaakob.

Solidariti dan Perjuangan

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Kewujudan Solidariti bukanlah secara spontan dalam masyarakat. Solidariti adalah hasil kesedaran akan satu identiti sosial yang dikongsi. Solidariti wujud dari perkongsian nilai dalam sesuatu kelompok. Nilai yang dikongsi yang perlu diangkat haruslah lahir dari prinsip yang mengutamakan masyarakat melebihi kepentingan diri sendiri. Boleh jadi Solidariti ini hasil dari peranan sosial atau juga dibentuk oleh sesebuah institusi. Bagaimanakah agaknya bentuk Solidariti jika dimanifestasikan dalam bentuk kekitaan dalam masyarakat?