South East Asia

Indonesia’s labour movement is facing a critical juncture in its contemporary political and economic history, writes Frans Ari Prasetyo.

What the struggles in Indonesia and West Papua need from Australia is clear: sever the alliance that arms the generals. That task can only be executed by the Australian working class, argues Dipo Negoro.

Is Pax Silica an innocuous agreement for economic cooperation or an instrument of domination? To understand what it is meant to accomplish, Nicholas considers the context from which it emerges.

Jeyakumar Devaraj shares the Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s analysis of the Malaysian situation and the challenges facing the left.

Jeyakumar Devaraj argues that Malaysia has been economically recolonised and the answer lies in a 20–30 year transitional program, built from the ground up and on the mass line model, which focuses on regional South-South solidarity.

Gandipan Nantha Gopalan asks: what are Malaysians getting for providing land, electricity, water, infrastructure and incentives to promote data centre investments?

A party inspired by ideology does not fade away simply because of electoral losses; our motivation is derived from other, deeper factors, writes S. Arutchelvan.

Rubio is a very dangerous man on a very dangerous mission to the Philippines, warns Partido Lakas ng Masa.

Partido Lakas ng Masa opposes the Philippines being drawn into the US war agenda against the interests of the Filipino people.

Jeyakumar Devaraj provides a brief overview of Malaysia’s history and political and economic development to help us understand the current situation in the country.

Malaysia needs a party that speaks about building a nation through policies that address the needs of all people, rather than feeding into toxic racialised politics, writes S Arutchelvan.

Partido Lakas ng Masa challenge Akbayan’s Perci Cendaña’s statement lauding national defence secretary Gibo Teodoro as a defender of Philippine sovereignty and respond to attacks by an Akbayan supporter.