Category: Opinion
The latest opinion from those committed to making our region fair, just and democratic.
FORSEA Spring Media Roundup
Read about UN agencies as embodiments of “the banality of evil”; China’s damning pragmatism in Myanmar, and Myanmar people’s resistance and social revolution.
Is China Mediating Conflicts in Myanmar?
China’s approach towards peace and stability lacks any real prospects for peace. For the Chinese are pursuing stability in Myanmar only to the extent it serves to protect their economic, security, and energy interests, not peace for Myanmar as a whole.
The Anatomy of the Political Economy of Slow Genocide, and Organising of Racial Capitalism– A Tale of the Making of De Facto Stateless Rohingya
The paper discusses the political economy of genocide by exploring the organising of genocide against the world’s largest de facto stateless community – the Rohingya community of Myanmar – over the past forty years.
Bureaucratic Despair at the United Nations Human Rights Council, but Hope, Love and Strength amongst Myanmar’s Resistance Communities
Listen Mr. Human Rights Commissioner: Hope is NOT rare among us Myanmar revolutionaries and our supporters.
Myanmar Military’s Acts of Terrorism from the Sky & Savage Beheadings on the Ground
Under Min Aung Hlaing’s genocidal commandership, Myanmar Armed Forces are morphing into a terrorist organization in full view of the world at large. The question now for Myanmar – and the pro-democratic world – to ask themselves is a variation of Lenin’s “What needs to be done?”
Acts of State Terrorism by Tatmadaw, Myanmar Armed Forces under Min Aung Hlaing
FORSEA Dialogue on Democratic Struggles Series hosts a conversation with David Eubank, a humanitarian & former US Army Special Forces and Ranger officer, & Founder and Leader of the Free Burma Rangers, which conducts relief, advocacy, leadership development and unity missions among the people of Burma.
Trouble in No Man’s Land
The events leading up to the destruction of the Rohingya camp in No Man's Land and the role of Bangladesh in it.
အကြမ်းဖက်သတ်ဖြတ်နေမှုများအဆုံးသတ်နိုင်ရေးနှင့် နိုင်ငံအစိတ်စိတ်အမွှာမွှာ မပြိုကွဲရေးအတွက် ဖက်ဒရယ်ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်တော်လှန်ရေးအင်အားစုများဖြင့် အာဆီယံပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ရန်လိုအပ်
ငြိမ်းချမ်းသောပဠိပက္ခဖြေရှင်းခြင်းနည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် ဒုက္ခအတိကျရောက်နေသော မြန်မာပြည်သူများနှင့်မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအား ထိရောက်စွာကူညီနိုင်လိမ့်မည်ဟု မျှော်လင့်ကြီးစွာစောင့်စား နေကြပါသည်။
ASEAN Needs to Work With Burma’s Democratic Resistance to End Violence and Reverse the Slow Balkanization
As leaders of ethnic armed resistance organizations, we view ourselves not only representatives of our respective communities but as national actors. We are forging ahead with an institutional platform for a federal democracy. We offer our utmost assistance to ASEAN and call on the UN and friends of ASEAN to support its efforts in implementing the Five-Point Consensus.
东盟需要与缅甸的民主抵抗结束暴力和扭转缓慢的巴尔干化
作为民族武装抵抗组织的领导人，我们不仅将自己视为各自社区的代表，而且将自己视为国家行动者。 我们正在为联邦民主建立一个体制平台。