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An impassioned plea to save the environment from a 12-year-old3 comments

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: Severn Cullis-Suzuki, then 12, addresses the Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro in 1992: To all tho … more →

Tags: poverty, Environment/Climate Change, Development Issues, Marginalised groups

What now after NEP?10 comments

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: If the NEP goes, what will replace it? The Malaysian Economic Agenda? Unlike the NEP, the MEA calls … more →

Tags: Neo-liberal economics, poverty, Development Issues, democracy, Marginalised groups, Malaysian elections, Malaysian Politics

Suharto dies with blood on his hands - but did he really improve the economy?1 comment

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: He had a lot of blood on his hands. A mass murderer. But he was held in high esteem by Western leade … more →

Tags: Neo-liberal economics, ASEAN, united states, Human Rights

Climate change: Too little, too late?1 comment

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: This snippet from a World Development Movement blog entry from the UN Framework Conference on Clima … more →

Tags: ASEAN, Malaysian finance/business, united states, Environment/Climate Change, Development Issues, Agrobusiness/GM food, Energy & Resources

Farmers lose autonomy as MNCs take control of agriculture

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: Farmers are under increasing pressure from multinational corporations, which in many parts of the wo … more →

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, Development Issues, democracy, Agrobusiness/GM food, Workers' rights, Marginalised groups, Civil Society

Beware those who want to hijack Malaysia's People Power movement1 comment

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: In a parting shot, Thierry Rommel, the European ambassador who left his post on Tuesday, castigated … more →

Tags: ASEAN, Malaysian finance/business, Global justice movement, Development Issues, Human Rights, Marginalised groups, Europe, FTAs, Civil Society

Why are we subsidising the profitable IPPs?2 comments

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: Why are Malaysians – via Petronas – providing billions of ringgit in gas subsidies to … more →

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, Development Issues, Energy & Resources

NCER: Transforming agriculture - for whom?2 comments

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: On 30 July, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) master-plan was launched with much fanfare. … more →

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, poverty, Environment/Climate Change, Development Issues, Agrobusiness/GM food, Workers' rights

Merdeka! But beware the new power...

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: Just watching the 50th Merdeka celebrations on TV and I can’t help but notice how top BN polit … more →

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, Environment/Climate Change, democracy, Ethnic and inter-religious relations, Politics, Islam

Oil running out - and Malaysia allows an energy-intensive smelter1 comment

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: The oil is running out. Yes, in Malaysia too. By 2010, we will become a net importer of oil. If our … more →

Tags: Environment/Climate Change, Development Issues, Energy & Resources

What if Jesus had lived in Latin America?

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: I came across this interesting power-point presentation of the Stations of the Cross by Adolfo PĂ©rez … more →

Tags: Neo-liberal economics, Latin America, poverty, Christianity, Global justice movement, Environment/Climate Change, Development Issues, Human Rights, Marginalised groups

Religious leaders overcome odds to affirm right to water

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: It’s not often that religious leaders come together to take a common stand on an issue of nati … more →

Tags: Neo-liberal economics, Malaysian finance/business, Accountability, Christianity, Development Issues, Ethnic and inter-religious relations, Islam

Return the denarii to Caesar

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: Christianity should not merely be seen as a spiritual process. There are also the social, cultural a … more →

Tags: Neo-liberal economics, Christianity

Six reasons why you should avoid bottled water

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: Often, many of us think nothing about drinking bottled water. But here’s why you should avoid … more →

Tags: united states, Environment/Climate Change, Development Issues

There is a monster in the swamp

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: It was not so long ago when voters, hoping for reforms and change, gave Prime Minister Abdullah Bada … more →

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, Accountability, media

NCER: Who benefits more - Sime Darby or farmers?

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has launched the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) masterplan. … more →

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, poverty, Development Issues, Agrobusiness/GM food, Marginalised groups

How The Star watered down my water article5 comments

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: When I was invited by The Star to write a piece on water in June, I hesitated. Knowing how steeped … more →

Tags: Neo-liberal economics, media, Development Issues, Human Rights

Minimum wage more effective than NEP equity targets

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: As we all know, the two main prongs of the New Economic Policy are to wipe out poverty across the bo … more →

Tags: Neo-liberal economics, Malaysian finance/business, poverty, Development Issues, Workers' rights, Marginalised groups

Hidden world of clinical trials in Malaysia

anilnetto wrote 1 year ago: Some years ago, I read a John Le Carre novel, The Constant Gardener, later turned into a motion pict … more →

Tags: Malaysian finance/business, Development Issues


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