Tag: general election

• Seeking Justice and Equality: Chandra Muzaffar replies

  IT is sad that Jules Ong has not really understood my position on justice and equality in Malaysia. For almost 40 years now, I have argued in my writings and speeches that the nation’s historical background is an essential prerequisite for understanding justice and equality in contemporary Malaysia. If Malaysians of Chinese and Indian origin…

  Malaysia Votes

  March 24, 2008

  My Take, Top Stories

  2008, Barisan Nasional, Chandra Muzaffar, DAP, general election, Malay, Malaysia, NEP, PAS, PKR, topstory1

• An Open Letter to Chandra Muzaffar

  Dear Dr Chandra, I remember the first time I saw you speaking. I was in sixth form and you were speaking in a public forum at the Komtar Dome in Penang. I was in awe of your intellectual courage. You spoke the language of justice and equality in an environment where equality seemed a dirty…

  Malaysia Votes

  March 20, 2008

  My Take

  BN, Chandra Muzaffar, DAP, general election, Malaysia, MCA, MIC, opposition, PAS, PKR, public intellectual, racial, The Star

• Wanted: A new language and way of thinking

  By Cindy Tham cindytham@malaysiavotes.com The speakers at the CPPS dialogue: [L-R] Denison Jayasooria, Zainon Ahmad, Khoo Kay Peng, Ramon Navaratnam, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and Farish Noor. Photos by Cindy Tham. PETALING JAYA: If you think your “work” as a voter is done after you cast your ballot on March 8, and the rest is up…

  Malaysia Votes

  March 16, 2008

  The Big Picture

  2008, BN, Cindy Tham, Denison Jayasooria, Farish A Noor, general election, Khoo Kay Peng, Malaysia, Malik Imtiaz, March 8, NEP, non-BN, post-election analysis, Ramon Navaratnam

• A Subang Jaya Ceramah

  By Christopher John “I FEEL like Obama!” exclaimed DAP’s Teng Chang Khim, speaking at a ceramah in USJ 12 in Subang Jaya on Saturday, March 1. He added, “I thought I was great. I thought I could attract 4,000 to 5,000 people, but now I know that I am not that great. Now I regret.…

  Malaysia Votes

  March 6, 2008

  On the Ceramah Trail

  ceramah, Christopher John, DAP, general election, Hannah Yeoh, Haris Ibrahim, Kelana Jaya, Loh Gwo Burne, Malaysia, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Subang Jaya, Teng Chang Khim, Tony Pua

• Another Country, Another Election

  by Farish A. Noor [Updated with correction at 9.02pm, March 6, 2008]   TUAN Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat looked a little grey and fuzzy on the videocam screen of the Special Branch (SB) officer who stood watching the spectacle before him with an air of bored disinterest. The officer himself was not all that…

  Malaysia Votes

  March 6, 2008

  On the Ceramah Trail, On The Ground, Top Stories

  2008, Barisan Nasional, Dr Mohd Hatta Mat Ramli, Farish Noor, general election, Ibrahim Ali, Kelantan, Kg Slow, Kota Bharu, Kuala Krai, Malaysia, Nik Aziz, PAS, Pasir Mas, topstory1, Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah