Yangon Having people go around the room and introduce themselves is a common routine, but having people say their names and then the years they were imprisoned is somehow both sobering and immediately inspirational because just those words from former students, lawyers, professors, and regular workers who were jailed for advocating for democracy speaks volumes …
Category: International
The Challenges of Building a Labor & Political Movement in Exile and on the Ground
Yangon Dr. Thaung Htun had been the head of the foreign section of the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front. When all hell broke loose he fled along with other student leaders only to return about 25 years later after the country removed front leaders from the blacklist. He had formed a nonprofit in the US …
Is FDI and Foreign Tourism Already Passing Myanmar?
Yangon The Organizers’ Forum delegation started making its way, bleary eyed but bushy tailed across the world from the US and Canada via Taipei, Doha, Tokyo, and Hong Kong to visit with people and groups getting a sense of the transition of Myanmar (Burma) from a closed country towards more open elections and an opening …