COMMENT | Time to vote for socialist candidates

COMMENT | It is time to put socialism on the Malaysian political agenda.

Socialism is proving to be a successful model on the world stage as the capitalist hegemon, the US, falters and is threatening to implode with its myriad contradictions, social inequalities, and warmongering.

In Malaysia, socialist parties were in fact the main contenders against the Alliance (precursor of BN) at the time of Independence.

If it wasn’t for the dirty tactics of the colonial government and the Alliance using the ISA to detain almost all the socialist leaders just before the 1969 general election, we might have had a different political system today.

The pretenders to the Socialist Front’s “opposition” mantle all these years have finally shown their true colours, joining hands with the ruling party since Independence.

There could not be a better time to have a real opposition in Parliament to voice the people’s demands since...