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Revolution toolkit â a model for pro-democracy protesters to follow?
published : 10 Mar 2021 at 04:00
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Anti-government protesters have adopted a wide range of tactics from flash mobs to banners in order to defy the powers that be. Last weekend, demonstrators gathered outside the Criminal Court surrounded by barbed wire on Ratchadaphisek Road to call for reforming the monarchy, the ouster of the military from politics, and a shift towards a welfare state. They first dumped garbage and then performed the symbolic act of setting it ablaze.
However, political observers have said that the pro-democracy movement has been on the wane since late last year. As protest leaders face a slew of charges, including lese majeste, demonstrators have dwindled in numbers. Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, one of the protest leaders, attributed this to the resurgence of Covid-19 infections and financial hardship. So, what is the best strategy by which the demonstrators can achieve their goals?
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When Myanmar’s military seized control of the civilian government and declared a year-long state of emergency, Ei San was shaken.
On February 1, the military arrested elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of other lawmakers, after declaring that a landslide election won by the National League for Democracy (NLD) party in November was fraudulent. In the days that followed, hundreds of thousands of people – particularly from the younger generations – have taken to the streets in protest, amidst an escalating crackdown by security forces.
Since the start of the civil disobedience movement, Ei San, a 27-year-old research assistant in Hong Kong who is from Myanmar, has been following the news from afar and worrying about loved ones back home. With others in the Myanmar community, she decided to form a solidarity group in the city. On February 9, they released a statement condemning the takeover as “illegal,” demanding the release of detainees who were �
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