Revolutions Are Built on Hope. That s Why I Believe Myanmar s Protesters Will Succeed Time 2 days ago MiMi Aye © David Cliff Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Activists protesting the removal of Myanmar s ambassador to the U.K. demonstrate with three-finger salutes outside the Embassy of Myanmar in London, United Kingdom on April 8, 2021.
Something I rarely talk about is that to be Burmese is to be afraid. It’s a low-level, visceral feeling most of the time, but sometimes it can be overwhelming. Because all the worst things you can imagine that could happen to you or your loved ones
have happened, to you or to people you know, because of the Tatmadaw, as Myanmar’s military is known. There’s a reason Aung San Suu Kyi’s most famous book was called
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