From the Malayan Communist Party to Lee Kuan Yew
This is the first article in a series. In The Open United Front: The Communist Struggle in Singapore 1954-1966, Lee Ting Hui attempts to analyse communist activities in Singapore “within the framework of the united front.” While the book fails to understand the ideological context of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), it tells of how the Communist Party led the labour and student movements into struggle against British domination in Singapore (then a colony alongside Malaya). Well-known anti-colonial figures from the time such as Lim Chin Siong are said to have been secret members of the MCP...