The weapon of the weak- new consciousness and liberation.

Let me remind my readers of the reason why UMNO was formed in 1946. It was formed to prevent the colonial government from routing the Malay nation. In 1946, the idea of nationhood as understood in its modern meaning has not yet existed. What existed in the minds of Malays then, was the idea of a Malay nation being assaulted by the colonial government. The concept of a Malayan union would have