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• TextPolitik Malaysia

  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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  Soi Lek heads PPC : Larger issue at stake : Dr Chua Soi Lek's appoitment as chairman of the Penang Port Commission has generated much debate. But there is a larger issue at stake.

  Already there has been much debate online about the appoitment of Chua Soi Lek as the Penang Port Commission chair...
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  Solidarity with the Palestinians

  Aliran calls upon all Malaysians, irrespective of ethnic origin or religious affiliation to support the Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)...
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  Some answer to questions on Why Unity?

  It should be clarified right from the outset that Aliran has always been concerned about unity. To create the moral...
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  Some thoughts on the assembly : Assembly of the World forum for Alternatives and the network of intellectuals and artists in defence of humanity

  We were some 200 participants who had journeyed from more 50 countries, from far and near, to this world-wide...
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  Spreading Aliran;'s message

  I writer this 'letter to the editor' after i've gone through 'the Communal Disease' by P Rasahugan and 'An Open...
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  Stand and be counted

  Our nation is going through a crisis which call for all thinking and caring Malaysians to keep the flame of...
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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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  Stick to your commitment, Datuk Seri Abdullah : Why have the culprits in high profile corruption cases not been procetud?.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's entry as the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia on 31 October 2003 gave us, the law-abiding...
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  Stop press : Voters must determine their elected representative

  The Election Court's decision that there is no need for a by-election following the disqualification of the MP for...
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  Stop The Bakun project

  Memorandum to Pacific Chemicals Berhad, A corporate company given the task of timber extraction and reforestation of 17000 Hectars of
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  Stop the cover up: Disease does not discriminate : Efforts to raise public awareness of leptospirosis prevention measures appear to be more low key in contrast to past and ongoing health campaigns for dengue, SARS, and AH1N1

  The Health Minister's statement in August that only nine lives "so far" have been claimed by leptospirosis (The Sunday Star, 22 August 2010)...
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  Sudafed

  I am Malaysian temporarily working in the USA. I found the article "Sudafed" in this morning's "Times Picayune" newspaper...
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  SUHAKAM and the Indigenous people's question

  I have been asked to evaluate SUHAKAM's performance during its first year, insofar as the rights and aspirations of the...
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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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  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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  Sungai Siput : One year after : Transmuting "welfare" work into a programme that empowers the people.

  Winning the Sg. Siput seat was an unexpected event. We had expected that we would be able to narrow the...
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  Support for A Unity Party

  I read with great interest the views of Ismail Hashim of Penang regarding the possibility of a unity party under...
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  Support of the people

  The present ruling elite sees itself as a great champion of the people, the rakyat. It regards itself as the...
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  Take action againts steep hill-slope projects : Focusing on stabilising steep slopes alone is like giving medication to a dengue patient without finding out the source of the disease

  George Aeria, the chairman of the Tanjung Bunga Residents Association writes to Penang state government exco members Chow Kon Yeow...
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  Take care of workers interests

  In his vision 2020, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad foresees industrialization as the order of the day. The private sector...
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  Taking care of our own kind

  Each Ramadan sees one well meaning group after another calling on the two muslim or phanages in Penang with gifts...
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  Tangled world of George Tan

  George Tan's Carrion Group, once the hottest property stock in Hong Kong, was on the verge of bankruptcy last summer...
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  Tanjung Tokong : From fishing village to concrete jungle? : The concrete jungle continues to grow around us dan urban sprawl will soon swamp the natural green hillside.

  Tanjung Tokong is the place where i grew up since 1970, when my family moved from government quaters in the...
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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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  The BMF scandal : How serious is the Government?

  The BMF scandal took place between 1979-83. The shocking, glaring facts of omission and commission are now coming to light...
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  The BN National security state and the ISA

  In order to defeat the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) during the Emergency (1948-60), the British colonial forces resorted to both...
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  The BN/PR challenge : If our politicians goal is to ensure justice for all, then they must use power to ensure that this objective is met in the interests of all Malaysian irrespective of ethnicity

  Many Malaysians who votes for the Barisan Nasinal (BN) are today disillusioned. They did not vote for Umno, MCA, MIC...
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  The Challenge of Buddhism

  Buddhism is primarily concerned with striving to end the endless cycle of births and rebirth (samsara). However, many buddhists still...
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  The Coming elections : what choice for the conscienable voter?

  There is today a sense of anticipation. An expectation that the general elections will be held soon even thought they...
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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 cost of cheap shopping : The more consolidated the retail market becomes, the easier it will be to exploit farmers and other small suppliers

  In the time since the supermarket boom ten years ago, Malaysian food shopping habits have undergone a sea change...
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  The cult of the individual : The story tale of Dr Mahathir and Hulk Hogan

  In 1981, shortly after Deng Xiaoping came to power, the Chinese Communit Party (CCP) held its sixth plenum of the...
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  The day of justice will return : Never has the cowardice of so few been such a horrendous betrayal of the hopes of so many

  Your predecessor at least made no pretense of being spineless under Dr Mahathir's complete control. You, on the other hand...
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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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  The Economic crisis of Southeast Asia

  The economic crisis in Southeast Asia is a retitled fragment of a lengthy paper on 'Southeast Asia : the dynamics of...
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  The government should say no to UPAM

  The Human Resources Ministry has received applications from a (UPAM) to recruit 32,000 Indonesian workers to overcaome the labour shortage...
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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 Height of Hypocrisy : The DAP, The Tunku and Human Rights

  Kua's response to my article "Rights: Getting it Right', AM 1995: 14(12) is a stark revelation of his obsession...
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  The helping hand has no colour

  Several weeks ago, a friend of mine had a rather meaningful experience that caused her to ponder somewhat about how...
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  The helpless reamin hunted despite PR election gains : so far, the opposition have held out little hope for migrant workers and refugees

  The Sun daily, in a report on 4 July, annouced a swell in the number of volunteers joining Rela...
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  The horror of southern Thailand, and a solution : A courageous and compelling study of the insurgency in the far South.

  This book is the best investigation in English of the recent troubles in Thailand's southern border provinces...
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  The IWK Debacle : set up an independent regulatory body

  As a result of privatisation, many of the social services previously undertaken by the goverment have passed into the hands...
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  The Kurds : manipulation and suppression

  The sufferings of the Kurds have once again captured the headlines. As we respond with compassion to their agony and...
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  The land acquisition bill

  A bill before the current session of Parliament which seeks to amend the Land Acquisition Act (1996) has given rise to...
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  The law of sedition

  Throughtout the history of governments and its people, the (something) fine line between sedition and free speech has always been...
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  The long and winding road : some perceptions of ethnicity

  After more than 30 years of political independence, Malaysia, sadly, still doesn't appear to have overcome her ethnic problems. Doubts...
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  The LP sacked

  Aliran deeply regrets to note that pursuant to the recommendation of the Tribunal hearing the complaint against the Lord President...
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  The Malaysian bar takes a stand

  The executivr in the person of the Prime Minister, Y.A.B Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohd. has in past months attacked...
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  The Malaysian Dilemma

  I am writing this humble note in response to an article in the Aliran issue of Dec 1986/Jan 1987 under the...