Society

Borneo – Not Just Nature, But Also Great Ancient Culture Has Been Destroyed By and , October 05, 2020
While Europe was engaged inexpansionist wars, in the once lush, tropical Borneo, people who belonged to the ancient local cultures, used to decide things communally, by consensus, or should we use the Western term, “democratically”.
The Philippines Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law Triggers Mass Poverty. A Calamity Worse Than Yolanda By , June 29, 2018
Rice had jacked up to additional P11.00 this time, while meat products had increased by P50.00 more. Vegetables at P60.00 last January is now at P80.00 to P100.00. Electricity is again up this June by P00.80 per kilowatt hour.
Australia’s Abu Ghraib: Australian Government Complicit in Torture of Children at Don Dale Detention Centre By , July 26, 2016

The following article from Australia is a sharp rebuke of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm B. Turnbull by an Aborigine candidate of the Australian Senate that rightly criticizes his government for doing nothing to stop the torture and widespread abuse of …

A Victim’s Personal Recollection and Demand for Justice: Indonesia and the 1965 Massacres By , July 22, 2016

Carmel Budiardjo shares her personal experience in the aftermath of 1965 and comments on the influences that led her to create TAPOL.

One year ago today, Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights, Komnas HAM, published a landmark report on its …

The Greening of China’s Energy System Outpaces Its Further Blackening: A 2017 update By , and , May 08, 2018
Australia’s Unintentional Extremist: Rugby Union Player Israel Folau, the Bible and Homophobia By , May 03, 2018
Medical Assistance for Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Japan: (Belated) Japanese Grassroots Collaboration to Secure the Rights of Former Colonial Victims By , May 03, 2018
Pakistan: Missing Persons Issue Swept Under Rug as Pashtun Anti-war Movement Spreads By , May 03, 2018
Irresistible Urges: Surveilling Australia’s Citizens By , May 03, 2018
Japan to Build Roads Out of Radioactive Fukushima Dirt By , May 03, 2018
Could Student Protests Break the Back of Bangladesh’s Ruling Party? By , April 16, 2018
Fascistic Politics in India and the Left By , April 16, 2018
Inequality and Precarity in Japan: The Sorry Achievements of Abenomics By and , March 23, 2018
Racial Preferences: Peter Dutton and White South African Farmers By , March 23, 2018
Sri Lanka’s Religious Violence and the US Pivot to Asia By , March 23, 2018
Fukushima Radiation Levels 100 Times Higher Than Normal, Greenpeace Warns By , March 13, 2018
Fukushima Radiation Risks to Last Into Next Century: Greenpeace Investigation By , March 13, 2018
India: Historic Victory for Farmers of Maharashtra By , March 13, 2018
Malaysia: Banks Collude with Speculators to Force House Sales By , March 12, 2018
Offshoring Indian Agriculture: Is India Becoming a GMO Trash Can? By , March 10, 2018
Art and Politics in Australia By , March 08, 2018
Ice and Busts: The Lost War on Drugs in Australia By , April 21, 2017
Vietnam War: The Life and Times of a South Vietnamese Special Police Officer By , April 11, 2017
Reconstruction Disaster: The Human Implications of Japan’s Forced Return Policy in Fukushima By and , April 04, 2017
The Philippines and The Political Regime of President Rodrigo Duterte By , April 02, 2017
Why is Sri Lanka Granting India Control Over Our National and Energy Security? By , April 02, 2017
South Korea Outlawing Opposition to War With North Korea: Seoul Used National Security Laws to Arrest Citizens Opposed to War By , July 28, 2016
Australian Government Doing Nothing About Aboriginal Youth Being Abused and Tortured By , July 26, 2016
The Role of Multinational Oil and Mining Companies in the Genocide and Economic Marginalisation of the People of West Papua By , July 26, 2016
The Supreme Court of India Calls for an End to the Impunity of the Indian Armed Forces By , July 25, 2016
The First Nations of Australia Can Stop the Divisive Politics of Hate and Defeat Pauline Hanson By , July 25, 2016
The Threat of Racism in Australia: Racist Politics is Being Legitimized in Australian Society By , and , July 25, 2016
The 1965 Mass Killings in Indonesia: CIA Blames the Victims For Being Murdered By and , July 24, 2016
How the Australian, British, and US Governments Shamelessly Helped Kill Countless People in Indonesia in 1965 By , July 23, 2016
Aboriginal MPs in Australia Doesn’t Let The Major Parties Off The Hook For Mistreating the Aborigines By , July 22, 2016
Asia’s ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ Republic? The Rising Body Count of the Philippine ‘War on Drugs’ By , July 22, 2016
Photo Essay from India’s Victims of Urban Development: Life In Pieces For Delhi’s Displaced Community By , July 21, 2016
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Acquitted of Plunder: A Case of Justice Catering to Political Power in the Philippines? By , July 20, 2016
Finding a Long Term Solution for the Muslims in the Deep South of Thailand By , July 09, 2016
Female Monk Challenges Male Dominance of Thailand’s Buddhist Orders By , July 09, 2016
Kiwi Media: A Look at Media Ownership and Monopoly Owners in New Zealand By , July 06, 2016
South Korean Government Tries to End the Investigation of the Sewol Ferry Sinking and Silence Victims By , July 03, 2016
Cambodia for Sale: An Introduction on the Social Consequences of Neoliberal Reforms By , June 17, 2016
Your Pet Dogs and Cats Could Be Eating Seafood People Were Murdered For By , June 17, 2016
Food for Thought: How Corporations in Thailand Use Slavery to Bring You the Seafood in Your Fridge and on Your Tables By , June 17, 2016
Slavery in Thailand: How Southeast Asian Slaves Catch the Seafood Eaten in the US By , June 17, 2016
Photo Essay of the Dirty Secret of South Korea’s KIA Motors: Year-Long Roof-Top Sit-In By , June 16, 2016
Electoral Protests and Battles Rage Across the Philippines: Fair and Democratic 2016 Elections? By , June 13, 2016
How the Media Supported Corruption During the Elections in the Philippines By , June 12, 2016
Seeds of Corruption: “Unneeded, Unwanted and Unsafe,” the Case of Genetically Modified Mustard in India By , November 01, 2015
China Turns Tables on “US-Backed Agitators” in Hong Kong By , October 30, 2015
Thousands of Farmers in India Rise up Against Monsanto: Biotech Giant Known for Causing Suicides By , May 28, 2015
Diary from Kathmandu: Demolition Dilemmas across Nepal By , May 27, 2015
Protests in Japan Denounce US Military Presence By , May 27, 2015
Diary from Kathmandu: Schoolboy Looks to Nepal’s Army with New Pride. “Our Army Rescues the People” By , May 19, 2015
Myanmar and the Rohingyas: Stop the Persecution; End the Exodus By , May 17, 2015
Diary from Kathmandu. “Ferrying Relief to Hard-hit Villages” By , May 16, 2015
Challenging India’s Neoliberal Agenda: Greenpeace India Faces Imminent Shutdown By , May 05, 2015
Asia’s Agrarian Reform in Reverse: Laws Taking Land Out of Small Farmers’ Hands By , April 30, 2015
The Greatest Danger in the World. America’s Vietnam War is Not Over… By , April 30, 2015
Farmers Suicides in India: What Is Causing Them, And What Can Be Done To Stop The Tragedy By , April 29, 2015
The Global Crisis: Food, Water and Fuel. Three Fundamental Necessities of Life in Jeopardy By , April 28, 2015
India: Demanding Full Rehabilitation Narmada Valley Adivasi Oustees Stage Sit In By , April 20, 2015
Pollutants From Australia’s Adani Coal Mine Will Eventually Kill About 0.5 Million Indians By , April 20, 2015