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Blog: When stuck, shift tactics

Philippe Duhamel's picture
Posted October 6th, 2007 by Philippe Duhamel
http://flickr.com/photos/jurablog/1457812486/As I watch the display of gutsy, soulful dissidence in the streets of Rangoon, I hold my breath. I pray this new wave of protest can loosen the deathly embrace of the military regime that has been smothering the people of Burma/Myanmar for so, so long.

I am hopeful as I see monks in crimson robes take the lead in the streets, civilians form human chains to protect them, key footage escape the country through cell phone cameras, religious services withdrawn from the military.

The power of creative actions! Tactical innovation lies at the heart of the new momentum. Audacity gives new impetus, helps a movement come unstuck.

Blog: Technology marches with Freedom in Myanmar/Burma

Wendy D's picture
Posted October 1st, 2007 by Wendy D

The situation in Myanmar
(formerly Burma)
has continued to escalate, and as more time passes the body count is rising.
The violence and harsh, repressive tactics of the military junta regime is
widely known; however, the past month’s events have put a new perspective on
the role and importance of technology and access to information. Our current

Blog: Looking at recent events in Myanmar...

Wendy D's picture
Posted September 24th, 2007 by Wendy D

For the past month, Buddhists monks have been marching and practicing civil disobedience in Myanmar (formerly Burma).This past weekend (September 23) the marches gained more participants, and attention. The Associated Press reports that upwards of 100,000 people led by hundreds of Buddhist monks marched through the streets of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon.