Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, par ZHANG Yueran
What the world remembers about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests were the students. But above all, it was a mass workers’ uprising for socialist democracy.
Public discourse on the 1989 Tiananmen Democracy Movement has been dominated by two narratives. The most prevalent interprets the (...)
, by KADIRGAMAR Ahilan
Since the end of the war, Sri Lanka’s economy is being transformed through a rapid process of financialisation. Such widespread financialisation facilitated infrastructure development, a real estate boom linked to urbanisation and expansion of credit leading to increasing indebtedness of the (...)
, by NUPL (Philippines)
Military, police and politicians should stop labelling civic activists as terrorists!
1. Concept
In an article published by the International Peace Observers network (IPON)”,” red tagging” or “red baiting”
“describes the practice of state actors to publicly and detractively classify (...)
, by The Irrawaddy
The Russia-Myanmar Friendship Association and business owners in Myanmar signed deals for the Ngapali beach resort in Rakhine State on Saturday.
The association president Anatoly Bulochnikov met junta boss Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw on January 30 to reportedly discuss tourism and trade with (...)
Global news headlines this month will be focused on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which falls on Feb. 24. This external aggression, where a bigger state unilaterally takes territory from a smaller neighbor by force, can be juxtaposed with an internal subjugation in (...)
, by The Irrawaddy
A young resistance fighter, known as the Burmese Spiderman because he wore a mask during anti-regime protests in Yangon, was killed during a clash in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region, on Wednesday.
Khant Thiha, 17, and another two members of the Black Wolf Army, Yebaw Paing Gyi, 30, and Win (...)
, by The Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s military government has imposed martial law in 37 townships across the country, including in the resistance strongholds of Sagaing and Magwe regions.
Martial law came a day after the regime extended emergency rule for six more months, two years since the coup on February 1, 2021, (...)
The two-year anniversary of the military coup d’etat in Myanmar was met with a silent strike in many parts of the country. Outside Myanmar embassies in Thailand and other countries, protesters screamed out the name of dictator Min Aung Hlaing, slightly adjusted to Mah Ar Lah (an accusation of (...)
, by RAO Nitya
Widows and single women are losing their homes, after being told they can no longer work by the Taliban, and are living on the poverty line.
Jamila*, a widow living in Herat, lost her husband in a suicide attack about eight years ago. She has an 18-year-old daughter who is blind and a (...)
, by HIOE Brian
WESTERN EXPERTS and military officials continue to issue dates for a prospective invasion of Taiwan. The latest such example is a claim by General Mike Minihan of the US Air Force that he believed a war would occur between the US and China over Taiwan in 2025, in a memo that was obtained by the (...)
, by NARAI Robert
Two years after seizing power in a coup, Min Aung Hlaing’s junta in Myanmar continues to be ensnared in a civil war that shows no signs of abating.
Since the military crushed the mass strikes that emerged in opposition to the coup, tens of thousands of armed youth, small farmers and workers (...)
, by AFP
WASHINGTON—The US slapped fresh sanctions on Myanmar on Tuesday, a day before the Southeast Asian country marked the second anniversary of a military coup that has been followed by a violent crackdown on anti-regime forces.
The US Treasury placed sanctions on Myanmar junta Energy Minister Myo (...)
, by Sai Leik, The Irrawaddy
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy general secretary Sai Leik.
Myanmar’s regime has passed its Political Parties Registration Law ahead of its planned general election this year.
Observers and politicians say the law favors the military’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (...)
, by The Irrawaddy
Wednesday marks the second anniversary since Myanmar’s military seized power after rejecting the results of the 2020 election and ousting the civilian government. The coup plunged ordinary citizens into crisis as the economy spiraled out of control. Food prices and the cost of living have soared (...)
, by RATCLIFFE Rebecca
The UK, US, Canada and Australia have announced a range of measures aimed at punishing Myanmar’s military.
The UK, US and Canada have imposed fresh sanctions against Myanmar’s military, including some measures aimed at stopping the supply of aviation fuel to its air force, which is accused of (...)
Two years since the Burmese military’s attempted coup, over five years since its 2017 attacks of genocide, and after its decades of atrocities against our communities, we, Women’s Peace Network, are conflicted with speechless tragedy and rage. The military remains free to brutalize the entire (...)
, by RATCLIFFE Rebecca
Jailed activists Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phupong are demanding lese-majesty law be repealed
Two young Thai activists accused of insulting the monarchy are in a weak, exhausted condition and experiencing symptoms such as nosebleeds and chest pain after a hunger strike during which they (...)
, by Radical Socialist (India)
On Friday Jan 27, the Adani group, led by Chairman Gautam Adani, lost $51 billion in valuation. Mr. Adani personally incurred a loss to the tune of $20 billion moving him from being the third richest to seventh richest in the world. Why did this happen?
The decline in the Adani group’s (...)
, by SPRINGATE-BAGINSKI Oliver , Win Myo Thu
Myanmar’s opposition parties and ethnic separatists have formed a united front against the military junta.
Two years on from the latest military coup that deposed Myanmar’s democratically elected government, what began as a wave of national protest against the army’s power grab has descended into (...)
, by Banyar Aung
To mark the anniversary of the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, The Irrawaddy offers a review of developments in Myanmar’s political, economic and military spheres, as well as its international relations, over the past two years.
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Politics
Firstly, the 2008 Constitution was (...)
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