Author, activist, artist, adventurer. "The Wind in the Bamboo" & 2 Burma books. Founded Project Maje in 1986 (Burma human rights & enviro info.) History Threads
1. This (May Day) History Thread is about Agricultural Workers' Uprisings in Burma (Myanmar) which has a long background of peasant rebellions. With workforce est. 70% agriculture employed rural resistance to Feb. 1, 2021 coup is extremely significant.
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1. This thread is about responses by Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) vs Myanmar coup.
#R2P
(Responsibility to Protect) not only international, can also apply to EAOs within borders. EAOs have various capabilities. Not all have taken a stand vs. coup.
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Burma food fair anti-coup fundraiser by community in Portland USA today. I got t-shirt “Burma ASEAN’s Shame” at 1997 protest of ASEAN mtg in Subang Jaya Malaysia when small group led by
@DebbieStot
risked arrest objecting to Myanmar’s ASEAN membership.
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1. This History Thread is about a few of Myanmar's murdered & missing women. Rest in Power: Myat Thet Thet Khine who stood against dictatorship Feb. 9 2021. 1 of thousands of women killed by/for Burma/Myanmar military & business interests. This must end.
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Important: If you find unexploded lethal munitions like grenades or artillery shells do not touch them! မထိပါနဲ့။ အချိန်မရွေး ပေါက်ကွဲသွားနိုင်တာမို့ Put warning signs around it. Keep children away from it. Photo only at distance without touching it.
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1. This History Thread is about the poetry of Burma (Myanmar) + political resistance. Myanmar is a place where poets are significant politically as well as culturally. This is a brief overview & doesn’t include all important poets. Inspired by K Zar Win:
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Portland, Oregon USA supporting Civil Disobedience Movement against Myanmar coup with April 10, 2021 symbolic
#FlowerStrike
.” Worldwide support & grassroots diaspora fundraising is happening for Spring Revolution. 🍃
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1. This mini History Thread is a brief explainer on peoples resistance to oppression in Burma (Myanmar.) It’s especially for my Portland people (“latte alliance”) who might want some background on the Feb. 1, 2021 Myanmar coup and the protests against it.
1. This History Thread is about the music of resistance in Myanmar (Burma.) This is a brief overview, not including all important bands or songs. It is a multi-ethnic array of many musical styles — put your headphones on & pump up the volume. 🎧
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1. This History Thread is about relations between Burma (Myanmar) and China, the powerful & influential neighbor to the north. It’s a particularly long thread (30) but is still just an overview of this complex subject.
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1. This History Thread is a brief history of labor organizing in Burma (Myanmar.) This relates to the crucial forefront role that organized labor is taking in resistance to the Feb. 2021 military coup.
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Not all antifascists wear black. Video: brightly clad women of a garment workers’ labor union leading in 1st major street march against Myanmar fascist military coup. Extraordinary courage.
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One of many village examples showing that
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1. This History Thread is about Burma (Myanmar) relations with Russia. Over many years the relationship has had some interesting twists & turns. Currently the connection consists mainly of Russian arms deals + diplomatic enabling for Myanmar coup regime.
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In tribute to the creative & undaunted protesters against fascist coup in Myanmar (Burma) this is my small “bookshelf strike.” Slogans: Federal Future, Support CDM, Myitkyina Resists, Sagaing Strong, Boycott, Free Burma and We Will Win.
#NewHeaderPic
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1. This History Thread is a backgrounder on how Feb. 1, 2021 Russia-backed coup in Myanmar (Burma) relates to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine & response. Military & diplomatic support from Russia have enabled the Myanmar coup regime. 🌿
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#IStandWithUkraine
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Curious about the underground lair of Myanmar’s murderous Min Aung Hlaing & coup cohorts? This 2011 article describes Naypyitaw tunnel & bunker network (maps.) In 2009 there were reports NK engineers involved in its construction.
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1. This History Thread is about sabotage in Burma (Myanmar) from cutting British colonial telegraph lines to hacking websites. Sabotage as a tactic is: destroying or damaging infrastructure or other property (not people) to prevent use by an opponent.
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Successful 2019 Sudan &
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: “Sudanese revolution took place all over country in all regions w. diverse class & ethnic participation. Another key component... popular resistance committees were active in even the poorest neighborhoods”
Thabyaynyo (Eugenia) sprigs traditional Burma (Myanmar) symbol of success, victory (like laurel wreaths in Europe.) Used for religious offerings incl. Nat festival, sprinkling water at New Year. Protection vs. accidents. (ethnobotany Dr. Say Khu.)
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1. This History Thread is about Burma (Myanmar) & the United Nations. Despite historical significance of a UN Secretary-General (U Thant) from Burma & many aid programs, UN has often been a source of disappointment in Burma (Myanmar) human rights crises.
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People of Myanmar (Burma) mourn the Spring Revolution dead and fight for the living. The people’s monsoon is coming. The coup will end in fire. The coup will end in rain. The coup will end in flowers.
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1. This History Thread is about Myanmar (Burma) People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) historical & cultural iconography. Designers use visual symbols to express power, pride, heritage for PDFs resisting Feb. 1, 2021 coup regime. Insignia pix via social media.
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Worth remembering: same US petro corp
#Unocal
involved in 1990s rise of Taliban in Afghanistan (for pipeline scheme) & bankrolled 1990s Myanmar junta (w. Total, gas pipeline.) Chevron bought Unocal 2005, continues business w. current Myanmar coup regime.
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1. This History Thread is about relations between Burma (Myanmar) and India. Although linked by culture & history, this immense neighbor has disappointingly often failed to support Myanmar’s struggle for democracy.
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Zayer (Zeya) Thaw has been executed with 3 other political activists by Myanmar coup regime. Before becoming politician he was groundbreaking rapper in 2000s Myanmar Burma hip hop group Acid. Relevant Tupac quote: “People die but legends live forever.” 🎤
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Always resolute and creative in defiance of extreme violence by Myanmar coup forces,
#Loikaw
marches on. Symbolic "commando strike" of civilians in Kayah State (Karenni St.)
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This photo from social media (Mandalay Strike Force & Mandalay District PDF, April 14/23) can serve as a reminder to any journalists, INGOs etc. who are still unclear about what to call
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
in 2023: this is a Revolution.
Multi-ethnic solidarity at a fundraising food fair in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA. Everyone works together to defeat the Myanmar coup & provide resistance support. "We will win!"
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1. Brief explainer thread (mostly for my Portland people) about Thailand protests. Bangkok protesters at start of curve where they get geared up. Umbrella walls (vs pepper spray spiked water cannons.) Massive numbers of protesters & hundreds of riot cops.
1. This History Thread is background on Kokang, the Myanmar (Burma) region bordering China which is major part of current
#Operation1027
(Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army & allies vs Myanmar coup regime.) 2009 conflict was especially important.
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1. This History Thread is about relations between United States and Burma (Myanmar.) US govt. actions varied from positive to negative impacts, often with question of whether to trade or withhold trade. Exiles from Burma have been influential on policy.
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1. To mark 4 years of posting my History Threads, most about Burma (Myanmar) every month this thread shows some books I’ve used to research them. It’s not a definitive Burma reading list & not my whole book collection. 📚 Some materials are background on
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How to help Myanmar (Burma) workers survive through mutual aid as they refuse to work under the murderous coup regime: Support Civil Disobedience Movement Strike Fund
11/11. Way forward requires
#TroopWithdrawal
Myanmar military out of occupied ethnic areas, out of government, out of economy. For updates on Myanmar read/support
@FrontierMM
. My previous History Threads incl on Burma resistance at
Greatly outgunned but determined to defend themselves, Kalay protesters manage to even the score
Armed only with homemade hunting rifles, protesters in the remote town have put up a good fight. But how long can it last?
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Kachin Independence Army 4th Batt. is fighting Myanmar Tatmadaw LIB 142 not far from
#Myitkyina
(unusual) in possible effort to draw Tatmadaw troops away from violently suppressing anti coup protests in the city. KIA also now active elsewhere in state.
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1. This History Thread is about women of Burma (Myanmar) as soldiers & in other military roles. Women soldiers have often been providers of medical care. Current struggle vs coup regime is inclusive of female, transgender, nonbinary participants.
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1. This History Thread is an overview of relations of ASEAN members with Burma (Myanmar.) Association of South East Asian Nations is regional political & economic organization which Myanmar controversially joined in 1997. Ineffective regarding 2021 coup.
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1. This History Thread is about Britain’s relations with Burma (Myanmar.) A fraught legacy with centuries of trade, conflict, colonization, Independence, more trade, sanctions.
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“According to footage examined by Amnesty International, the 33rd LID is currently deployed in Mandalay, the 77th in Yangon & the 101st in Monywa. All 3 cities have seen extreme instances of excessive force, including killings...”
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1. This History Thread is a brief overview of the complex
#MilitaryHistory
of Shan State, a multi-ethnic region of northeast Burma (Myanmar), which is a multi-ethnic country. Shan State is currently in news for
#Operation1027
against the coup regime.
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Petition demanding immediate release of forest defender Kyaw Min Htut, abducted by Myanmar coup military. Environmental activism is not a crime. 🌿🌿
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via
@RainforestResq
10. In Myanmar tradition of creative civil disobedience, protests against Feb. 1, 2021 coup incl. evening noisemaking, medical professionals led work stoppage. Some inspired by Milk Tea Alliance but face far greater retaliation from infamously brutal, genocidal Myanmar military.
Portland protest art installation (I was inspired by
@JRart
) made "Fed Shot" gallery of east fence Hatfield Federal Courthouse showing a few of many (a Mom, a photographer, musician etc.) shot in the head with impact munitions by Federal enforcement officers occupying building.
4/4. “Milk tea alliance” between Hong Kong (tea with milk) protest movement + its supporters in Taiwan (boba tea) + the Thailand (Thai ice tea) protesters. Seen as alternative to China (tea without milk) govt authoritarianism. (Maybe Portland has a latte alliance with Seattle.)🧋
1. This History Thread is about River Warfare in Burma (Myanmar) where rivers have always been transport corridors and sometimes conflict zones. One of those times is after Feb. 1, 2021 coup as resistance forces attack coup military supply boats.
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My new Project Maje report “Hornbills and Powder Horns: Chin State Resists” provides background (Burma/Myanmar) with 6 interviews, 30+ news article links & a history essay by Pu Lian Uk.
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Read it at:
12/12. Still to be seen how varied Ethnic Armed Organizations may fulfill responsibility to protect protesters vs. Myanmar coup. Some may intervene directly or divert Tatmadaw with raids. Others might take a support role. For background: History Threads at
1. This History Thread is about Air Warfare in Burma (Myanmar.) Air power has been deployed in variety of ways 1940s-present. Successive military regimes have aircraft -- which resistance forces lack. Myanmar Air Force routinely attacks civilian targets.
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Attacking a country that loves books, Myanmar coup regime commited yet another act of deliberate terror by destroying a Public
#Library
in Bhamo,
#Kachin
land. They also killed & violently abducted civilians there.
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1. This History Thread is about relations between Japan and Burma (Myanmar.) Japan/Myanmar relations often described as “close” due to economic ties emphasized. But many Japanese people actively support Myanmar freedom.
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1. This History Thread is about tanks & other armored vehicles in Burma (Myanmar.) This costly equipment was obtained by successive military regimes but rarely deployed. Since Feb. 2021 coup some of it has been destroyed, captured by revolutionary forces.
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Traditional culture — Yoke Thé puppet drama — deployed with love & bravery in this 21st Century conceptual
#installationart
: the Myanmar art of trying not to get shot by the violent coup regime.
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3. After Feb. 1 Myanmar coup, Restoration Council of Shan State (Shan State Army - South) spokesperson on Feb. 2: “We oppose the coup. The RCSS wants federalism and democratic norms & the overthrowing of a democratically elected government goes against democratic norms.”
Infamous Tatmadaw arsonists LID 99 burning Shan State Ta’ang farms. Known for burning villages & Munggu town Shan St. 2016, burned Rohingya villages Rakhine St. 2017. Based in
#Meiktila
central Myanmar, LID 99 has invaded hospital, universities there.
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Thank you
@ar00512
for being my 8,888 follower on Twitter! 8888 is significant number re Burma (Myanmar) because of Aug. 8, 1988 uprising. Spirit of those times lives on in today’s fight against the Fascist coup &
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4. Shan St. Feb. 10 Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) showed support for CDM vs. Myanmar coup. TNLA Brig. Gen. Tar Phone Kyaw: "Let the military dictator fall. Get the democracy that the people want.” In March TNLA protester protection Kutkai, Lashio.
Healthcare workers of Myanmar standing up to military takeover of govt by singing “Kabar Makyay Bu” the Burma (Myanmar) resistance anthem since 1980s which uses the music of “Dust in the Wind” (Kansas.)
1. This History Thread is about Tourism in Burma (Myanmar.) It includes some of the problems that have been associated with tourism (as well as some cool vintage posters.) Environmental safeguards,
#LandRights
needed for sustainable equitable return of tourism to Myanmar (Burma.)
2. September 19, 1988 Win Maw Oo bled to death, one of many female students & other women who were killed by Burma military suppressing 1988 uprising, suffocated, shot, drowned (Red Bridge Incident.)
Massive street demonstrations in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma.) Longtime mutual aid punk collectives against fascism. To quote The Clash, You can crush us, You can bruise us, But you'll have to answer to…
1. This History Thread is about timber industry and deforestation in Burma (Myanmar.) “As of 2016, 7.1% of Myanmar's tree cover was intact forest” (Global Forest Watch.) Efforts to protect what’s left are crucial. Local journalists & activists working on enviro issues face risks.
1. This History Thread is an overview of relations between Burma (Myanmar) & some of the countries of Europe. Trade, warfare, diplomacy. This is not including Britain (covered in May ‘22 History Thread) or Russia (July ‘21 & March ’22 Threads.)
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Environmental defender Man Zar Myay Mon of MATA described as “key campaigner against corruption in Sagaing” was shot & abducted by Myanmar coup forces on 8 June with 2 others. Leader of protests in Chaungsone. In extreme danger.
#ReleaseTheDetainees
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Photos from the rural Myanmar (Burma) uprising indicate the future of SE Asia will not be ASEAN with its complicity in human rights violations, its enabling of dictatorships. There must be a people-centered sustainability future for these children.
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2. EAOs did little to support previous civil uprisings vs Burma/Myanmar military. Failure to join in 1988 uprising other than sanctuary for fleeing students. Failure to support 2007 “Saffron Revolution.” Few EAOs spoke out against 2016-17 govt/mil genocidal attacks on Rohingyas.
Lisu activist actor/singer Yotifa (ꓬꓳ-ꓕꓲ-ꓩ ꓔꓯ) ယောတီဖာကို arrested Feb 28 tortured (according to Lisu Times) charged in
#Myitkyina
March 12 under Section 505(a) Penal Code (according to 74 Media.) One of many artists persecuted since Myanmar coup.
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15. Many thanks to war correspondents
@lindseyhilsum
,
@timkmak
,
@PDocumentarians
& others who even while bravely covering the war in Ukraine have made efforts to also draw some attention to the war in Myanmar & refugees from Myanmar.
1. This History Thread is about relations of Burma (Myanmar) with Bangladesh & Pakistan. Burma’s western neighbor Bangladesh was part of Pakistan from 1947-1971. In a region of turmoil, Bangladesh/Myanmar river border has been a lifeline for refugees.
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Small-scale jade miners on strike amid the ravaged hillsides of Hpakant,
#Kachin
land against the Myanmar military that profits the most off the exploitation & environmental ruin.
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1. This History Thread is about mining of an array of minerals in Burma (Myanmar) where the geology features varied north-south belts of ores that have long been exploited and exported without protection for environment or workers.
1. Instead of my usual monthly Burma (Myanmar) topic, this History Thread is a brief backgrounder on Portland, Oregon’s history as it relates to the ongoing Portland Black Lives Matter protest situation, along with an overview of those events.
6. Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) troops arrived at Feb. 7 protest in Myawaddy & seemed to stop police or Tatmadaw (Myanmar coup soldiers) from shooting. DKBA officers confronted police in Myawaddy over protester arrest Feb. 28. But DKBA has also cooperated with Tatmadaw.
@PaulTritschler
@IwriteOK
Those interested can read biographies & memoirs of Kanno Sugako and a dozen other politically defiant Japanese women who “challenged the social repression of prewar Japan” in this superb 1988 book “Reflections on the Way to the Gallows” translated/compiled by Mikisio Hane.
5. Karen National Union Feb. 14: “supports & encourages the non-violence demonstration… & will help and give protection.” KNU Karen National Liberation Army troops intervene to escort, protect protesters in locations incl. Taungoo, Kawkareik, Myawaddy.
Supporting the Rohingya people, historic/actual citizens of Arakan/Burma/Myanmar who need their
#LandRights
restored. Refugees in Bangladesh should not be subjected to barbed wire fence nor endangered on prison island Bhasan Char.
#RemoveTheFence
@ProtectRohingya
#Black4Rohingya
Now is a pivotal moment for Myanmar (Burma.) Peoples Defense Forces (PDFs) are turning the tide against the coup. What you can do to help if overseas: PDF medics need supplies to save lives. Even small donations help (can donate as a holiday gift.) ❤️🩹🌄🌿
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Friends:we need donations for PDFs, food, medical supplies, and other humanitarian aid (🌂). I wake up every AM to multiple vetted groups asking for help. It makes me even sadder when some are asking for medicine over food.Please contact me to donate.
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10/10. Know their stories. They were more than their murders & so much more than the murderers. Myanmar, there will be songs, poems, gardens. This thread also in honor of all those whose stories we will never know. Other History Threads:
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1. This (recent) History Thread is about the progress of Chin State resistance to Myanmar (Burma) coup regime, Feb. 2021 to Jan. 2023. Relates to my new Project Maje report: “Under the Hornbill Flag”
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Within the mountain khasi pine forest of Chin State, remote western Myanmar, the quietest protest appears. If a horrifically violent coup inevitably falls to the unstinting will of the people, deep in a forest, can the whole world hear it?
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In the Himalayan farthest north of Myanmar (Burma) in
#Kachin
land, defiant words carry the revolution against dictatorship to the end of the world. ကမ္ဘာမကြေဘူး
The coup will end in fire, it will end in snow.
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11,200 villagers from Bu Thoo and Dweh Lo townships in brigade 5, Mutraw district, Kaw Thoo lei are demonstrating today demanding for the removal of MAL terrorist army from their land/areas
7. Karenni Army of Karenni National Progressive Party (not in Nationwide Ceasefire) made Feb. 5 statement opposing the Myanmar coup. Another EAO, Kayan National Liberation Army (ceasefire) soldiers have been seen with anti coup protesters in Karenni (Kayah) St. capital Loikaw.
10. Ten EAO signatories of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement stated Feb. 20: “We support the Civil Disobedience Movement & public protests against the military coup and military dictatorship, & we are going to find ways to support these movements & protests.”
Animal in photo killed by Myanmar coup Tatmadaw is a mithun (sia) a docile forest ox which is culturally sacred in region. Possible deliberate act of
#CulturalGenocide
(not killed for food) against Chin people. [for more re mithuns see my pinned tweet]
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The military junta forces have ransacked more than 100 houses in Ramthlo village, Falam Township and reportedly killed dozens of animals while they are marching towards Hakha city, Chin State.
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#Rejectmilitarycoup
8. In southern Myanmar on Feb. 12 New Mon State Party (NMSP) issued official statement that the coup "seriously damages the whole country” and that
#CDM
protests “are an important democratic right” & must not be met with violence.
Sad loss June 29 of friend Josef Silverstein. Eminent in Burma (Myanmar) Studies, Joe “got it” about dictatorship and its brutal oppression decades before others did. Believed in Federalism & listened to ethnic nationalities w. respect. Regret he didn’t get to see end of coup. 🌿
9. Feb. 17 Kachin Independence Organization supported right to protest vs. coup & protection of protesters. In March after Tatmadaw killed protesters Myitkyina & elsewhere in Kachin St., KIO Kachin Independence Army renewed raiding Tatmadaw positions incl. not far from Myitkyina.
1. This History Thread is about relations between Burma (Myanmar) and the continent of Africa. Although far apart geographically there have been interactions in trade, diplomacy & affinities in the Colonial + post-Colonial experience. Background on
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1. After 3 years of my monthly History Threads this anniversary
#cartography
one is about maps of Burma (Myanmar.) Burma is longer N/S than E/W which doesn’t work well with Twitter’s horizontal images, so please click on maps to see them properly.
1. This History Thread is about Rice, Rakhines and Rohingyas. In Myanmar (Burma) rice as important an economic/political force as opium or jade. Mismanagement, confiscation, exploitation in rice growing/trade has affected Buddhist and Muslim ethnic groups of Rakhine St. (Arakan.)
11. EAO soldier casualty of Myanmar coup: Corp. Aung Lin Htun, Chin National Army under treatment in Hakha General Hospital (only large med. facility in Chin St. capital) died when hosp. was forcibly evacuated for Tatmadaw occupation in retaliation for Civil Disobedience Campaign
This is one of most "remote" parts of Myanmar, western mountains, often cut off from transport, communications. Large protest despite military presence around town. Also elsewhere in Chin State. Click to see photo of orderly protest march in town center.
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1. This History Thread is about the
#indigenous
people of India’s
#Andaman
Islands known as
#Sentinelese
because they live on North Sentinel Island. Their names for themselves, their island are unknown to the outside world.
1. This History Thread is about relations between Burma (Myanmar) & “Middle East” (West Asia, North Africa) countries. For centuries people seeking a better future have crossed the seas in both directions. Also involved: petroleum, weapons.
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