Infernal Ramblings is a Malaysian website focusing on current events and sociopolitical issues. Its articles run the gamut from economics to society to education.
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Under this 1Malaysia regime, we have only seen repression of our democratic rights and institutions. Unless Najib can reverse this backsliding into the tyranny of the Mahathir years, we may well remember him as Bapa Kezaliman.
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The government has mounted a campaign of intimidation to silence us and the stories we tell in this book. However, it is still legal to own and purchase, and it is more important than ever to know just what it is that the government is so afraid of.
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The Home Ministry and Royal Malaysian Police have confiscated copies of Where is Justice? from bookstores. The book is not banned, however — and here's why you should read it.
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A great friend will be missed.
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Pakatan Rakyat's success has been its willingness to agree to disagree. Despite the thorny issue of religion, it is ultimately a more ideologically consistent coalition than the ruling Barisan Nasional.
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The biggest problem with the present policy is not that teaching science and maths in English is a bad idea; it is that we simply cannot teach English properly in the first place.
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Our institutions have clearly failed. It is time that we did more than just complain about them in the coffee shops, and take some concrete action to make them play the roles they are meant to play.
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The biggest selling point of the Barisan Nasional government is its wise economic stewardship, but the facts speak for themselves: Barisan is not spending our tax monies wisely.
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If Barisan arrogantly insists it knows better than the people who elect it, then it shouldn't be surprised when these same people refuse to accord Barisan the respect it expects from them.
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Barisan still has not realised that it has completely lost the confidence and trust of the rakyat, and that it will take more than halfhearted measures to restore our faith in Barisan.
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Barisan has been patting itself on its back for its successfully bloodless coup in Perak, but it forgets that before long, the voters will hold it accountable for this abrogation of democracy.
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If our institutions become so corrupt that they cannot perform their constitutional responsibilities, the rakyat will have no choice but to take to the streets.
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Barisan must accept that every possible piece of evidence points to the overwhelming rejection of its policies and ideas by the people of Malaysia, and think about what it can do to change this.
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Political partisanship is healthy when it results in active engagement between people with opposing views. But let's draw the line at the point where we start talking at instead of talking to one another.
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Solving the Middle East Conflict: It's Not About Israel and Palestine
Categories: Global Socio-Politics
The fundamental question is not whether we should support Israel or Palestine. It is whether we should support human rights for all, or for a few.
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