Saffron Revolution

Burma -- Or Is it Myanmar? -- Goes to See Its Shrink

MP Nunan | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Burma Human Rights, Foreign Policy, Aung San Suu Kyi, Spdc, Burma Junta, Myanmar, Saffron Revolution, Foreign Affairs, Myanmar Military Junta, Failed States Index, Burma Democracy, Burma Election, Political Humor, Burma Parliament, Political Comedy, Burma Civil War, Political Satire, Comedy News
MP Nunan

"I had a really bad weekend," Burma says. "Or a really good one," says the shrink. "The first reasonably free-and-fair election since 1990?"

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When Non-Violence Isn't Enough

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Muammar Gaddafi, Non-Violence, Barack Obama, Freedom, Color Revolutions, Saffron Revolution, World News
Joel D. Hirst

Failed "color revolutions" expose the leaders for who they really are. During these delicate moments, international support is more -- not less -- justified.

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China Wants Big Brother; Does the Middle East Need Him?

Michael Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Democracy, John McCain, Hosni Mubarak, Beijing, Joseph Biden, Big Brother, Saffron Revolution, China, World News
Michael Levy

Maybe Muslims, like China, need autocracy. Maybe stability means more than political freedom. Maybe some cultures or countries are just not capable of. . . of what? Responsible democracy?

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So You Say You Want a Revolution?

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, John McCain, Yemen, Alexandria, Social Networking, US State Department, Twitter, Democracy, Tunisia Riots, Dictatorship, Facebook, Green Revolution, Suez, Tunisia Protests, Cairo, Egypt, Saffron Revolution, Cnn, Saudi Arabia, Iran Protests, Protest, Beatles, Mubarak, Breaking Politics News, Rose Revolution, Current Affairs, Orange Revolution, Comedy News
MP Nunan

Take a look at this handy chart covering a smattering of recent revolutions, militant movements, terror groups and insurgencies to see how others have tried to topple a government!

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Quest for Bona Fide Democracy: Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Movement, Tyranny, Corruption Perceptions Index, Saffron Revolution, Military Dictatorship, Popular Sovereignty, Democracy, Political Dissent, Iran, Aung San Suu Kyi, Southeast Asia, Human Rights, Burma, Reconciliation, Bogyoke Aung San, Autocracy, Due Process, Peaceful Opposition, Despotism, World News
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh

Aung San Suu Kyi's release is no trivial event. Her new found freedom is not only a testament to her resilience, but also to the enduring strength of the democratic movement in Burma.

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Red Lenses on a Rainbow of Revolutions

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cognitive Policy Works, Color Revolutions, Media, Journalistic Integrity, Journalism, Iran, Democracy Movements, Reporters, Civil Resistance, Repression, Cognitive Psychology, Framing, Frames, Bbc, Media Techniques, George Lakoff, Democracy, Green Revolution, Democracy Struggle, Nonviolent Struggle, Metaphor, Reporting, Journalism Norms, Aung San Suu Kyi, W. Lance Bennett, Nonviolence, Cnn, Media Framing, Burma, Saffron Revolution, Nonviolent Action, Media Bias, Investigative Reporting, Media News
Cynthia Boaz

Reposted from OpenDemocracy.net, series on Civil Resistance and the New Global Ferment Given continued strikes in Iran and the freeing of Aung San S...

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Burma's Revolution: Goodbye, Generals (with Shaazka Beyerle)

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: People Power, Civil Resistance, Burmese Monks, US Campaign for Burma, Than Shwe, Saffron Revolution, Democracy, Nonviolent Struggle, Strategic Nonviolent Conflict, USCB, Aung San Suu Kyi, Junta, Southeast Asia, Nonviolence, Burma, Asean, Myanmar, Nonviolent Action, Burma Campaign UK, World News
Cynthia Boaz

In honor of the upcoming elections in Burma, here is a re-post of an article published at Truthout by me and Shaazka Beyerle in October of 2007. The...

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Burma's Electoral Authoritarianism

Matthew Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Thailand, Human Rights, 2010 Elections, Myanmar, Ban Ki-Moon, Saffron Revolution, Burma, Energy Security, Democracy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Forced Labor, China, Oil Companies, Elections 2010, World News
Matthew Smith

Three years ago, Buddhist monks organized peaceful demonstrations in the streets of Burma. What they got in return was a violent crackdown by the state. And now, the country is ushering in a new form of politics: electoral authoritarianism.

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The Burmese Elections: Prolonging the Misery and Postponing the Inevitable

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burma, Burmese Junta, Politics, Southeast Asia, Human Rights, Myanmar, Saffron Revolution, Buddhism, Burma Democracy, Burma Elections, Myanmar Elections, World News
Cynthia Boaz

This election is evidence that their last shreds of political legitimacy have evaporated. The international community has to recognize this inevitable "victory" for what it is -- the last gasp of a decaying system.

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The Revolution Will Be Televised: Oscar-pick Burma VJ Airs on HBO

James Rotondi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burma Human Rights, Video Journalism, State Control, Burma Protests, Civil Disobedience, Myanmar Junta, George Orwell, State Oppression, Theravada Buddhist, Burma, George Orwell 1984, Aung San Suu Kyi House Arrest, Tiananmen Square, Aung San Suu Kyi Detention, Burma Monks, Aung San Suu Kyi, Video, Buddhist Monks Mynamar, Burma Junta, Human Rights, Tibet Protests, Democratic Voice of Burma, Human Rights Watch, Saffron Revolution, Myanmar, Myanmar Protests, Buddhism, Totalitarianism, Dvb, Burma Campaign UK, Rangoon, The Co-Operative, HBO Documentaries, Freedom of the Press, Asian Politics, Freedom, Buddhist Monks, Asian Countries, Freedom of Speech, Television Documentary, Anders Ostergaard, Television, Danish Film, Impact News
James Rotondi

If the totalitarian nightmare portrayed in George Orwell's 1984 strikes you as an implausible portrait of state control and repression, a single viewi...

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A Benefit to Support Burmese Children Refugees

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darfur, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma Human Rights, Burma Junta, Friars Club, Saffron Revolution, Burma, Buddhist Monks, New York News
Brad Balfour

Profits from a fundraiser will go to support the orphaned Burmese refugees housed at the Child Protection and Education Center at Mae Tao Clinic.

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Suu Kyi Trial: Burmese Protest With Small Signs Of Defiance

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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YANGON, Myanmar — The spray-painted demands appear overnight: "Free Aung San Suu Kyi" read the scrawls on walls across this city _ only to be wh...

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Obama, Burmese Monks Call For Release Of Aung San Suu Kyi

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Myanmar, Saffron Revolution, Myanmar, Obama Burma, Burma, Burma Obama, All Burma Monk's Alliance, Aung San Suu Kyi, Obama Suu Kyi, Suu Kyi Trial, Suu Kyi, Burma News, Burmese News, Burmese, Obama Aung San Suu Kyi, Aung San, Ang San Suu Kyi, Obama Burma Suu Kyi, World News
Hanna Ingber Win

Burmese monks talk to HuffPost about Suu Kyi's arrest, repression in Burma and the state of the democracy movement about a year and a half after the Saffron Revolution.

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'Burma VJs: Reporting From a Closed Country': Filmmaking at Its Incendiary Best

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Ruling Junta, Burma, Myanmar, World, Saffron Revolution, Foreign Affairs, Burma VJ, Advocacy, World News
Russ Wellen

Watching Burma VJs, it's natural to wonder how best the United States can help. With our motives suspect, it might not be a good idea for us to intervene directly beyond sanctions.

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Karen Independence Movement: Seven Decades Of Futility?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar Junta, Burma, Myanmar, Saffron Revolution, Karen, Foreign Affairs, Karen Independent Movement, Thailand, World News
Russ Wellen

At 60 years, the Karen resistance against the three A's -- annihilation, absorption, and assimilation -- is either the world's longest-running war for independence or its most extended exercise in futility.

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