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	Barisan Sosialis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Certainly a formidable rival, the Barisan Sosialis was accused by the PAP for being used as a front for Communism, a charge which members of the party vehemently denied.
		Though the Barisan Sosialis' official position was to 'take the fight to the streets', in reality, the party believed that Singapore's future was in serious doubt and felt pointless to continue the political struggle.
		In 1988, the Barisan Sosialis was dissolved and its members, led by Dr Lee Siew Choh, joined the Workers' Party of Singapore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barisan_Sosialis (839 words)

	Chia Thye Poh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chia was a former member of the now defunct political party Barisan Sosialis and a former Member of Parliament of Jurong Constituency.
		This was part of the Barisan's strategy to protest "undemocratic acts" of the Government, by carrying their struggle against the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) outside of Parliament.
		The official statement released by the Government stated that Barisan's attempt to rouse a mass struggle outside of parliament was prejudicial against the stability of Singapore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chia_Thye_Poh (451 words)

	Singapore general election, 1963 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When the PAP expelled the pro-communist faction from within its ranks in 1961, this meant that 13 seat-holders had left the PAP and formed the Barisan Sosialis, reducing the number of seats the PAP held to 26 - holding a majority by just one seat.
		However, the Barisan Sosialis had already suffered a major blow as seven months before many of its members, including the secretary general Lim Chin Siong had been arrested and held without trial under Operation Coldstore.
		They failed to win most of the seats however, and this was also hampered by a lack of concentration of their supporters in the constituencies - this was reflected by the fact that they had won 193,301 votes, or 33.2% of the votes by popular vote in comparison to winning roughly 25.4% of the seats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Singapore_general_election,_1963 (674 words)

	Managed crisis — National threat and legitimacy
		The Barisan Sosialis was out-maneuvered when a number of its high-ranking politicians were arrested in 1963 and the party, which had large support from the majority Chinese, lost to the PAP in an election the same year.
		Furthermore, the threat of Communism was used not only against the Barisan Sosialis but also to maintain a strict national security law, which enabled the government to arrest anyone without a trial.
		Even though the government has constantly raised awareness to all kinds of threats, the economic threat was the greatest motivating factor and when Singapore’s standard of living had reached an advanced level and most Singaporeans could be counted as middle class, the ability of the government to use the threat to legitimize its actions dwindled.
	www.singapore-window.org /sw04/040801so.htm (1227 words)

	People's Action Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The PAP has held the overwhelming majority of seats in Parliament since 1966, when the opposition Barisan Sosialis (Socialist Front), a left-wing group that split from PAP in 1961, resigned from Parliament after a number of their leaders had been arrested in the 1963 Operation Coldstore, leaving the PAP as the only major political party.
		In the general elections of 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1980, the PAP won all of the seats in an expanding parliament.
		1963: won 37 of 51 seats, with 47% of the vote (opposition votes were spilt between the Barisan Sosialis Party and the United People's Party).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/People's_Action_Party (2132 words)

	Singapore Political Opposition
		A virulent critic of the government and former member of Parliament representing the Barisan Sosialis (The Socialist Front), he was finally released in May 1989 after having been detained since October 1966.
		In 1987 amendments were made to the Parliament Privilege, Immunities, and Powers Act of 1962, giving Parliament the power to suspend any parliamentary member's immunity from civil proceedings for statements made in Parliament and to imprison and fine a member if he or she were found guilty of dishonorable conduct, abuse of privilege, or contempt.
		Seventeen other opposition parties were registered in 1989, including the Barisan Sosialis, once the primary target of the government's political surveillance activities because of its former role in antigovernment street demonstrations, student protests, and industrial strikes.
	www.country-studies.com /singapore/political-opposition.html (785 words)

	Singapore - Singapore as Part of Malaysia
		On September 3, Lee dissolved the Legislative Assembly and called for a new election on September 21, to obtain a new mandate for the PAP government.
		In a bitterly contested campaign, the Barisan Sosialis denounced the merger as a "sell-out" and pledged increased support for Chinese education and culture.
		About half of Barisan's Central Executive Committee, including Lim Chin Siong, were in jail, however, following mass arrests the previous February by the Internal Security Council of political, labor, and student leaders who had supported a rebellion in Brunei.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-11799.html (890 words)

	Singabloodypore - The history of the PAP - Singabloodypore
		Barisan Sosialis held sway in Singapore but it knew that in a wider Malaysia they would be crushed.
		On July 1962, the Barisan Sosialis, led by David Marshall and Dr Lee Siew Choh, appealed against the merger in the United Nations in New York.
		The Barisan, with most of their leaders in prison, garnered only 13 out of 51 seats.
	singabloodypore.blogspot.com /2006/02/history-of-pap.html (2507 words)

	1965
		It was by default that Singapore became a one-party system, since Barisan Sosialis voluntarily withdrew from parliamentary politics.
		With most of the main trade union leaders (mostly Barisan Socialis) out of the way in 1963 and the New Trade Union Act of August 1966 which forbade strikes, any fire in trade union was doused by the Employment and Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act of 1968.
		Community Centres was used ‘to resist and overcome the communalistic policies of the various opposition parties, notably the Barisan Sosialis.’ Thus, it became powerful channels for mass mobilisation.
	members.tripod.com /~leavis/1965.htm (4233 words)

	SPUG Forums - [Naysaying]Unpublished interview with David Marshall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This was because the Federation of Malaya (under Tunku Abdul Rahman) was fiercely anti-communist, and as part of condition for Singapore to join the Federation, the PAP has to round up the key members of Barisan Sosialis and the left-wing trade unionists...the so-called Operation Cold Store.
		If we read the UK docs between the lines, it would appear that the Brits had by then almost made up their minds to support LKY, who appeared to be able to sway the Chinese-educated masses and influence if not rein it completely the communist elements within PAP.
		By the way, the Barisan Socialis was formed only in the early 1960s, 63 if i remember correctly.
	www.spug.net /showthread.php?t=85425&page=2&pp=15 (2088 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		A founder of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), he was among its first batch of candidates elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1955.
		But in 1961, he joined a pro-communist faction which split from the PAP to form Barisan Sosialis.
		Jailed in 1963 for trying to "sabotage the creation of Malaysia," he quit the party after his release in 1968 to study at the London School of Economics.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/96/0216/feat3.html (579 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		Under such favorable circumstances, if we can unfold a struggle by coordinating the struggle experience of the Vietnamese people with our local condition, we firmly believe that all obstacles will be overcome!" The speech was published in the bulletin of the union.
		On Oct. 8 that year, Chia declared his (Barisan Sosialis) party's rejection of constitutional politics in favor of an extra-parliamentary struggle on the streets.
		Another, a high-ranking CPM cadre, subsequently confirmed that Chia and a few other Barisan Sosialis leaders were CPM members.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/98/1225/letters.html (937 words)

	Home Of the Singapore Democrats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mr Chia Thye Poh was arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in 1966 and imprisoned for the next 23 years without given a trial.
		Mr Chia was an MP with (now defunct) opposition Barisan Sosialis.
		It was only into his 19th year of imprisonment that the PAP Government accused him of being a communist and advocating the use of violence.
	www.sgdemocrat.org /classic/index.php?id=informations/hallofshame.html (928 words)

	FREE In-depth report - People's Action Party - Singapore
		Barisan Sosialis (The Socialist Front--see Glossary) with Lim Chin Siong as secretary general.
		Having failed to stop the merger at home, the Barisan Sosialis turned its efforts abroad, joining with left-wing opposition parties in Malaya, Sarawak, Brunei, and Indonesia.
		These parties were opposed to the concept of Malaysia as a "neocolonialist plot," whereby the British would retain power in the region.
	www.exploitz.com /Singapore-Peoples-Action-Party-cg.php (2797 words)

	Singapore Real Estate : Property2u.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Before the 1988 General Elections, the Barisan Sosialis Party and the Singapore United Front were absorbed into the Worker's Party.
		As a result,Lee Siew Choh, the former head of the Barisan Sosialis Party, became a candidate for the Worker's Party.
		In the 1988 General Elections, the Worker's Party failed to win a seat but came close to winning Eunos GRC (Group Representation Constituency), which contained 3 seats.
	singapore.property2u.com /history.php?point=Workers's_Party_of_Singapore.html (1052 words)

	Merger outline
		Despite calls by the Barisan Sosialis to return blank votes, 71% of the voters voted in favour of
		Lee Kuan Yew’s open attacks against the Central government sparked accusations that he was trying to seize power for himself.
		The rifts between the Alliance and PAP worsened when UMNO openly supported the Barisan Sosialis candidate in the Hong Lim by-election in Singapore.
	ourstory.asia1.com.sg /merger/merger.html (940 words)

	Singapore: PAP balks at splitting up to create an opposition
		The party was founded in November 1954 by a group of English-educated professionals.
		When in 1961 a merger between peninsular Malaysia and Singapore was sanctioned, tension arose between moderate and radical wings of the party leading to the defection of the latter who formed the Barisan Sosialis party (Socialist Front).
		For a short period after the split, Barisan Sosialis gave the impression of being an alternative government before fading away.
	www.singapore-window.org /sw99/91118sc.htm (475 words)

	Asean News Network: Chia Thye Poh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pulau Bukum attack - CIA memo of the Japanese Red Armee incident dated 11/1/1974
		Chia was elected in 1966 as a candidate of the Barisan Sosialis (BS) or Socialist Front.
		Accusing the ruling People’s Action Party of harrassing its leaders, the Barisan Sosialis staged a boycott of parliament, and it was three weeks later when Chia Thye Poh was in the party headquarters one afternoon that the Internal Security police walked in and arrested him.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.com /1998/08/chia-thye-poh.html (727 words)

	The Opposition Party in Singapore - sgForums.com :: Singapore's Online Discussion Network
		When the previous WP Sec-Gen J P Jeyaratnam was a Member of Parliament, he provided some electrifying moments in Parliament, confronting LKY - who was always livid and impatient with the subjects brought up by Jeya.
		From some of the news articles of the 1950s and 1960s, reported in the press, this was the similar situation of Parliamentary proceedings of those days, when the Ruling Party had to respond to the serious challenges from the Opposition led by ex-PAP members in the Barisan Sosialis Party, as well as the Workers Party.
		Parliamentary sessions were always alive and not merely entertaining (as always used as an excuse for NOT having an Opposition in Parliament), but for the fact that cutting issues are always brought up that expose the weaknesses and failings of the Ruling Party.
	www.sgforums.com /?action=thread_display&thread_id=141439&page=1 (3415 words)

	SPEECH BY MR GOH CHOK TONG,SENIOR MINISTER, AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE CENTENNIAL DINNER, 2 JULY 2005, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		However, members of the Socialist Club were the exception.
		Some leaders of the Club were supporters of the Barisan Sosialis.
		A few of them stood as candidates for Barisan Sosialis in the 1963 General Elections upon their graduation.
	app.sprinter.gov.sg /data/pr/20050702995.htm (1705 words)

	Asean News Network: Internal Security Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		* Fong Swee Suan, secretary-general SATU and executive committee member, Barisan Sosialis
		* Dominic Puthucheary, committee member SATU and Barisan Sosialis; vice-president Singapore General Employees' Union
		In the same year, Chia Thye Poh led a demonstration of supporters to the Parliament House and handed a letter to the Clerk of Parliament, demanding a General Election, the release of all political detainees, and the revocation of all "undemocratic" laws including the Internal Security Act.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.com /2004/02/internal-security-act.html (814 words)

	the buzz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Singapore needs people with his passion and spirit to keep us going.
		My grandfather used to be in the Barisan Sosialis.
		He told me MM Lee put him in jail but when he was about to go to the other world, he told me: 'Lee is a good man, I hope his son will get his wisdom.'
	theden06.blogspot.com /2006/04/april-21-2006-republic-needs-people.html (262 words)

	TODAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		More fuel for critics, but our model of democracy ensures there will be dissent and diversity in Parliament
		Whose worst nightmare will it be if the People's Action Party (PAP) makes a clean sweep at the next General Election and, in one fell swoop, returns Singapore's parliamentary politics to the days before Anson but after the Barisan Sosialis boycotted elections?
		Obviously, it will be the opposition and its supporters' worst nightmare.
	www.todayonline.com /articles/109596print.asp (775 words)

	Singapore Government 1989 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Elections: normally held every five years; last held 3 September 1988
		Political parties and leaders: government--People's Action Party (PAP), Lee Kuan Yew; opposition--Barisan Sosialis (BS), Dr. Lee Siew Choh; Workers' Party (WP), J. Jeyaretnam; United People's Front (UPF), Harbans Singh; Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Chiam See Tong; Communist party illegal
		Voting strength: (1988 election) PAP won 80 of 81 seats in Parliament and received 62% of the popular vote; SDP 1 seat
	www.theodora.com /wfb1989/singapore/singapore_government.html (281 words)

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