Big Brother (In-Law)

Yet another example of how carbon energy resources are allowing repressive regimes to persevere, resisting pressure to become less odious from outside and within. Burma’s military junta, truly one of the most despicable authoritarian regimes in the world, takes little notice of American sanctions imposed to protest its jailing of democracy activists because it has [...]

Burmese (School) Days

“Please use your liberty to promote ours.”
-Burmese democracy movement leader Aung San Suu Kyi
It doesn’t get more eloquent than that on the question of solidarity, and it doesn’t get more repressive than the junta that currently rules Burma. Political and economic oppression has caused hundreds of thousands of Burmese to take refuge in Thailand and [...]