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From the New Straits Times 4 days ago (bold emphasis mine):Instant detention threat for talk on cow's head 2009/09/28 PORT DICKSON: Anyone bringing up the Shah Alam cow's head incident during the Bagan Pinang election campaign will be detained immediately and could face charges of inciting racial...
Mary Allin Travers(9/11/1936 - 16/9/2009)Mary Travers, folk singer, activist, and member of Peter, Paul and Mary, the influential folk trio of the 60's, passed away on 16 September 2009. How influential were they? Speaking for myself, the first time I heard Blowin in the wind, it made me think hard about...
ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA PREAMBLE:Recognising that our beloved Malaysia is:A sovereign and independent member of the global community of nations;A polity founded on the principles of a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy;A multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multi-cultural society formed on the...
Dear Readers,The folks at The Nut Graph have done it again! I reproduce here part of another powerful article from there, this time by Ding Jo-Ann. This article is sharp and incisive; it gets to the heart of the matter and drives a stake through it. It lays bare what our ruling party is all...
On the 46th anniversary of the formation of Malaysia, another endeavour of hope has been launched: the Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia initiative, the goal of which is to actualise the spirit and substance of One People, One Nation.It is an initiative by a group of Malaysians who believe that we can,...
Dear Readers, This is a joint statement made by more than fifty civil society organizations, where they spelt out a framework for a new national discourse which embodies diversity and dissent and the rejection of political violence as the true signs of nationhood.New Nationalism: Freedom with Empowering...
In response to my previous post MUST READ: Would a British politician stand on stage with a weapon in hand? - Article by Dr Farish A Noor, from the Nut Graph, an anonymous commenter replied as follows:No need to imagine, violent anti-islam demonstration did happen in...
For this fifth instalment of HTRPB, we'll be looking at a post by blogger Pasquale of Barking Magpie. In the past, he has posted entries titled When will the Malays learn!!! The Chinese will and can never share power once they ARE in power!, and CPM stands for Chinese Party of Malaya and...
Those of us who have seen the video of Hindraf's candle light vigil on 5/9/09, and the subsequent arrests by our police, would have heard the vigillers singing a song in Tamil, as they tried unsuccessfully to get to Dataran Merdeka. For the benefit of those of us who would like to understand what they were...
