Archive for the 'Neo-liberal economics' Category

Why are Malaysians so restless these days?

What is fuelling the protests and rallies and candlelight vigils and prayer gatherings?
If we look at the Hindraf protest, it would be easy to conclude that the main issue is ethnic and religious discrimination, which has left many Indian Malaysians feeling disgruntled.
But then again, it is not only Indian Malaysians who have protested. In the [...]

Asean embraces a rogue regime while inking a Charter for Big Business

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So the Asean leaders have signed a Charter in the wonderfully democratic nation of Singapore in the company of leaders from Burma’s rogue regime. (Check out this excellent documentary “Burma’s Secret War”.) Each member nation now has to take the Charter back to their home countries so that it can be ratified by their respective [...]

NO! to M’sia’s FTA with police state, USA - Remember, 1.2 million dead in Iraq

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The new US ambassador to Malaysia, James Keith is urging both Malaysia and the United States to conclude a Free Trade Agreement after an earlier deadline in June was missed.
Of course, the US stands to benefit far more in such an “open market”. To draw an analogy, it would be like Manchester United playing [...]

What if Jesus had lived in Latin America?

I came across this interesting power-point presentation of the Stations of the Cross by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Argentina, and I thought I would share it with you. What is different about these Stations is that the scenes of the Passion are actually contextualised to reflect current day realities.
This particular [...]

Religious leaders overcome odds to affirm right to water

It’s not often that religious leaders come together to take a common stand on an issue of national significance.
Over the years, Aliran organised a couple of seminars - one on corruption and the other on the human being - that looked at these issues from the perspective of the various spiritual traditions.
In recent times, we [...]