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  UMNO and PAS : once bitten, twice not shy : A Pas Umno 'mariage' would have been nothing more than a marriage of convennience with disturbing consequences

  How serious was the proposal for "unity talks" between Umno dan Pas? After much pussy footing and yes i want...
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  Local academicians lack commitment

  Anwar Ibrahim's statement about the lack of quality research carried out by academicians in local universities should be highlighted...
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  Suharto's 'Habibie Strategy'

  Much media attention has been given over the past fortnight to claims that President Suharto has agreed to accept to...
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  Political Distortion

  Aliran regrets the confrontational posture adopted by certain politicians and political parties on the decision of the Univeersity of Malaya...
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  Towering figures and forgotten heroes : people like the former Auditor-General Tan Sri Ahmad Noordin should be held up as a role model

  Most of us, young and old, yearn for own heroes or role models to provide much-needed inspiration and informal...
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  BN bound for defear, says Ku Li : Umno will lose if it fails to reform, charges the Kelantan prince.

  Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has predicted that Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) will be voted out of power if concrete reforms...
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  More council bungling

  In your April/May issue of 1986 you highlighted my article on Council bungling and its practising of double standarts in...
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  Servants or Masters?

  The works Minister, Datuk Samy Vellu made headline in declaring that "the day of enjoying Government built public facilities...
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  Two arrests in three years : he can face this ordeal with greater strenght

  My husband, Lokman Noor Adam, was born in Batu Pahat, Johor on 1 January 1973. He had hi seducation at...
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  Judiciary under siege

  We are today in the midst of a constitutional crisis that may have the most far reaching consequences and implications...
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  The April 'tri-elections' in retrospect : Pakatan has now firmly co-opted BN's winning formula especially in the ethnically 'mixed' seats in Peninsular Malaysia.

  With the excitement of the three by-elections on 7 April now firmly in the rearview mirror, we can take...
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  A window into Malaysia's past and future aspirations : The launch of Malaya's first year at the United Nations as reflected in Dr Ismail's reports home to Tunku Abdul Rahman (ISEAS 2009).

  The domestic politics of a country is unavoidably reflected in its external politics, and vice versa. This is not only...
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  A window into Malaysia's past and future aspirations : The Launch of Malaya's First Year at the United Nations as Reflected in Dr Ismail's Reports Home to Tunku Abdul Rahman (ISEAS 2009)

  The domestic politics of a country is unavoidably reflected in its external politics, and vice versa. This is not...
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  Two sides to a coin

  I was very surprised to find inside your commendable magazine (March/April 1987 issue) two pages of rubbish written by the...
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  Discontinue Beng Hock inquest : P Ramakrishnan calls for a royal commission of inquiry to replace the discredited inquest

  We are gathered here today to express our solidarity with the Teoh family . We are here to express our sorrow over...
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  Judiciary and corruption : A Royal Commission is urgently needed to purge the Judiciary of all the negative elements plaguing it.

  Ever since Abdullah Badawi took over as Prime Minister of the country from Dr Mahathir, there have been many high...
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  Fan Yew Teng : He would not be cowed or muzzled.

  Aliran is saddened by the passing of Fan Yew Teng, a principled ideologue, social activist, unionist, politician, poet, writer and...
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  The silent majority must act : By our silence, we are giving a free hand to vocal minority groups to have their day and dictate the direction of the nation.

  We have much to be concerned over the way we are moving as a nation. There seem to be no...
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  Democracy undermined : Forces are at work to subvert the voters' choice in the last general election while others are playing up emotive issues of race and religion for political ends.

  Pakatan doesn't need an enemy to destroy it. it can self-destruct quite easily - thanks to certain renegades within coalition...
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  People's hope in the Judiciary has been misplaced : The much anticipated reformation in the judiciary is illusory.

  Confronted by crisis in Perak, the people had reason to believe that the judiciary would be our last hope for...
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  ISA is evil, ISA must go!! : Bad laws are the worst of tyranny

  Raja Petra Kamarudin, Malaysian Today news portal editor, Tan Hoon Cheng, Sin Chew Daily News reporter and Teresa Kok, Member...
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  SUHAKAM shackled and rendered ineffective

  It is a very refreshing experience for me to meet you once again, this time away from the Ministry of...
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  Aliran demands justice and return to the people's mandate

  The request by the undemocratically ousted Perak menteri besar, Datuk Seri Mohmmad Nizar Jamaluddin, for a nine-man Federal Court...
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  Who smuggled Ganesan into the Perak Assembly?

  The claim by self pro claimed speaker of the Perak State Assembly, R Ganesan, that he had no choice but to...
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  Can you sell something that you don't own?

  Negative elements - greed, corruption, abuse of power and judicial indiference - have conspired to wipe out part of Penang's history and...
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  Prisioner of Injustice

  It took as if the authorities are now trying to blame the remand prisoner Zainal Hashim, himself for long period...
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  Abuse of power under the ISA

  No law in all our statutes shames us as a nation or undermines our democratic system of government more than...
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  The Communal disease

  Even though it is now some three decades since we got our independence, the nation is still in its infancy...
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  The hassle for a publishing permit

  A month ago, on Dec 15, 1989 Aliran's permit to publish expired. Three months prior to that we applied. as...
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  The Threat of Materialism

  Increasing materialistic consciousness is beginning to have its impact upon all of us. Social and cultural values are slowly crumbling...
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  Giving voice to those unable to speak : his life carried a simple meaning for all of us : no matter who we are, we must do something, to make the world a better place

  JBJ Dies, shockwaves, Dow Plunges. So read Wednesday's headlines in the Strait Times. For once, they were spot on...
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  Toward an honourable MTUC

  Who should be President of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC)? The incumbent, Zainal Rampak? Or his deputy, Shafie Mammal?...
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  The difficulty in accepting sexual diversity : How do we support these people? They are human too.

  More than a year ago, i received a phone call from school teacher. She wanted to discuss the possibility of...
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  From ripples to waves : Religious groups and NGOs join hands in launching stop the war coalition, Malaysia

  Sound of war and pictures of devastation in Iraq flashed across the screen. A video clip on Desert Storm held...
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  Excuse me, but i think you are so cute : Malaysia must set a high standart of conduct at the workplace and implement the proposed sexual harassment bill

  A woman goes to an office to present some research findings to the person in charge, a man. The man...
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  Stand Up! reach out : No time or room for apathy

  More than 40 days have passed since the ISA arrests. To date, only five if the ten detainess have been...
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  Malaysians wherever we are

  Life in Japan was a great experience for me in terms of what being a Malaysian meant. In the one...
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  God be with you, Aliran

  I would like to express my admiration for the good work Aliran has been doing. It has become an inspiration...
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  Is there hope?

  I must confess that although what Aliran is doing is commendable, especially with all the obstacles put in its path...
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  10 years of Aliran : What we have archieved?

  We publish below a record of our publications and various activities in the last 10 years. It is not a...
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  Heads they win, tails i lose

  Today is my eight day of detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA). When I was detailed on Friday, 12...
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  The NEAC : Accountability Subverted : whose interests will the un-elected NEAC members protect?

  The National Economic Action Council (NEAC), first moothed by the Prime Minister last November, was formed early this year and...
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  Election verdict 2009 : Whither BJP? ; One hopes that with the decline of the BJP, those struggling for democratic space and the rights of the downtrodden will come to the fore

  The resounding defeat of BJP in the 2009 elections, decline in number of seats and decline in voting percentage prompted...
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  Simple truths from the tsunami : Compassion and solidarity are no stranger to human nature, if given a chance.

  More than a 100,000 people have been massacred in Iraq since the USA's brutal 'war on the teror'. The city...
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  Thoughts on the Perak power grab : Malaysians are intelligen enough to know that the BN has neither the majority nor the moral qualifications to lead Perak, but that it has all the weapons in its chest .

  Perak, the state without a government for more than two month, is now on the way to getting a legitimate...
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  G Balasundram : No one is indispensable we often hear, but for PSM, Bala was indispensable.

  G Balasundram was stabbed to death on 16 November 2010. He is really, truly no more, but the mind refuses...
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  Compliments

  I have been a reader of Aliran Monthly for more than a year. I feel that Aliran Monthly is very...
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  Vision 2020 & A balanced media

  The Prime Minister's vision to turn Malaysian into a develop country by the year 2020 has been given wide coverage...
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  From Porto Alegre to the USA : restrain the empire : speech at the get up, stand up rally, Austim, Texas

  Last week at the World social forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, I talked with dozens of people from around the...
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  A Co-operative is a Business and a Faith

  The recent statement by the Deputy Prime Minister YAB En Abdul Ghafar Baba that there are dishonest directors not only...