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Which Way for the Student Movement?
Where is the student movement heading? This article discusses the relationship between students, oppressed people and solidarity. It offers a starting point for assessing the aims, organisational forms and limits of campus movements.
Students and Young People Protest: The People Hate Corruption
An analysis published ahead of the Rakyat Benci Rasuah anti-corruption rally in January 2025. It discusses young people’s anger at corrupt politics and the question of building an alternative independent of elite interests.
The Anti-Corruption Protest: Reflections from Sosialis Alternatif
Sosialis Alternatif reflects on student and youth mobilisation against corruption. This record links to the original analysis. Read its detailed chronology critically, as the source’s date references are not fully consistent.
Solidarity Statement in Defence of the Alternative School in Teluk Layang
A solidarity statement supporting education for stateless children in Sabah. It connects access to education with social rights and the role of young people in organising solidarity.
When Socialism Became Scientific
An introduction to the distinction between socialism as a moral aspiration and socialism as an analysis of society. The author discusses Marx and Engels’ legacy and why the working class is placed at the centre of social change.
READING COLLECTIONS
Follow connected reading paths through the site. Each collection brings together concepts, history and contemporary questions.
The Communist Women’s Movement: Women and Revolution
Reading on the relationship between the women’s movement, revolution and international workers’ organisations. The Malay edition includes a translator’s note; consult the publisher’s website for full attribution and edition details.
DATA & ECONOMICS
Numbers need context. Explore budgets, education costs and wage statistics. Each tool explains its sources, units, method and limitations. Hypothetical values are clearly labelled. Try it: a monthly budget
ABOUT KMS
Kesatuan Mahasiswa Sosialis (KMS), the Socialist Students Union, is a socialist student and youth organisation in Malaysia associated with Sosialis Alternatif. This platform brings together reading, political education and the history of working-class struggles. Our political starting point KMS draws on Marxism and the Trotskyist tradition: understanding capitalism through class relations, prioritising workers’ democracy, opposing…
ABOUT KMS
Kesatuan Mahasiswa Sosialis (KMS), the Socialist Students Union, is a socialist student and youth organisation in Malaysia associated with Sosialis Alternatif. This platform brings together political education, working-class history and accessible reading. Our political starting point KMS draws on Marxism and the Trotskyist tradition: class analysis, workers’ democracy, opposition to oppression and revolutionary internationalism. It…