Socialism is the shining beacon through eternity. Socialism is not for entrenched and wavering hearts of hearts. Socialism fires-up imagination and compassion, to nurture and fight for truth and justice. Dr. Nasir Hashim, Chairman of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM). 21 years ago, we fought for the rights of the people only as a rally of…
Race and Religion In the Left
By Arveent Kathirtchelvan Being in a leftist party in Malaysia, it is expected to receive brickbats from those who choose a political platform steeped in race and religion. Such is the pervasive nature of identity politics in Malaysia that both the current governing coalition and opposition are always either skirting around the issue or outrightly…
Matriculation – PH has to decide which to pursue, affirmative action based on needs (class) or ethnicity?
The Malaysian Matriculation Programme (Malay: Program Matrikulasi Malaysia) is a one or two-year pre-university preparatory programme [1] offered by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. Starting 2005, the selection process for the programme is done through a race-based quota system, where 90% of the places are reserved for bumiputeras students while the remaining 10% are open…
Dissecting Kula’s New Minimum Wage Recommendation within 16 Months
by S.Arutchelvan (PSM Central Committee Member) Recently under intense pressure to raise the minimum wage, YB M.Kulasegaran – the Human Resources Minister said that a review will be done within 16months on the question of minimum wage.(Bernama, 20 April 2019). This is actually no breaking news because whatever he says, under the law, the Minimum…
End Political Rhetoric! Declare Climate Change Emergency
by Sharan Raj, Coordinator of PSM’s Environmental Bureau In 2015, Malaysia’s net Green House Gas (GHG) emission stood at 50,479,060 tons while we pretend to hide behind our status as a developing nation. While Malaysia pledged to reduce GHG intensity per GDP by 35% by 2030 to UNFCCC, our pledge will remain a rhetoric if…
ECRL – More in depth study needed to reduce environmental impact
by Sharan Raj (National Coordinator of Environmental Bureau, Parti Sosialis Malaysia – PSM) PSM welcomes PH governments efforts to enhance public transport when they decided to revitalize the ECRL as means to connect the east coast and west coast of Malaysia that will reduce travel time greatly. Avoid tunneling through the 16km Klang Gates Quartz…
No Water Tariff Increase! Reform Water Management First!
by Sivarajan, PSM Secretary General 17th April 2019 PSM is troubled by the recent announcement by Xavier Jayakumar, the Minister for Water, Land and Natural Resources that six states have agreed to increase water tariffs after discussion with himself. What has the Pakatan Government done to reverse the massive privatization policies that were embarked on…
Third party politics is hard, but still worthwhile.
By Darren Ong I got to participate in an election campaign for the first time in the recent by-election in Semenyih. I was handing out fliers in a night market where Parti Sosialis Malaysia candidate Nik Aziz was making the rounds. There had been a whole lot of energy and enthusiasm among our volunteers. PSM…
Defining Malay poverty in a more enlightened way.
By Dr. Jeyakumar Devaraj The PSM is disappointed though not too surprised by our prime minister’s statements as reported in The Star. Dr Mahathir Mohamad identifies poverty as a “Malay” problem and does not seem to appreciate that there is significant socio-economic differentiation within the Malay community. This approach to handling poverty led the BN…
Why politics is necessary?
By Darren Ong. Whenever Parti Sosialis Malaysia hosts an event, there is always a healthy contingent of outsiders: NGO members, friends, curious passers-by. More than once I have heard some variation of the following question asked to a panelist in our conferences: “is there a way to solve this problem outside of politics?” What a…