Indonesia’s Bastardised Covid-19 Jargon Points to Deeper Problems
As Indonesia has been slow to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, its instance of using foreign terms as part of its public messaging has laid bare widespre…
Tag: Majority Rule and Minority Rights
How the PAP Government Abuses “Rule of Law” to Control Singapore
PJ explains how the People's Action Party in Singapore uses/abuses the concept of the "Rule of Law" to control all forms of political activity, by cri…
Fighting for Their Land
Massive deforestation is decimating wildlife and biodiversity in Malaysia. For the Orang Asli who live on ancestral land in the rainforest, the daily …
How the PAP Nanny State creates Dependence and Controls Citizens
Historian Thum Ping Tjin ("PJ") explains how the People's Action Party in Singapore, through purposeful social design since the 1960s, has created a s…
Singapore: Let’s not ignore the downtrodden; nor those who speak up for them
The recent emergence of clusters of infections at two foreign-worker dormitories shows the vital role of civil society and civil discourse in Singapor…
How Singapore’s Elections are Qualitatively Unfair
PJ explains how the historic use of arrests and lawsuits, the threats of punishment, and the slanted media coverage create an atmosphere of fear in wh…
How Singapore’s Elections are Structurally Unfair
In The Show with PJ Thum episode 2, historian Thum Ping Tjin ("PJ") explains how Singapore's electoral system is deeply unfair. It is designed to maxi…
“I Am Human, Just Like You”
The story of Benny Wenda, a Papuan activist living in exile in Oxford, and how his own childhood experiences led him to where he is today.
Indonesia’s Silence over Xinjiang
Indonesia has shown its commitment to promoting rights elsewhere in the region. It should do no less for Muslims in China.
The Limits of Singaporean Activism?
Over the past decade, Singapore’s LGBT rights rally Pink Dot evolved from fluffy picnic gathering into a protest movement (albeit with Singaporean c…
