Inside the UN tunnel
Hope lies in the capacity of organised peoples fighting for a different future.
Malaysia-Myanmar: The repatriation question
A group of 1,476 people have been returned to Myanmar from Malaysia earlier this week, as part of a wider repatriation programme that could...
Why NEP failed – Kamal Salih
Prominent economist Kamal Salih says the New Economic Policy has failed to fully realise its objective of improving the lot of bumiputras, 50 years...
Bandung 1955: What happens when countries stand up to the superpowers?
Who decides the rules, and who has to live with them?From US President Donald Trump’s tariffs to war in West Asia, the question of...
US Jewish activists display New York billboard to reject Zionism
American Jewish organisations unveiled a billboard display in New York City's Times Square reading "Netanyahu does not represent American Jews" and "Zionism is not...
The Chinese blockbuster that destroys Hollywood’s Middle East narrative
A Chinese blockbuster showed West Asia without Hollywood's yellow filter - and crossed 1.2bn yuan in two weeks.A cook, a wok and a question...
Malaysia’s freedom of information test
Malaysia’s proposed Freedom of Information Bill is under renewed scrutiny after civil society groups raised concerns over broad exemptions, existing secrecy laws and the...
Customary land: Between Orang Asli rights and the law
The sultan of Pahang has called for greater clarity over the use of the term tanah adat (customary land), saying Orang Asli land claims...
AI: Private ownership, collective risks
It is possible to wrest AI from the logic of monopoly and profit and to turn it into a common good, an instrument that helps to free human beings from the capitalist system.
Iceland minister’s extraordinary reply to Netanyahu for ‘coward’ jibe at UN
Iceland's Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir has delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly.The confrontation erupted...
A prince’s quest to the kingdom that Malaysian history left out
Tommy Mansur shares the "coincidental" events that led him to champion Kedah: The Ancient Malay Kingdom by the late Jim Redmond, a journey that...
‘Democracy needs dissent’
Thirty years after death of physician and politician Tan Chee Khoon, family and former colleagues say his defence of debate and accountability remains relevant.