Timeline of Anarchism in Southeast Asia: Difference between revisions

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This is a timeline of various political, legal, military, social, economic and environmental events that have occurred in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, Brunei) that are relevant to libertarian socialism.

1900s

1942: The 'Umbrella War' begins in Cambodia for the release of political prisoners from the Japanese Empire's prisons.
1945: The Saigon Commune briefly rises up and is destroyed.
1963: A buddhist-led movement in South Vietnam overthrows dictator Ngo Dinh Diem.
1973: The October 14 Revolt occurs in Thailand, bringing an end to the military dictatorship and beginning of a new progressive democracy.
1975: Thai Muslims campaign successfully for equality before the law.
1983: The Second People Power Revolution occurs in the Philippines, overthrowing a authoritarian dictatorship.
1983: The anti-nuclear movement in the Philippines forces most US military bases and nuclear power plants out the of the country.
1987: The Timorese Independence Movement begins, desiring an end to the military occupation of Timor-Leste by the Indonesian Military.
1987: Environmentalists in Bukindon, Philippines begin a movement which eventually leads to a logging ban and reforestation efforts.
1991: Pak Mun Dam protests begin in Thailand, creating a movement which blocks new dam constructions across Thailand.
1992: People in Thailand successful defend liberal democracy against a military coup.
1996: Citizens in Malaysia fight back against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
1998: Students and workers across Indonesia rebel against the New Order regime, toppling it.
1998: The Acechinese Indepedence Movement begins, desiring Acehinese autonomy from Indonesia.
1999: Campaigns in Laos begin for free elections and the release of political prisoners.

2000s

2001: The Second People Power Revolution occurs in the Philippines, overthrowing a corrupt president.
2007: The failed Saffron Revolution occurs across Myanmar in an effort to topple the dictatorship.
2007: Workers at PT Istana take over their workplace.
2007: Citizens around the Irrawady River in Myanmar block the construction of a dam.^[1]
2010: The Red Shirt movement begins in Thailand.
2010: Burmese migrant workers in Thailand strike for better conditions.
2011: Women on Mindanao Island, Philippines enforce village peace through a sex strike.
2012: Cambodian migrant workers in the Phatthana Seafood Factory successfully strike for higher wages and better working conditions.

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 == 1900s ==
+* 1942: The 'Umbrella War' begins in Cambodia for the release of political prisoners from the Japanese Empire's prisons.
+* 1945: The [[Saigon Commune]] briefly rises up and is destroyed.
+* 1963: A buddhist-led movement in South Vietnam overthrows dictator Ngo Dinh Diem.
 * 1973: The [[October 14 Revolt]] occurs in Thailand, bringing an end to the military dictatorship and beginning of a new progressive democracy.
+* 1975: Thai Muslims campaign successfully for equality before the law.
 * 1983: The Second People Power Revolution occurs in the Philippines, overthrowing a authoritarian dictatorship.
 * 1983: The anti-nuclear movement in the Philippines forces most US military bases and nuclear power plants out the of the country.
 * 1987: The [[Timorese Independence Movement]] begins, desiring an end to the [[Indonesian Occupation of Timor-Leste|military occupation]] of Timor-Leste by the Indonesian Military.
-* 1987:
+* 1987: Environmentalists in Bukindon, Philippines begin a movement which eventually leads to a logging ban and reforestation efforts.
 * 1991: Pak Mun Dam protests begin in Thailand, creating a movement which blocks new dam constructions across Thailand.
-* 1992: People in Thailand successful defend liberal democracy against a military coup
+* 1992: People in Thailand successful defend liberal democracy against a military coup.
+* 1996: Citizens in Malaysia fight back against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
 * 1998: Students and workers across Indonesia rebel against the [[New Order (Indonesia)|New Order]] regime, toppling it.
 * 1998: The [[Acechinese Indepedence Movement]] begins, desiring Acehinese autonomy from Indonesia.
+* 1999: Campaigns in Laos begin for free elections and the release of political prisoners.
 == 2000s ==
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 * 2007: Citizens around the Irrawady River in Myanmar block the construction of a dam.<ref>https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/burmese-citizens-stop-dam-construction-irrawady-river-2007-2011</ref>
 * 2010: The Red Shirt movement begins in Thailand.
+* 2010: Burmese migrant workers in Thailand strike for better conditions.
 * 2011: Women on Mindanao Island, Philippines enforce village peace through a sex strike.
-* 2012:
+* 2012: Cambodian migrant workers in the Phatthana Seafood Factory successfully strike for higher wages and better working conditions.
 == See Also ==