Towards One Nation Truly Free and United

Freedom and democracy may mean one can become member and hold office simultaneously in multiple organizations. All NGOs allow that. Unfortunately, all political parties said to championing freedom and democracy will not allow anyone the liberty of joining and hold office in multiple parties. Whilst every NGO works toward ‘win-win’ relationship with one another, political…

UN General Assembly Resolution 181

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 called for the partition of the British-ruled Palestine Mandate into a Jewish state and an Arab state. It was approved on November 29, 1947 with 33 votes in favor, 13 against, 10 abstentions and one absent (see list at end of document). The resolution was accepted by the Jews…

Shamsiah Fakeh

Shamsiah Fakeh (1924 – October 20, 2008) was a Malaysian nationalist and feminist. She was the leader of Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS), Malaysia’s first nationalist women organization and a prominent Malay leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM). Shamsiah was born in the village of Kampung Gemuruh near the town of Kuala Pilah, Negeri…

Capitalism, Socialism and Communism

Capitalism, Socialism & Communism: What They Are, Why They Don’t Work, What Works Better A Progressive Living Essay Since the abandonment of communism by the former Soviet Union, the notion that capitalism is the only successful economic system has often been aggressively marketed. The view is lent apparent credibility by the fact that communism largely…

Ahmadinejad in His Own Words

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Addresses UN General Assembly Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am grateful to the Almighty Allah who granted me, once more, the opportunity to appear before this world assembly. I have the pleasure to express my sincere thanks to H.E. Joseph Deiss, president of the sixty-fifth session for his tremendous…

Imagine Malaysia

Imagine the Prime Minister the Deputy Prime Minister all Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries Imagine all Mentris Besar, Chief Ministers and the State Excos Imagine all present MPs and State Assemblymen Imagine all and everyone of them  at this very moment resign from all respective party positions and denounce respective party memberships   but resign not…

THE LEGEND OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Changing too often the rules of the game transforms the game into another game Though maintaining the name the same but is never the same again And that is how American turns football into a completely different game! I wonder why not American Rugby the more appropriate name when we have in existence similar game? sandiwara kuala lumpur June 13,…

ANTARA DUA DEMOKRASI

Amerika yang mengamalkan sistem pilihanraya dua parti melalui Parti Republikan dan Parti Demokrat sejak dulu lagi mendabik dada seolah ia satu-satunya negara yang menjuarai demokrasi. Republik Rakyat China, khususnya, negara yang mengamalkan sistem pilihanraya satu parti dengan Parti Komunis China sebagai parti tunggal negara tidak henti-henti difitnah, dimomok dan diperlekeh Amerika sebagai negara “komunis” yang…

POLITICAL LIFE-CYCLE

Originally, Theocracy was the political ideology of all nations of God-fearing leaders and God-fearing peoples and of kings who were political leaders and spiritual leaders   Soon, Autocracy was the political state of the day when crept in those authoritarians disguised under religious actions who were actually tyrants freely persecuting social scientists and theologians whom…