Category: Opinion
The latest opinion from those committed to making our region fair, just and democratic.
Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire rallied N. Irish support for Iranian, Palestinian & Rohingya peoples, while calling attention to the deadly links among oligarchs, wars and inhumanity
“In Christ, there is no killing. There is an alternative to wars and militarism: non-violence. Talk to your enemies. We’ve got to live together in peace as a human family.”
အီရန် ကို အမေရိကန် ၊ အစ္စရေး ၊ (ဗြိတိန်၊ ပြင်သစ်၊ဂျာမဏီ) က ပေါင်းပြီး တိုင်းပြည် ကို ဖျက်ရန် ကျူးကျော် တိုက်ခိုက် မှု။
ဒေါက်တာ ဇာနည် ၏ သမိုင်း အခြေခံသုံးသပ် ခြင်း။
Harn Yawnghwe, An Extraordinary Life in Public Service & A Barricade Against the Erasure of the Shan from Myanmar’s Memories | PART 3 & Final
Post-colonial national vision for Myanmar came from a combination of leftist progressive analyses and non-blood-and-soil secular civic nationalism, both of which seek to honour ethnic group equality and right to self-determination.
Harn Yawnghwe, An Extraordinary Life in Public Service & A Barricade Against the Erasure of the Shan from Myanmar’s Memories | PART 2
For half-a-century, Harn Yawnghwe has been pushing for federalism based on 'ethnic group equality and inclusive society' as the only twofold viable solution for peace and reconciliation in his native Myanmar.
Harn Yawnghwe, An Extraordinary Life in Public Service & A Barricade Against the Erasure of the Shan from Myanmar’s Memory
FORSEA’s Maung Zarni tells a story of a remarkable Myanmar exile, (born a Shan prince), who sat on Chairman Mao’s laps in the Forbidden City, and proceeded to became one of the predominantly Buddhist country’s most prominent exiles, guided by his Christian faith. It is properly contextualized within both Myanmar’s exilic politics of 50-years and the failed democratic transition which the February coup in 2021 derailed.
Hollowed Out “Never Again!” and the Collapse of Europe’s Moral Imagination
Europe’s moral language remains backward-looking, Neanderthal and categorical. Former perpetrators, Europe does not lack lessons from genocides. It lacks the courage to apply them.
Rejecting Hindu Council UK’s “Warning” to the Government about Islamophobia
An organisation with Hindu supremacist and anti-Muslim ideological beliefs opposing efforts to tackle Islamophobia is unsurprising. What is troubling is a national newspaper amplifying this organisation as the sole representative of British Hindus.
When Outrage Is Selective: Art, Race, and the Limits of (The West’s) Moral Universality
“Why is only some violence deemed boycott worthy?" is the question that must be raised in the face of Supreme Hypocrisy of the West, with its collapsing moral universalism.
FORSEA Co-founder Maung Zarni on Myanmar Junta’s 3-Phased Elections
Myanmar's widely reviled military junta is holding "phased general elections", amidst the ever expanding military and political conflicts triggered by its coup in February 2021.
The Nobel Foundation breaches Alfred Nobel’s Will for Peace: The 1976 N. Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire joins Julian Assange in speaking truth to power
‘I fully support this great action of Julian Assange which speaks truth to power. Indeed Alfred Nobel's will is NOT for warmaking but peacemaking and the Nobel Committee is actually acting illegally by ignoring Nobel's wishes".