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Many people in the West view the coup and its violent aftermath in Myanmar as taking place in some far-off, exotic land that has little bearing on our own lives. Please read this 🧵...
Collateralized Craving: Dependent Origination and the Infrastructures of Desire ift.tt/ZoI3m5U
Stella Naw is a Kachin activist and researcher whose work is rooted in lived experience—growing up inside a community shaped by war, displacement, and structural exclusion, then stepping into global spaces that claim to support the very struggles her peo… instagr.am/p/DeqgYNTyY5j/
Thailand seeks stability along its border with Myanmar, yet its reliance on the military junta may be reinforcing the very instability it hopes to contain.
In the opening episode of our seven-part series from the Fifth International Conference on Burma/… instagr.am/p/DerGxcGSw33/
Thailand seeks stability along its border with Myanmar, yet its reliance on the military junta may be reinforcing the very instability it hopes to contain.
In the opening episode of our seven-part series from the Fifth International Conference on Burma/… instagr.am/p/DerF1OGSPFW/
Thailand seeks stability along its border with Myanmar, yet its reliance on the military junta may be reinforcing the very instability it hopes to contain.
In the opening episode of our seven-part series from the Fifth International Conference on Burma/… instagr.am/p/DerFl9ey3hi/
New post: "Transcript: Episode # 371: Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" ift.tt/n9xsjwK
Aye Chan Naing’s story, as shared in Episode 284, is the story of a student who did not set out to become a journalist, an activist, or an exile, but who grew up under a system where military power was visible in every ordinary humiliation — generals pla… instagr.am/p/Dep0XmQDCNr/
What Remains Untreated ift.tt/1w8evF2
When Myanmar's military seized power in February 2021, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun faced a decision that would fundamentally alter his diplomatic career. A veteran of Myanmar's foreign service since 1993, he had served in Jakarta, Singapore, Geneva, and New … instagr.am/p/Dejm2awyuRl/
Today marks sixty-four years having passed since Mogok Sayadaw's passing, and yet his presence in Myanmar has never really left. His name still moves through meditation halls and quiet rooms, through the ordinary lives of people trying to understand thei… instagr.am/p/DejmbnEy0fp/
New post: "Transcript: Episode #370: Decolonize This" ift.tt/NDdfsnp
Aye Myat Thwe sees Friedgard Lottermoser’s story as unusually important because Friedgard was present inside a world that has largely disappeared. She lived in Burma when very few foreigners could remain, especially after the 1962 coup, learned Burmese, … instagr.am/p/DejmJ3LyvD2/
For many of us outside Myanmar, the distance can feel impossible. The crisis is ongoing, the needs are immense, and it isn’t always clear how support from afar becomes something real for people living through it.
Better Burma is trying to bridge that ga… instagr.am/p/DehDyGcAKfR/
Hollywood had room for Burmese villains. Adrian Zaw wanted room for Burmese storytellers.
While working on S.W.A.T., Zaw helped dub Thai actors cast as Burmese antagonists. For a Burmese-American who grew up without classmates from his community or role… instagr.am/p/Dejledwybh4/
“I thought we just had to take a risk, because it's really worth it. And if we fail, maybe we we will be shot, and maybe we'll die.”
In "An Umbrella Policy," Tone Tone and Liberia describe their infamous and daring protest not as a spontaneous act of b… instagr.am/p/DehDiWnAvJF/
