Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM, English: Malaysian People''s Party) is a democratic socialist political party in Malaysia. Established on November 11, 1955 as Partai Ra''ayat, it is one of the older political parties in Malaysia and traces its pedigree to the anti-colonial movements from the pre World War II period like the Kesatuan Melayu Muda. The founder of PRM, Ahmad Boestamam, was an activist of the leftist Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) movement. During the Japanese occupation of Malaya, he had briefly served as with the Japanese sponsored militia known as the Pembela Tanah Ayer (English: Defender of the Homeland; PETA) and later helped to organise co-operative communes run by the KMM.