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October 19, 2007 at 11:40:17 Permalink
Saffron Revolution Links and Feeds

Diary Entry by Peter Dearman (about the author)

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This page is a simple collection of important links and newsfeeds about the situation in Burma since September, 2007.

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LOCATED AT:

http://www.burma-we-care.tk

It is my opinion that the current crisis in Burma is one of the most important events of our time. The imagery of soldiers beating peaceful monks and shooting a foreign journalist in cold blood evokes thoughts in each of us that speak of goodness and evil. It is one of those rare times when millions of ordinary people are feeling that enough is enough, and that evil as shameless as the regime in Burma must be served justice, not contracts. Engagement clearly does not work with this regime which supports one of the world’s largest armies solely for the purpose of internal repression. An ultimatum must be delivered by the world.

The mainstream media seems to be working hard to dilute the shock factor when telling the current news. Most people are still not aware that a high-ranking general who was recently in charge of dealing with the protests in Rangoon was sacked for being too soft on the protestors. He defected to Thailand and claimed that the junta had killed hundreds of times more people than they admitted. They had already buried thousands of bodies in the jungle, he said.

In response to the difficulty of monitoring this “Saffron Revolution” as it happens on the mainstream media, I have created this collection of links to what I consider to be some of the most important information about Burma.

Peter Dearman is a teacher living in Taiwan. He is concerned about depleted uranium, repression in Burma, stolen elections, organ harvesting, aspartame, sugar, species depletion, animal abuse, ocean pollution, helium depletion and the generally high (more...)

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