Barefoot Against the Junta

[hollyking]

I was intrigued by a story I read on Spiegel Online this morning. In Myanmar Buddhist monks by the thousands are leading protests against the junta which seized power in 1962. The photographs of 10,000 monks walking down the streets where protesters were killed by the thousands in 1988 is inspiring.

Why do I have to read about these events in a German magazine?

Update: Bah. Stupid news organizations posting the story all over the place now. Still...

Comments

[loree.livejournal.com]

Why do I have to read about these events in a German magazine?

Because you don't listen to NPR? They had a news story on it this morning.

[hollyking.livejournal.com]

No, I don't listen to NPR anymore. Mostly because I'm not in the car long enough to catch all the news. That and my favorite programs they produce aren't broadcast by any of the stations in this area.

I'm glad to know they covered the story. I have also found out that the Economist and New York Times have covered the story. Arthur Frommer's blog also had a post about it calling on people and tour operators to boycott the country.

[ragnorokt.livejournal.com]

This actually has been on NPR for a while now. Today they finally did a big piece about it. I find that between NPR and the BBC Online I can hear real news and not the Bread and Circus pumped out by Rupert and freinds.

Really, don't the cable news people realize that women of color go missing too?

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Why do I have to read about these events in a German magazine?

Because Burma has exported neither huge quantities of oil nor a well-organized group of expatriates to the United States.

I wonder what took the monks so long, but I wish them all success.

[hollyking.livejournal.com]

If we're supposed to be helping Iraq and promoting democracy shouldn't we promote it everywhere? Yes, I know that's not the real reason but it should be dammit. Also, I hope we never help anyone else the way we've "helped" Iraq.