Archive for March, 2008

Anti-war protesters to blare music during Blair talk

I must say this sounds like it’s going to be an unusual - if noisy! - anti-war protest directed at Blair. Spotted this on the Indymedia UK website:
Sounding Out Tony Blair

Stop the War Coalition | 31.03.2008 14:13 [...]

Can Abdullah save Umno and the BN?

I have been wondering about Zaid’s remarks on the 1988 Judicial Crisis. Has he really turned over a new leaf compared to the immediate aftermath of the 1988 crisis, especially in the light of his statements that he has apologised?
This report from The Star:
Zaid: I never endorsed Lord President Salleh Abas’ dismissal
By SHAHANAAZ HABIB
KUALA LUMPUR: [...]

A vulnerable Abdullah casts a wary eye at rivals

From now onwards, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi will be casting a wary eye on all sides as rivals such as Tengku Razaleigh and Anwar sense his considerably weakened position, never mind that the BN is just eight seats short of a two-thirds majority.
After all, under his stewardship, the BN lost five states and received less [...]

Christian leaders must denounce the US war in Iraq

Meet Robert Waldrop (left), one of the leading lights of the Catholic Worker movement in the United States. Bob runs the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House in Oklahoma, US. His powerful words - more than the way he looks - remind me of a biblical Old Testament prophet speaking truth to power!
The Catholic Worker movement [...]

State official forces last-minute change of venue for election talk

More little Napoleons at work.
Just received the following from Suaram Penang:

A ban has been ordered by the state authority on SUARAM election talks!
SUARAM Penang has received a last-minute call from the Caring Society Complex person-in-charge last night (26/3/08), who claimed that the Penang state Secretariat has ordered a ban on the coming Friday and [...]