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THE government’s decision to establish a commission “for implementation of national narrative and development of structures against violent extremism and radicalisation” is a significant move towards countering violent extremism (CVE) and terrorism (CT) in the long term. In a meeting last month, (...)
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Pakistan: Countering extremism Malaysia: DAP should drop the ’principled’ party narrative “DAP’s readiness to work with Umno proves two things: that DAP is magnanimous and willing to put the welfare of the people as the main agenda. Second, the accusation that DAP is anti-Malay or anti-Islam is not true at all”
- DAP deputy secretary-general and Teluk Intan MP Nga Kor Ming
Now that (...)Philippines: The Marcoses’ glory days High noon of June 30, 1981, the sound of “And he shall reign forever and ever” from Handel’s Messiah soared over the crowd that gathered at the Rizal Park and into the homes of Filipinos all over the country, glued to their TV sets or listening to the radio.
The occasion was the third (...)Migrant workers in Taiwan rally for better pay, more time off Taipei, Dec. 13 (CNA) Migrant domestic workers took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday, calling for better legal protections, such as inclusion in Taiwan’s minimum wage regulations and two days off per week.
At the rally held ahead of International Migrants Day on Dec. 18, the 100-plus workers (...)UK: Grant Shapps faces fury over mass Covid outbreak at DVLA, a top government organisation Minister under fire for ‘shameful’ virus spread as staff told to work on with more than 500 cases at agency in Swansea
Ministers are at the centre of an explosive row over their failure to protect workers from Covid-19 as the Observer reveals the largest workplace outbreak of the virus has taken (...)“Migrants lost factory job in China”: Vietnam Cracks Down on Growing Wave of Migrant Workers From China Vietnamese authorities say they are cracking down on a growing number of migrants crossing the border illegally from neighboring China, in an apparent reversal of previous trends.
Police in the border area of Lang Son in northern Vietnam, across the border from the southwestern Chinese Guangxi (...)China: Grabbing the emergency brake Richard Smith argues that a democratically planned and managed ecosocialist economy is the only way to save the planet
Empty high-speed trains, collapsing apartments and bridges, industrial explosions, tsunamis of plastic waste, and a Shanghai inevitably underwater—this is not the image the (...)India: From the Fields to the Capital India’s farmers in the fight against neoliberalism and Hindu nationalism
India’s farmers are fighting the new agricultural legislation. It is the cause of the moment. But to understand what is happening behind the scenes, a deeper examination of the crisis of Indian agriculture is necessary. The (...)Pakistan: Land reforms now MUCH has been said over the past few weeks about wheat shortage and imports to ensure regular supplies and fair prices but little attention has been paid to the poor state of agriculture, where the root of the problem lies, or the plight of the people who depend upon it.
According to the (...)Belarus: The People’s Fight Continues Since August 9, Belarus has been the scene of popular protests against what is perceived to be the fraudulent reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994. The presidential election results gave him a victory with 80 percent of the votes, a figure far from the (...)
Philippines: A sleeping power giant, Bataan Nuclear Power Plant explained Sen. Nancy Binay sought a “comprehensive study” on “what to do” with the almost four-decade-old mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) during a Senate committee hearing last Oct. 13 on the proposed budget for 2021 of the Department of Energy (DOE).
In response, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi (...)Russia: Navalny’s Return and Left Strategy Russia has had an eventful week and it’s not even finished. First, Alexey Navalny flew back to Moscow, then he was immediately arrested upon crossing the border, and the next day his team published a video illustrating Vladimir Putin’s own corruption and calling upon all citizens to come out to (...)
Capitol (United States): Key lessons of failed insurrection – A socialist analysis The most important aspect of the January 6 march on the Capitol building, where both the House of Representatives and the Senate meet and where the Congress people have their offices, and the subsequent violent occupation of the building, was its open display of white supremacy.
It was (...)Philippines: The dangers of red-tagging under the Anti-Terrorism Law In his Nov. 30 public address,, President Rodrigo Duterte said he was not “red-tagging” the left-wing groups Makabayan, Gabriela, and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) when he accused them of being “legal fronts” and “members” of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), of the New People’s Army (...)
Pakistan: Back to the Dark Ages? THE government seems to have decided to take a great leap backward with its proposed punishment for persons found guilty of rape, for which the penalty even at present is death.
It has decided to add to the Pakistan Penal Code section 376 B which says: “Exceptional first offenders or repeat (...)Covid-19 Reaches Myanmar’s Armed Periphery: A Silver Lining? Covid-19 has reached Myanmar’s autonomous regions. But the Wa Region’s militarised nature and access to Chinese assistance might prove valuable in the fight against the pandemic.
While the Covid-19 pandemic spread across Myanmar, the autonomous regions at the country’s peripheries controlled by (...)Reading Piketty I: A Concise and Comprehensive Summary of “Capital and Ideology” "Part I of Reading Piketty is a straight summary, with very little critical commentary, and what there is of the latter serves mainly to point to an omission on the part of Piketty or to strengthen an observation or argument he makes. Unfortunately, many people’s acquaintance with Piketty comes (...)
Algeria: Hadj-Ali Abelkader: A Muslim Communist in the 1920s The relations between Muslims and revolutionary socialists have often been problematic. A few years ago in France there was bitter controversy in the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste when a Muslim woman who wears the hijab was selected as a candidate for the regional elections. Yet in the early (...)
United States : Fauci Says Working Under Biden Is “Liberating” – He Can Speak Candidly on COVID Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke out this week about the stark differences in serving under former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, describing it as a “liberating” experience.
Fauci, who served on Trump’s coronavirus (...)United States: The limits of Biden’s plan to “rescue” US foreign policy During the 2020 election campaign, the Biden camp didn’t place much emphasis on how it would conduct U.S. foreign policy. But now that the Biden administration is ready to take power, it’s important to assess what the administration’s policies to sustaining the U.S. empire will be.
This is (...)
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