Najib’s 20000 affordable houses in Penang – Is it for real?
At a time when the poor could afford to buy a RM25000 house 14 years ago, the BN adminstration in Penang built only 2926...
The malaise of being a Muslim?
Mustafa K Anuar explains why Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali's recent claim - that Malay-Muslim business people are at a disadvantage compared to their non-Muslim...
Cecil Rajendra wins Suhakam award
Penang-based lawyer and poet Cecil Rajendra, a long-time contributor to Aliran, has received Suhakam's award under the individual category for his efforts in promoting...
Apocalypse right now
Perched quietly on a snow-laden rock, Mustafa K Anuar recalls what had happened to our beloved country in the last few months prior to...
Lynas’ waste plans a toxic pipe dream
Scientists and community leaders are concerned about radioactive waste from Lynas' Malaysian plant but the company representative who took Wendy Bacon's questions brushed off...
All I want for Christmas is…
Mustafa K Anuar shares with us his unorthodox wish list for Christmas pressies.It may seem a bit too early for me to wish...
The toxic waste that’s not in Australia’s backyard
Australian-owned company Lynas is quietly shipping rare earth to a processing plant in Malaysia - without a firm plan in place to dispose of...
Figuratively speaking
Finger-pointing at the outsiders of Kuantan as a way of locating the cause of doubts, as the Pahang Chief Minister did, is as much...
Whining and dining
Perhaps the simplest idea we can think of to resolve Malaysia’s problems would be to dispose of those who created these problems in the...
Cinta, harapan dan identiti Malaysia
Perpaduan nasional adalah sebuah proses, dimana nilai-nilai yang utuh dan cita-cita yang universal dijadikan asas identiti Malaysia yang kita semua boleh banggakan, ujar Nor...
BN government never stood by rakyat in Bukit Merah-Papan controversy
Back then, the federal and the state governments chose to sideline the welfare of the rakyat and sided with a giant conglomerate, recalls Choo...
Foot-in-mouth disease
There’s a dreaded disease going around at the moment that evidently afflicts people who think they can lead us, writes Zaharom Nain.And because...