Between 1981 and 1990, the Communist Party of Malaya’s clandestine radio station Voice of Malayan Democracy broadcast from southern Thailand, seeking to reach audiences in Malaysia and Singapore with revolutionary messages. Long after the armed insurgency had waned, the battle for hearts and minds continued through radio. We speak to Dr Ong Weichong, Senior Associate Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies about his new book Voice of Malayan Democracy: The Communist Party of Malaya’s Revived Radio War. We discuss the station’s programming, why it failed, and what it tells us about Cold War insurgencies and revolutionary politics.

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