If ever there was a clear case of overreaction, it was the official and media responses to the Janji Demokrasi gathering, observes Zaharom Nain. Continue reading »
Oct 152012
Sep 062012
Unlike previously, this year’s official celebrations unfolded with government politicians casting a keen eye towards having to recapture lost ground in the imminent general election, writes Yeoh Seng Guan. Continue reading »
Sep 042012
Prime Minister Najib Razak used the occasion of the Merdeka celebrations to lash out at the political opposition. Martin Jalleh highlights a few of the reactions. Continue reading »
Aug 302012
In recent days, those still watching television might have noticed that the Merdeka dittie ‘Janji Ditepati‘ has been increasingly scarce. What has happened to this song, wonders our correspondent. Continue reading »
Aug 292012
Who will be allowed to attend the Merdeka celebration at Bukit Jalil Stadium? Martin Jalleh summarises the official and farcical flip-flop. Continue reading »
Aug 262012
Lifting yet another passage out of BN’s basi Book of Awful Drama Scripts, they decide to send police personnel to Rafizi Ramli’s home at dawn, arrest and handcuff the ‘wayward’ young man – and make a martyr out of him, observes an incredulous Zaharom Nain. Continue reading »
Aug 112012
Today we may not be members of Umno, MCA or MIC but all of us are the legitimate descendants of that generation who played a significant role in the struggle for Independence, writes P Ramakrishnan. Continue reading »
Aug 172011
Tommy Thomas is concerned that we are sliding into a Police State with no place for the Rule of Law. Continue reading »
Sep 212010
Historical facts should be projected in the right perspective without any bias, say P Sivakumar. Continue reading »
Sep 152010
Semua rakyat harus mendapat hak yang saksama dan harus boleh menikmati sumber Malaysia bersama, ulas Nalini M dan Kohila dari Jerit. Sehingga perubahan ini berlaku, Hari Malaysia hanya adalah satu lagi cuti umum dalam banyak-banyak cuti umum yang ada di Malaysia. Continue reading »