Timeline of Anarchism in Southeast Asia

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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

  • 1973: The October 14 Revolt occurs in Thailand, bringing an end to the military dictatorship and beginning of a new progressive democracy.
  • 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:
  • 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
  • 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.

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.
  • 2011: Women on Mindanao Island, Philippines enforce village peace through a sex strike.
  • 2012:

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