Category: Featured Article English

"It's crazy to work so fast all year round to make so many useless things. But I guess as long as the americanos want cheap TVs then there will always be maquilas. But you know at the same time we are exhausting Mexico's resources, especially its workers. We are wasting human lives. I say: this is too high a price to pay for a job, food, and shelter.' - Woman working in an RCA assembly plant in...

Victor Papanek, one of the most eminent designers and author of the revolutionary book, "Design for the real world", describes the many forms of products that we get, based on what product designers are told to design (in "The Green Imperative"). • When we become the hired guns of greed-driven corporations, we are driven to CONFORM. • If we generate status kitsch for a jaded elite, and allow...

Coinciding with the 72nd Anniversary of the World Human Rights Day and in conjunction with Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) 50th Anniversary, we are refreshing our digital platforms to improve and enhance our reach to all segments of society. Since its formation 50 years ago, CAP’s mission has been to contribute to the emergence of a just, responsible and caring society. To this end, we...

We are very excited to announce that our new and refreshed website and social media platforms will be made live tomorrow on 10th of December at 11am. This launch will also be in conjunction with the World Human Rights Day. Hope you will be able to join us via FB live and Instagram live at our links below, see you tomorrow!

We refer to the announcement by the Kedah Menteri Besar (MB) last week that the State intends to mine for a rare earth element (REE) which could be worth RM62 billion. REEs are extracted from ores and minerals as they are not often found concentrated in mineable deposits. REEs are almost always found in conjunction with significant radioactivity as these ores and minerals naturally contain...