Hong Kong socialist activist Au Loong-Yu interviewed by Europe solidaire sans frontières (ESSF) recently. The original interview was published on ESSF website. ESSF – How can we explain the mixture of despair (suicides, desire to emigrate) and determination of a large number of the youth? Au Loong-Yu – On the 11th July the School of…
A leadership transition in the 21st PSM congress
by A. Sivarajan The 21st national congress of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) took place from the 12th to the 14th of July 2019 in Kajang, Selangor. This congress featured the culmination of a leadership transition process that started five years ago. The original office-holders of top party leadership positions from PSM’s founding in…
International Solidarity Messages to 21st National Congress of PSM
Below is the collection of solidarity messages from fraternal parties and organisations around the world to the 21st National Congress of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM). Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL) Australia Asia Worker Links (AAWL) would like to send fraternal greetings to our sisters and brothers of the PSM. With political uncertainty and…
Racism for the Poor, Capitalism for the Rich
by Letchimi Devi A community, Zulu ethnic were rich with lucrative trade of gold, copper and ivory. In the 1600s they were viciously displaced and thrust into forced labour by the Dutch settlers. 150 years later, another settler, the British, occupied their land. The Zulu community is gradually evicted from their own land and made…
Are we more united as a nation after GE-14?
(This is a paper presented by Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj, Central Committee Member of PSM, at Forum in Taylors University on 26/6/19.) No, we are more divided and along ethnic lines post 14th General Election (GE-14). I say this based on the following observations – – The votes received by UMNO-PAS in the by-elections in Camerons…
Dumping and burning of plastic waste continues?
PSM Kedah condemns the illegal dumping and open air burning of huge amounts of plastic waste in several areas around Sungai Petani town. This irresponsible act has seriously affected the health of the residents living in the vicinity of the sites where the waste was dumped. With reference to the exposure made by Consumer Association…
Joint solidarity statement: Stop police brutality in Hong Kong! No extradition to China!
Joint statement – 14 June 2019 Stop police brutality in Hong Kong! No extradition to China! We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned about the high-handed approach by the Hong Kong government in dealing with the recent mass protests against the proposed extradition bill. We condemn the use of unprecedented excessive force by the Hong…
Free Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) strongly condemns the arrests of Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar both elected parliamentarian in Pakistan by the authorities of Pakistan following the deadly clashes in the Khar Qamar area of North Waziristan, on 26 May 2019. We also condemn the violence that took place on 26 May 2016 which allegedly killed…
Balan’s Unfulfilled Wish – When Our Support System Fails
by S. Arutchelvan Just before 10pm, the health condition of Balan deteriorated. They had barely rushed him out of his house when, it appeared to family members that he had breathed his last. This was later confirmed by the Seremban General Hospital when they certified that he died of germs infection at 10pm. Tina, PSM’s…
We Need to Save Our Disappearing Forests
by Rani Rasiah Many Ipoh folk like me take our hills and forests for granted. We seldom stop to ‘stand and stare’, to take in the beauty of these majestic green sentinels that form the natural backdrop to our homes and city. We paid for this nonchalance when during the Chinese New Year break this…