Aliran Monthly, Vol 25 (2005): Issue 6

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In our cover story, Martin Jalleh agrees with the former government, which had argued that privatisation creates a win-win situation. The government wins and so too the private companies. The ordinary people, on the other hand, have had to pay the price for the privatised failures.

Malik Imtiaz Ghulam responds point by point in his well argued article to state that both PAS and ACCIN have misunderstood and misinterpreted the purpose and function of the proposed Inter-Faith Commission and invites them for a dialogue.

In his foreword to the Human Rights Report 2004, P Ramakrishnan states that we need to retain a clear memory of what was done to whom and who resisted what and when. Fan Yew Teng, meanwhile, highlights the priceless heritage of the Kinta Valley�s limestone hills, which are being scarred and cut down.

Don�t miss our tribute to one of the pillars of the Malaysian workers� movement, V David, written by K George, a comrade-in-arms.

In our back-cover Heart to Heart story, Kevin Tan gives a first person account of the London tragedy and, with his fellow student, tries to make sense of the bomb blasts. For George Galloway, the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the unending sufferings of Palestinians explains the bitterness and desperation among Muslims that provoke a small minority to resort to acts of terrorism.

The blasts diverted attention from the protests against the G8 summit in Edinburgh. John Hilley reports on the demonstration and looks critically at what was seriously achieved at the summit.

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