6. Frankly Partisan in the Struggle for Student Leadership

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Acknowledgments 11
4. List of Photographs 15
5. Abbreviations 17
6. 1. The Socialist Club and the Modernity Project 19
7. 2. Awake in the Bowl of Night 41
8. 3. The Fajar Trial 61
9. 4. Visionary of the Nation, Voice of Stifled Malayans 81
10. 5. A Beacon of Light on the Campus and Beyond 105
11. 6. Frankly Partisan in the Struggle for Student Leadership 127
12. 7. The Shadow over the Club 153
13. 8. Resisting Malaysia, Swansong for Malaya 167
14. 9. Long Night after Coldstore 191
15. 10. In Defence of University Autonomy and Student Rights 209
16. 11. Entwined Memories and Myths 233
17. Conclusion: Modernity in Singapore and Malaya Reconsidered 255
18. The University Socialists: Biographical Sketches 265
19. Timeline of Events 281
20. Notes 287
21. Bibliography 325
22. Index 337