Sep 262007
I’m leaving shortly for a concert, but I wanted to suggest some reading on the government crackdown on the nonviolent protests in Myanmar (formerly Burma). The story isn’t getting much play in the States, both because of our parochial disinterest and because Myanmar’s military junta kicked out the foreign press. Here are pictures that somebody uploaded to Flickr. It’s difficult to say whether these protests will continue, but it’s reassuring to see people power in action inside one of the most authoritarian regimes on the planet.
