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Today, 10 October 2009, is World March Kuala Lumpur – Street Party! From The World March for Peace and Nonviolence's website (www.theworldmarch.org):The World March for Peace and Nonviolence was launched during the Symposium of the World Center for Humanist Studies held at the Park of Study and Reflection...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948photo from hereToday, 2 October 2009 is the 140th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. In India it is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti, and internationally it is celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence. Besides commemorating the...
Dear Readers,Hope you all had happy and meaningful Hari Raya holidays, because now it's time to get back to the work we must all do: bringing change to our country, beginning with ourselves.Raja Petra wrote an excellent article, Me serve the rakyat? Nah!, published on Malaysia Today yesterday.
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...
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,...
(Mat Sah Satray with his son Shuaib. Photograph taken from here)Mat Sah Mohamad Satray, Dr Abdullah Daud, Mohd Nasir Ismail @ Hassan, Ahmad Kamil Md Hanapiah and Muhammad Amir Md Hanapiah will be released from detention without trial under the Internal Security Act today. En. Mat Sah, who had been detained...
(Updated Below)The testimony of Sivanesan Tanggavelu that he was hit with a metal rod, punched, kicked, slapped all over and even caned on his genitals and the soles of his feet until he passed out from the pain, while in the custody of the ACA, should be cause for serious concern for all Malaysians. After...
