Perkembangan Protes Politik di Malaysia: Dari Era Pra-Kemerdekaan Hingga Tsunami Politik

The Development of Political Protests in Malaysia: From Pre-Independence era until Political Tsunami

Abstract

This article examines the dynamics of political protests in Malaysia by focusing its analysis on the changing patterns of the political protests from the pre-independence era until the Tsunami politics era. This discussion is important as it will investigate who are the main actors in mobilising protest movements in Malaysia. By using content analysis, the findings of this study showed that the pattern of political protests in Malaysia changed from the labour movement to the student movement and then shifted to the loosely structured social movement. These changes were closely tangled with the changing issues framed in the protests such as economic problems and human rights, the emergence of new media and the global trends. Amongst the key actors who mobilised political protests in Malaysia are political parties, de facto leaders and civil society