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A protestor takes a photo at the Bersih 4 rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The protesters were hoping to reform Malaysia's electoral system to ensure free and fair elections - August 30, 2015 #malaysia #protest #bersih4

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#bersih4 #dataranmerdeka (at Dataran Merdeka,Kuala Lumpur)

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Cities and architecture are not devoid of politics. Produced and governed through political processes, they often become the canvas upon which power is mapped. But this can also backfire. A square, designed to provide the setting for showing off the architectural grandeur of an institution, often becomes the very place where the populace gathers to protest directly against the powers that be.

By Nurul Azlan

Nurul Azlan is a PhD Candidate at the Chair of Design as Politics, TU Delft, where she is working on her dissertation; Seditious Spaces: Protest in Postcolonial Kuala Lumpur. Nurul is interested in the power structure that shapes and governs public space in postcolonial societies, and how social media plays a role in redistributing that power.

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Radicalism in Malaysia: past and present

From January 15 to 26, five Resistance: Young Socialist Alliance members participated in an exposure tour of Malaysia, hosted by the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM).

Day 1: Arriving in Kuala Lumpur and Bersih rallies

We arrived in Kuala Lumpur late on Friday evening and stayed in dormitories that served as a training facility for the Catholic Church.

That night, PSM members told us about the Bersih rallies, which have been among the largest demonstrations to have taken place in Malaysia.

Bersih translates as “clean”. The rallies are organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections to demand transparent governance and a strengthening of real democracy in parliamentary democracy.

Since Malaysia gained independence in 1957, the same right-wing conservative coalition Barisan Nasional (National Front) has held government.

There have been a series of Bersih rallies, starting in 2007, and continuing in 2011, 2012 and 2015, each time bringing more thousands out on the streets.

As we walked down one of the streets Bersih 4 had rallied on in August 2015, PSM members showed us a particularly well-known photo of Bersih 4 protestors on the same street facing off against riot police. They then explained that police used tear gas on the crowd, which also involved shooting tear gas into the lower floor of a nearby hospital.

The Bersih 4 rallies were declared illegal, but that did not deter the large crowds who participated. There were a number of arrests during the rallies.

One thing that became apparent talking to PSM members and other left activists: they attend rallies expecting police violence and violence from right-wing thugs hired by the ruling political party. Key organisers also participate expecting to be singled out for arrest during the rally or getting a knock on their door afterwards.

One of the first questions asked of Resistance members was: “How many times have you been arrested?” PSM members were surprised to be told it was not common to be arrested or even detained at demonstrations in Australia.

One thing is certain though, to expect that type of response from the government and police, yet still organise and participate regardless, takes conviction in one's politics, trust in other members of your organisation and a lot of guts.... Continued:- http://socialist-alliance.org/resistance/radicalism-malaysia-past-and-present Part Two:- https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/61003

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A protester wears a yellow shirt of the Bersih 4.0 rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bersih 4 is claiming a new record for the number of peacefully demonstrators that have turned out. The crowd is in the hundreds of thousands. The Bersih 4 rally was a series of planned rallies carried out on 29 to 30 August 2015 in major cities in Malaysia, namely Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.There were…

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It is NOT OK for a #Bersih4 supporter to stomp on an image of Najib but it is OK for #UMNO members to burn effigies of their oppositions??? Guess when it comes to #idiots, different rules to govern them eh?