Malaysia

Malaysia left graphic

Contemporary challenges for the Malaysian left

Jeyakumar Devaraj provides a brief overview of Malaysia’s history and political and economic development to help us understand the current situation in the country.
MUDA PSM

Malaysia: Why we need a progressive bloc

Malaysia needs a party that speaks about building a nation through policies that address the needs of all people, rather than feeding into toxic racialised politics, writes S Arutchelvan.
trade port boats

Globalization, Trump’s tariff war and APEC 2025

Jeyakumar Devaraj — We have the responsibility of putting forward an alternative vision where the vast wealth created by the growth of technology and science is utilized to benefit people and the planet on the basis of solidarity.
PSM flag

A brief history of Socialist Party of Malaysia

In an era when socialist politics faces marginalisation globally, the story of the Parti Sosialis Malaysia offers vital lessons.

Malaysian socialist: ‘When nothing is going right, go left.’

Amanda Shweeta Louis talks about the commercialisation of Malaysia’s education system, solidarity with Palestine and why young Malaysians are looking to socialist ideas.

ASEAN countries need to re-think their economic strategy (plus video: Towards a people-centred ASEAN)

Jeyakumar Devaraj — The ASEAN Summit 2025 meeting is an opportunity to evaluate the Socialist Party of Malaysia’s following proposals.
Kanthan farmland

Hidden crisis: Malaysia’s food security blind spots

Jeyakumar Devaraj — The country’s reliance on imports leaves the nation vulnerable to global food shortages. Here’s what the government can do.
PSM-MUDA alliance byelection

Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s distinctive role in Malaysian politics (plus: What the PSM-Muda alliance brings to the Ayer Kuning poll)

Jeyakumar Devaraj — For the past several years, Parti Sosialis Malaysia has been presenting fresh perspectives that the mainstream political parties are either unable to conceptualize or unwilling to articulate.
Logging has threatened wildlife and displaced native communities

From forest to finance: How carbon credits mask ecological destruction

Jeyakumar Devaraj — It is high time for environmental NGOs and concerned individuals to push strongly back against false corporate-driven ‘solutions’.

Danaletchumi Langaswaran (Socialist Party of Malaysia): Building regional solidarity against war and imperialism

Danaletchumi Langaswaran — There are prospects for building solidarity, but left and people’s groups in the region must work together for it.
Hulu Jelai rare earth mine

Socialist Party of Malaysia: Hulu Jelai rare earth mine project needs scrutiny

Socialist Party of Malaysia Bureau of Environment and Climate Crisis — The lives and livelihood of the Semai Orang Asli Community in Pos Lanai, Kuala Lipis, Pahang are in danger, once again.
Jeyakumar Devaraj

The Socialist Party of Malaysia’s counter-hegemonic narrative

Jeyakumar Devaraj — The PSM have come to see that Gramsci’s analysis of society speaks to our predicament.