Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Fantasy, propaganda become official history

It appears that, although a huge amount of public resources has been poured into our universities since 1957, nothing has changed the mindset of Umno's Ketuanan Melayu ideological scribes in writing official history: 'our' side has always been 'peace-loving', 'tolerant' and 'magnanimous' but ' their' sides, namely 'pengkhianat bangsa', 'pendatang asing' and 'kafir' are always 'violent', 'greedy', 'ungrateful' and ' provocative'.

Remembering the martyrs
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/22502

Merdeka history in new light
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/42665

The charming 'firebrand'
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/52845

Sybil Kathigasu – new stories, same legend
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/53246

Spore's communist 'threat' - was it real?
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/48338

History of the Malay Left
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/48827

The fairer side of Malayan communism
http://www.malaysiakini.com/opinionsfeatures/29792

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