Kajang, Malaysia
It was timely for the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) to host Socialism 2008 – Malaysia, when the world is caught in a deep crisis that is considered the worst since World War II.The conference showed that capitalism, during its 18-year-term as the dominant ideology of the world, had wreaked havoc on the lives of people and the planet, and that there was an urgent need to put forward a socialist alternative.
Socialists from Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Australia, Britain, Sweden, Taiwan as well as from different parts of Malaysia, gathered at New Era College, Kajang, Selangor, during the weekend of 7-9 November 2008, to discuss and debate some of the burning issues related to the struggle against capitalism and for socialism today. The organizer chose 7 November, the anniversary of the Great October Revolution, as the day for the opening rally and Youth Revolutionary Night.
