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Britain’s famous parliament building overlooks the Thames, its gothic permanence supposedly representing the timelessness of the “mother of all parliaments”.

But it is a fake, just like the democracy it symbolises. It was built in the mid-19th century as a symbol of the British Empire and capitalism.

The eruption of a political crisis over MPs’ expenses has shone a light on the facade of British democracy, and the murky dealings of those who are supposed to represent us.

The eruption of a political crisis over MPs’ expenses has shone a light on the facade of British democracy, and the murky dealings of those who are supposed to represent us.

Parliament has been an instrument of the ruling class throughout its existence.[more]

Selain ketenteraan negara, pergerakan intelektual dan rundingan kuasa politik, pihak yang perlu kita libatkan ialah kerajaan Britain sendiri.

Perjanjian Inggeris - Siam 1909 (Perjanjian Bangkok 1909, Perjanjian Anglo Siam 1909) di Istana Raja Thailand, bersama Gabenor Negeri-Negeri Selat Sir John Anderson adalah antara titik tolak yang menyaksikan pemecahan kerajaan Melayu Patani.

Isi perjanjian pada tahun 1909 itu melibatkan perkara-perkara berikut. Antaranya:

1. Kerajaan Melayu Pattani meliputi wilayah Yala dan Narathiwat di Thailand disahkan sebagai jajahan Thailand. Padahal kerajaan Melayu Patani tidak diajak berunding dalam perjanjian itu.
2. Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan dan Terengganu yang sebelum ini dijajah Thailand diserahkan kepada Britain.
3. Negeri Kedah dan Perlis menerima seorang penasihat British pada tahun 1909.
4. Kelantan menerima penasihat British pada tahun 1910.
5. Terengganu menerima penasihat British pada tahun 1919.

Mungkin inilah asal-usul penjajahan Thai terhadap Melayu di utara Semenanjung dengan rasminya melalui pengiktirafan British; sebuah empayar terbesar pada saat itu.[more]

Were these legitimate Iranian people or the works of a propaganda machine? I became curious and decided to investigate the origins of the information. In doing so, I narrowed it down to a handful of people who have accounted for 30,000 Iran related tweets in the past few days. Each of them had some striking similarities -

1. They each created their twitter accounts on Saturday June 13th.
2. Each had extremely high number of Tweets since creating their profiles.
3. “IranElection” was each of their most popular keyword
4. With some very small exceptions, each were posting in ENGLISH.
5. Half of them had the exact same profile photo
6. Each had thousands of followers, with only a few friends. Most of their friends were EACH OTHER.

Why were these tweets in English? Why were all of these profiles OBSESSED with Iran? It became obvious that this was the work of a team of people with an interest in destabilizing Iran. The profiles are phonies and were created with the sole intention of destabilizing Iran and effecting public opinion as to the legitimacy of Iran’s election.[more]

And it is to be a firmly and proudly two-party coalition political system.

The Pakatan Rakyat offering its own brand of new politics and the Umno-BN peddling its decades-old concoction of paternalistic and communal policies.

On Monday, the Pakatan announced its decision to reject a proposal from Umno to form a unity government, dealing a death-blow to speculation that partners PKR, DAP and PAS would split, with PAS opting to cross over and build a new Malay power-pact with Umno. [more & video inside]