Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Movements (Malaysia)
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of cold war, neo-liberalism has been introduced all over the world to enhance capitalism in its continues pursuit of profit. The US – the winner of the cold war has in recent years waged a war in the middle east to consolidate its power in the (…)
, by PSM (Malaysia)
Kuala Lumpur, 18 March 2007 All over the world, the global resistance against the US has intensified. Where ever George Bush goes, he is received by huge protests. There seems to be a global revolt against the US. A few days ago, 100,000 marched in UK asking the Government to pull back the (…)
A sudden spate of sleaze allegations unsettles politics at the top of Malaysia’s biggest political party
An unappetizing stew of allegations against high-ranking politicians and top bureaucrats is eating away at Malaysian Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah Badawi’s popularity.
Many of the (…)
, by PSM (Malaysia), RASIAH Rani
On March 8, 1921 Lenin wrote a message for International Women’s Day, in which he said, ’... you cannot draw the masses into politics without drawing in the women as well. For under capitalism the female half of the human race is doubly oppressed .... by capital, but over and above that......... (…)
, by PSM (Malaysia)
Putrajaya, 26 September 2007
If lawyers are coming to the street, then something is very wrong, said Ms. Ambiga, the Bar Council’s President when she addressed the Malaysian Bar members who gathered today since 10am at the Palace of Justice in Putra Jaya.
The recent video-clip, a (…)
Malaysia’s Islamic fundamentalists square off against rising modernism in an increasingly secular state.
When Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi shot down a move last month by the Islamic government in the northeastern state of Terengganu to train spies to watch couples engaged in (…)
, by DEVI Letchimi, PSM (Malaysia)
Kuala LumpurUS Embassy7th. February 2007
Today at 10am, almost 100 policemen, special branch officers, police cameramen, CID officers and light strike force officers were in full presence to protect the embassy of the US — the discredited world Super power at Jalan Tun Razak.
Half an hour (…)
, by PSM (Malaysia)
Ampang, There were only three houses to be demolished and a number of tents but yet it took hundreds of policemen and women including the FRU, the Developer’s people and their thugs to demolish the houses and bring down the fierce resistance put out by the Berembang settlers and the activist (…)
Anwar Ibrahim, still seeking to be Prime Minister, is challenging Malaysia’s entire political structure to win the prize.
Out of prison and looking to resume his political life, Anwar Ibrahim, the once and — he hopes — future heir apparent to Malaysia’s premiership, is gambling on returning (…)
, by PSM (Malaysia)
Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) is deeply concerned over the escalating threat in Sri Lanka against opposition parliamentarians, social activists and members of socialist and democratic political parties. PSM condemns the recent racist mob attack against United People’s Movement (UPM), led (…)
, by ANWAR Zainah
SISTERS in Islam was one of three non-governmental organisations mentioned at the recent Umno assembly as being party to undermining Islamic values through its talks and publications. SIS executive director ZAINAH ANWAR speaks about the delicate subject and other issues close to the (…)
, by ANWAR Zainah
“HE wished her ’Happy Birthday’, then he pronounced ’I divorce you’! Can you imagine such cruelty, such heartlessness,” said a friend whose 34-year-old daughter was unilaterally divorced last month by her husband of eight years.
She called me after reading the New Straits Times story (Sept 30) (…)
Around 150 urban settlers from 20 settlements in Perak, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur gathered today at the Housing Ministry in conjunction with World Habitat Day demanding the Housing Ministry to stop all forced eviction notice against them. Many of these settlements are just counting days to be (…)
, by MOHAMAD Maznah
`Efforts to Islamicize the state come at a time when conflict in the Middle East has further politicized Muslim movements in Malaysia.’
Malaysian society is now gripped by a fundamental question: is the country, which is more than half Muslim, an Islamic state?
In practice, various (…)
, by ARUTCHELVAN S.
In August, the Appeal Court dismissed the Socialist Party of Malaysia’s (PSM’s) application to be registered as a political party, with costs. All major newspapers in the country carried the news. The second highest court used technical arguments to dismiss the PSM’s case, although the PSM’s (…)
, by Green Left Weekly
On August 16, an appeal by the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) was rejected in court and a January 13, 2003 ruling denying the PSM’s right to be registered as a political party was upheld.
The two reasons provided by the judge in 2003 were that the PSM did not comply with a regulation (…)
, by SELVAM V., SLEE Chris
V. Selvam, a leader of the Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) and general council member of the Malaysian Trade Union Congress, visited Melbourne [Australia] in early February at the invitation of the Socialist Party. Green Left Weekly’s Chris Slee spoke to him about current struggles in Malaysia (…)
, by CHENG Eva
For the last few decades, Malaysia’s capitalist rulers have governed with an iron fist, using the notorious Internal Security Act (ISA) inherited from British colonial rule to jail dissidents without trial and for an indefinite period.
In 1998, rooted in two decades of involvement in (…)
, by CHENG Eva
Kajang,
Two-hundred socialist activists and their sympathisers were joined by socialists and Malaysian political exiles from at least eight countries at Kajang near Kuala Lumpur on September 10-11 to discuss the way forward for socialist struggles. There was a collective sigh of relief when (…)
, by KHOR Martin
CONTENTS
1. GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE ISSUE(a) The Onset of Financial Crisis: Some Elements(b) Orthodox IMF-Style Policy Response(c) Needs and Goals of a Country Facing Crisis
2. BACKGROUND TO THE MALAYSIAN CRISIS AND RESPONSE(a) The Malaysian Crisis: The Start(b) Initial Response: (…)
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