Lili Kyawt (pseudonym) reflects on experiences of trauma shared by different generations.
Tag: protest
Jangai Jap reflects on ethnic minorities’ participation in Myanmar’s pro-democracy revolution.
Ye Yint Khant Maung discusses the hardships unionists face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aye Thein argues that the NLD government is taking a sledgehammer approach to the issue…
Mael Raynaud and Thinn Thinn interviewed Min Ko Naing in July in Yangon. Mael Raynaud…
September 2017 will mark the 10th anniversary of the so-called “Saffron Revolution.” Tens of thousands…
Myanmar has witnessed its fair share of demonstrations and protests against successive military juntas and political authorities. Communities have also come together against the construction of big development projects and dams (against Myitsone, Chibwe) and have been successful in halting devastation to their ecology. Interestingly, the spirit of activism in the country is not a post-independence phenomenon. Rebellion was common in the pre-colonial times.
