Healing our loss, rising above muddy waters
We cannot attribute floods and landslides to bad luck which we can do nothing about; such attribution would be a sheer denial of responsibility,...
Lies”R”Us: Think before you ‘like’ and ‘share’
Among those who ‘share’ posts on social media, how many bother to check the authenticity of what they are sharing, wonders Mary Chin.When...
Economy, taxation, checks and balances: Mundane issues matter
What the Rakyat feel on the ground will influence their perception of whether good governance and transparency exists in reality, says Citizen in Action....
Penangites’ ultimate korban
Sacrificed on the altar of development were migrants at their work-site - and Nature itself, writes Mary Chin.Every day is festive in this...
Continued weakening of labour movement in post-independence Malaysia
Will workers and unions choose to remain in the ‘restricted space’ provided for them by the British colonial government and now the Umno-BN government,...
How the British suppressed the labour movement in Malaya
In the second of a three-part series, Charles Hector examines how the British moved to weaken the blossoming Malayan labour movement.The British colonial...
History of the labour movement in Malaysia
In a three-part series, Charles Hector looks at the history of the workers' struggle spanning from the struggle for independence, British suppression and the...
What to do with the refugees? A proposal
If Malaysians have so far been taught tolerance as the key to peace, now is an opportune time to learn solidarity, writes Mary Chin....
Malaysia needs a manifesto for change that transcends TN50
We must take a new direction; the old NEP should not be put in a new bottle, says Thuraisingham Shan.It is just a...
1MDB black hole widens again as Bandar Malaysia deal unravels
Anil Netto surveys the backdrop to the spectacular unravelling of the Bandar Malaysia deal, a vital component of the 1MDB rescue plan.I was...
Felda: Kenapa Umno tidak boleh ambil mudah ‘bank undi’ mereka
Masalah kewangan Felda yang memuncak dan peruntukan BN yang semakin terhad menawarkan peluang baru bagi Pembangkang pada pilihanraya umum yang akan datang, tulis Johan...
Radical approach needed to tackle ‘glocal eco-emergency’
It is not enough to tinker with policies; we need to move beyond the ‘green economy’ that is based on an unsustainable growth-based capitalist...