Posted in Book Club on Aug 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
‘A History of Modern Burma’ (AHOMB), by Dr. Michael W.Charney (Senior Lecturer at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies) was published in 2009 by Cambridge University Press, is one of few general introductions to the subject for many years. AHOMB deals with the political history of Burma over the period from the final [...]
Posted in Book Club on Aug 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Simmering Under Ashes – Writing from Burma
Simmering Under Ashes is a collection of essays, poems, stories and articles written by Burmese journalists, writers and ordinary people. Published to commemorate both the 21st anniversary of the pro-democracy protests of 8 August 1988, and the 20th year since Aung San Suu Kyi was first imprisoned, it celebrates [...]
Posted in Book Club on Aug 10th, 2009 No Comments »
Cookbook demonstrates the resilience of home cooking over migrations and generations
Writer: NIPATPORN PENGKHAW
Published: 10/08/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: Outlook
Imagine that all of a sudden we are forced to leave our homeland and everything that has made us who we are – the language, customs, working tools, foods, family and friends. Imagine how in a [...]
Posted in Book Club on Aug 1st, 2009 No Comments »
‘Burma: The Alternative Guide’ (BTAG) was released in 2009 and, to quote the back page, tries to answer the question “What is the truth about life in Burma?”
There are several very worthy guides for travellers, although few touch on the moral issues of tourism in a totalitarian state. I have seen the Lonely Planet [...]
Posted in Book Club on Jun 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Please click the following link to read ACTIVISM written by Roland O. Watson.
http://www.activism101.org/ActivismGuide.pdf
Table of Contents:
Forward
1. Introduction
2. Opposition 101
3. Activist causes
4. Institutional tactics against activists
5. Activist tactics – general issues
6. Thirteen types of activism
7. Activism and the media
8. Advanced activist issues
9. Activism and the law
10. Introduction to chaos theory
11. Social evolution and chaos
12. Activist ethics
13. Social [...]
Posted in Book Club on May 10th, 2009 No Comments »
Media Release From Burma Campaign UK
For Immediate Release Tuesday 5th May 2009
Little Daughter, Zoya Phan’s Autobiography, Launched in UK Parliament
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma will today host theformal launch of Zoya Phan¹s autobiography, Little Daughter. Zoya Phan is International Coordinator at Burma Campaign UK.
Senior politicians and celebrities are expected to attend [...]
Posted in Book Club on May 10th, 2009 No Comments »
Dear Friends in the Asia-Pacific,
Please find attached AAPP’s chronology of political prisoner news for
April. I hope you find it useful.
With thanks, (and apologies for any cross-postings)
Rachel
Rachel Fleming
Campaign Co-ordinator
Free Burma’s Political Prisoners Now!
www.fbppn.net
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
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Posted in Book Club on May 10th, 2009 No Comments »
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Posted in Book Club on May 10th, 2009 No Comments »
_ By Khin Ma Ma Myo
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Posted in Book Club on Apr 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
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Burma’s military junta’s policy of land confiscation and human rights abuse to support ever increasing army numbers has been documented in a new report by three grassroots Burmese political organisations: All Arakan Students’ and Youths’ Congress, Mon Youth Progressive Organisation and Pa-O Youth Organisation, called “Holding Our [...]
Posted in Book Club on Apr 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
“The Shan Conundrum in Burma,” presumably an unusual book about the Shans, as it is written by a Shan whose father had served under the Revolutionary Council that took power in 1962, was published on 14 April 2009, according to the Shan Herald Agency for News.
Henry-Andre Aye, the author of Shan Conundrum, a 252 page [...]
Posted in Book Club on Apr 20th, 2009 No Comments »
ABOUT THE BOOK: Zoya Phan was born in the remote jungles of Burma, to the Karen ethnic group. For decades the Karen have been under attack from Burma’s military junta; Zoya’s mother was a guerrilla soldier, her father a freedom activist. She lived in a bamboo hut on stilts by the Moei River; she hunted [...]
Posted in Book Club on Apr 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Compendium of Burma Political Jokes, compiled by Dr Kyaw Nyunt
Introduction by Dr. Law
It has been an honor to be asked by Dr. Kyaw Nyunt to write the Introduction to his Compendium of Burma Jokes on this Thingyan Akha Thamaya (Auspicious day of the Thingyan Water Festival).
Foreign observers have marveled over how people in Burma have [...]
Posted in Book Club on Apr 16th, 2009 No Comments »
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Posted in Book Club on Feb 27th, 2009 No Comments »
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Posted in Book Club on Feb 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
During the three-week fact-finding visit to Thai-Burma border, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) visited refugees and Internally Displaced People in Karen State, and heard first-hand testimony from victims of forced labour and forced relocation. CSW also met several defectors from the Burma Army, who confirmed reports of human rights abuses.
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Posted in Book Club on Feb 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
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Posted in Book Club on Feb 6th, 2009 No Comments »