Last week, the US raised the issue of bringing Burma onto the UN Security Council agenda for September. As we might expect, the New Light of Myanmar countered with a long diatribe describing the news as evidence of an attempted conspiracy by the US and various terrorist organisations (the NLM calls them “axe-handles”) to [...]

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Over the last 18 years, a lot of energy has gone into a thousand explanations of why the junta is so aggressive, brutal and insensitive. The fact remains that, for over four decades, the generals have engaged in the insane destruction of Burma. Today’s rulers have returned Burma to the dark days of Ne Win’s [...]

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I loath to mention how many years the military junta has ruled Burma for simply because it reminds me of my age.  On a positive note I celebrate the fact that I have lived enough to compare and contrast the images of Burma in 1988 and now under the same ruler.  I witnessed them coming [...]

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Recently Burmese military regime has announced that the sham ‘National Convention’ will be resumed on 10 October 2006. Many people believe that the coming national convention will finalize the setting of guidelines for the new Constitution. According to the SPDC’s self-claimed ‘road map’, after the completion of the National Convention, a referendum, allowing the population [...]

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Actually, it was the making of China and ASEAN that resulted as the Burmese generals took the ASEAN for granted remarkably; if this is abuse of ASEAN’s role, it happened repeatedly. The generals have to show their respect to the Chinese leaders; for this situation perhaps, the SPDC dictators needed to discriminate between China and [...]

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Dear Honorable ASEM and World Leaders,
We are worried because of Your Honours’ change of heart and softened approach on Myanmar by allowing them to attend ASEM in Europe. Our heart sank after reading the following observation made by Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia, “THE Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) process removed the divide [...]

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You talk of the weather,
And other trivialities,
Such as the price of this and that,
Your holidays in the Bahamas,
Your round the world cruise,
Your favourite pub,
Your aches and pains,
Your annoying neighbours,
Your weight loss or gain,
Your stressful job,
Your dreadful boss,
Your horrible dentist,
Your cat’s diarrhoea.
While in my homeland far away,
My countrymen and women are dying
From poverty,
From torture,
From injuries,
From poisoning,
From [...]

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by Prof. Kanbawza Win
An old saying goes “It is far better to attempt and fail than not to attempt at all,” and this is exactly what the democratic countries of the world are doing of putting up Burma’s case in the UN Security Council. Those, countries that doesn’t believe in democracy, [...]

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Hey guys,
It’s  already 18
Suffering for 18 years
Ha ha ha.
Have you done something?
Time to grill you with
Loads of questions
Want to be done something?
Just think about your strength
Stop think about your friends
Hey guys,
Are you ready to die
And ready to be killed
It’s the showtime!
This time we have to say,
It’s our turn
“Bullets for bullets
Guns for Guns”
Let’s say together:
Hey junta!
“If [...]

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(Click on photos to enlarge.)
(Photos: courtesy of Thangjalun)

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Pro-democracy activists in Netherlands held demonstrations and protests in Netherlands in front of TOTAL Oil company office, Indian embassy and South-Korean embassy on 08.09.2006, to protest investments by TOTAL, Indian government and South-Korean Daewoo companies in Burma’s offshore gas fields which provide huge amount of money for Burmese military regime [...]

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Burma Campaign UK organized a Burma stall in this week’s Trade Unions’ Conference in Brighton, UK ; 10 – 14 September.

Bob Crow, General Secretary of the RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport
workers) Union in Burma stand

Brendan Barber, in the middle, is the TUC [...]

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This week Burmese language articles are as followed:( Burmese Fonts http://www.tayzathuria.org.uk/fonts.htm )

Is that done for the sake of People? – Editorial: Khin Ma Ma Myo
People of Political Movements – Feature Article: Lwin Aung Soe
The Reality inside SPDC Army, part 7 – Serialized True story: Captain Nay Thu (retired)
Analysing Burma’s Democracy Revolution, 3 [...]

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By Dr. Tayza
Whether Burma is a threat to peace and stability is the question which member nations of United Nations Security Council will have to decide on very soon. They have to decide on it in a very urgent and serious manner, and also with a humanitarian spirit. And they must [...]

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by Prof. Kanbawza Win
An old saying goes “It is far better to attempt and fail than not to attempt at all,” and this is exactly what the democratic countries of the world are doing of putting up Burma’s case in the UN Security Council. Those, countries that doesn’t believe in democracy, [...]

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This week Burmese language articles are as followed:( Burmese Fonts http://www.tayzathuria.org.uk/fonts.htm )

We will never give up – Editorial: Khin Ma Ma Myo
We also Love Burma, 2 – Letter to Editor: translated by Tun Aung
The Reality inside SPDC Army, part 6 – Serialized True story: Captain Nay Thu (retired)
On Strategic Non-violent Conflicts – Serialized [...]

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Interview by Nay Thwin
English translation by Dr. San Oo Aung
Question… We know that U Chit Tin is the Member of Parliament for Min Hla constituency. May you let us know your Political experience?
Answer… Yes, I am glad and honoured to have a chance to tell you a brief of my [...]

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Interview by Nay Thwin
English translation by Nay Yu

Q: Can you tell us about your political opinion?
Ans: I’m not the exploiter under the political skin. I don’t have the expectation for a position and power not at all in terms of politics. I’m just an uncoloured and patriotic ex-soldier [...]

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