BURMA RESOURCES THREAD: News, Actions and More!

[emlev]

I've compiled this thread to help keep the info and links about the current situation in Burma easy to find in one place. If you want to add to this, please take a moment to see how it's organized.

Categories of information are posted as replies to the OP (in caps).
Resources under each category are posted as replies to the category.
Comments about the resources are invited to be posted as replies to the resource.

Note about posting news updates:
In an effort to keep this thread as usable as possible with resources that will remain helpful, I've decided not to post news updates here. However, I invite you to link to news about Burma in as a response to the post below called "NEWS UPDATES and OTHER HELPFUL DU THREADS."

Disclaimer:
I don't vouch for the political position or accuracy of any of the resources presented here. Basically I've gathered stuff people have posted on other threads and put it together in one place. I hope it's useful and that it will encourage you to take action!
If you want to email this thread to people who are not DU members, consider emailing the "printer-friendly format" copied into an email.

I invite you to link to this thread at the bottom of any new thread on Burma!
Here's a http://tinyurl.com/3d728w">tinyURL: tinyurl.com/3d728w

[emlev]

1. NEWS SOURCES INCLUDING BLOGS

See responses in this section.

[emlev]

2. NewsDesk Special

NewsDesk Special

[emlev]

62. NewsDesk Special (now with live link)

Sorry 'bout that.

NewsDesk Special

[emlev]

3. Inter Press Service News Agency

Inter Press Service News Agency

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[emlev]

4. Jotman.com

Jotman.com
"Live blogging the situation in Burma from Bangkok"
Thanks to rayofreason for posting

[emlev]

5. Asian Human Rights Commission

Asian Human Rights Commission


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[emlev]

6. The Buddhist Channel

The Buddhist Channel

[emlev]

7. Yangon Thu

Yangon Thu
Thanks to rayofreason


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[emlev]

8. Buddhist Peace Fellowship

Buddhist Peace Fellowship

[emlev]

9. Mizzima News

Missima News
Specialising in Burma-Related News and Multimedia

[suffragette]

65. Democratic Voice of Burma

http://english.dvb.no/

This link is to the English version of their website, which is in Norway.

[emlev]

66. Democracy Now!

News updates daily: Democracy Now!

[graphixtech]

141. Burma's Diplomat in UK Resigns over Suppression of Monks' Protest

Burma's Diplomat in UK Resigns over Suppression of Monks' Protest
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=8962

"I have never seen such a scenario in the whole of my life.
The government is arresting and beating the peaceful Buddhist monks," he said.

[emlev]

105. The Irrawaddy

The Irrawaddy
This is recommended by the good folks at Avaaz.org

[emlev]

144. U.S. Campaign for Burma--LATEST NEWS page

Very good listing of latest news

[emlev]

10. ONLINE PETITIONS

See responses in this section.

[emlev]

11. AVAAZ.org

Stand With The Burmese Protesters

[emlev]

12. Buddhist Channel Petition

A Petition Campaign for Buddhist Solidarity with the Monks and Nuns of Burma

[emlev]

13. U.S. Campaign for Burma

China Must Support People of Burma, Not the Military Regime

[emlev]

14. VIGILS and OTHER PROTESTS

See responses in this section.

[emlev]

15. Buddhist Peace Fellowship Global Calendar of Vigils

Calendar of Burma Events

[EFerrari]

56. IndyOp's prayer thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1954905

[emlev]

125. **Saturday 10/6: Global Day of Action on Burma!**

Join or plan a protest!

[emlev]

16. ADDITIONAL ORGANIZED ACTIONS

See responses to this section.

[emlev]

17. 10/1 Request for Letters to International Red Cross

ko htike's blog
Thanks to Seafan for posting.

[emlev]

67. Express Yourself to the People of Burma

Democratic Voice of Burma welcomes videos and pictures bearing messages for the people of Burma, to be shown on DVB TV. Please include your name and country in the footage.

More info

[emlev]

18. IDEAS for MORE ACTIONS

See responses to this section.

[emlev]

19. Join or organize a vigil in your town or city

We have posted a calendar of vigils on the BPF website. There are currently events scheduled in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, and Milan (Italy). We are updating the list regularly, so please keep checking it. Check with your local BPF chapter to see if they are planning a vigil.

If you plan a vigil, we are encouraging people to use these common elements:

* Silent vigil, and hold to principles of nonviolence in support of the monks and nuns. If you do chant, use the Metta Sutta, as this is the chant the monks and nuns of Burma have been praying. Click here for a copy of the Metta Sutta that you can print and distribute to people at your vigil. Please avoid protest chants.

* Wear red or maroon.

* Bring a BPF banner, if you have one.
From Buddhist Peace Fellowship Website

[emlev]

20. Sign a petition

See posts in PETITION section above

From Buddhist Peace Fellowship Website

[emlev]

21. Light a candle

Light a Candle and place it in your window every night this week, along with this sign in support of the nonviolent protest. And please spread the word.
From Buddhist Peace Fellowship Website




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[emlev]

22. Make a donation

Buddhist Peace Fellowship suggests donations be made to Foundation for the People of Burma, "an affiliated group of BPF that provides humanitarian aid to Burmese people of all ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs."

[emlev]

23. Help get video equipment into Burma

From Buddhist Peace Fellowship Website
From BPF board member Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey:

In lieu of an actual physical international presence on the ground in Burma, one of the best ways we have to supporting the effort of the Burmese people is to make sure these lines of communication to the outside world stay open and up-to-date.

We are trying to find a way to gather photographic, video and transmission equipment and get it into Burma through contacts in Thailand. We would appreciate your help by sending any extra equipment of this nature that you may have to our office in North Carolina, where they will be compiled and sent as quickly as possible to the appropriate people. This can be old, used and even out-dated equipment--as long as it works and you are willing to part ways with it.

If you do not have equipment of this nature but would like to help you can also send donations to help pay for additional equipment and shipping charges. Please make checks payable to stone circles with “Burma video equipment” in the memo line.

Please send all resources to:
The Stone House
attn: Burma equipment
6602 Nick’s Rd
Mebane, NC 27302




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[emlev]

95. ***EMAIL THIS THREAD (email-friendly version here!)***

Copy and paste this into an email, give it a lively subject line, send it to your friends and colleagues, and ask them to forward it.

***BURMA RESOURCES THREAD***
from DemocraticUnderground.com
News, Actions and More!

This was prepared for DemocraticUnderground.com by "emlev," email version prepared by "NYC" with assistance from "emlev."

The original, with updates and comments, can be found at this link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1954428 or http://tinyurl.com/3d728w.

Disclaimer:
I don't vouch for the political position or accuracy of any of the resources presented here. Basically I've gathered stuff people have posted on other threads and put it together in one place. I hope it's useful and that it will encourage you to take action!

***NEWS SOURCES INCLUDING BLOGS***

NewsDesk Special
http://www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk/burma/
The Burma File News Desk Special

IPS Inter Press Service News Agency
http://www.ipsnews.net/

Jotman.com
http://jotman.blogspot.com/
"Live blogging the situation in Burma from Bangkok"
Thanks to rayofreason for posting

Asian Human Rights Commission
http://www.campaigns.ahrchk.net/burmaprotests/

The Buddhist Channel TV
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php

Yangon Thu
http://www.moeyyo.com/MM/
Thanks to rayofreason

Buddhist Peace Fellowship
http://www.bpf.org/html/home.html

Mizzima News
http://mizzima.com/mizzimanews/
Specialising in Burma-Related News and Multimedia

Democratic Voice of Burma
http://english.dvb.no/

Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/


***ONLINE PETITIONS***

AVAAZ.org
Stand with the Burmese Protesters
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/

Buddhist Channel Petition
Petition Campaign for Buddhist Solidarity with the Monks and Nuns of Burma
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,4945,0,0,1,0

U.S. Campaign for Burma
China Must Support People of Burma, Not the Military Regime
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/uscampaignforburma/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=730&t=HomePage.dwt


***VIGILS and OTHER PROTESTS***

Buddhist Peace Fellowship Global Calendar of Vigils
Calendar of Burma Events
http://www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/2007/burmaevents.html

Indy Op’s Prayer Thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1954905


***ADDITIONAL ORGANIZED ACTIONS***

10/1 Request for Letters to International Red Cross
http://www.ko-htike.blogspot.com/
Thanks to Seafan for posting.

Express Yourself to the People of Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma
http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=486


***IDEAS for MORE ACTIONS***

Join or organize a vigil in your town or city.
We have posted a Buddhist Peace Fellowship Global Calendar of Vigils

Calendar of Burma Events
http://www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/2007/burmaevents.html
If you plan a vigil, we are encouraging people to use these common elements:

* Silent vigil, and hold to principles of nonviolence in support of the monks and nuns. If you do chant, use the Metta Sutta, as this is the chant the monks and nuns of Burma have been praying. Click here for a copy of the Metta Sutta that you can print and distribute to people at your vigil. Please avoid protest chants.
* Wear red or maroon.
* Bring a BPF banner, if you have one.
From http://www.bpf.org/html/home.html

Sign a petition
(See listings in petition section above)
http://www.bpf.org/html/home.html

Light a candle
Light a Candle and place it in your window every night this week, along with this sign in support of the nonviolent protest. And please spread the word.
http://www.bpf.org/html/home.html

Make a donation
Buddhist Peace Fellowship suggests donations be made to Foundation for the People of Burma, "an affiliated group of BPF that provides humanitarian aid to Burmese people of all ethnic backgrounds and religious beliefs."
http://www.foundationburma.org/

Help get video equipment into Burma
http://www.bpf.org/html/home.html
From BPF board member Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey:

In lieu of an actual physical international presence on the ground in Burma, one of the best ways we have to supporting the effort of the Burmese people is to make sure these lines of communication to the outside world stay open and up-to-date.

We are trying to find a way to gather photographic, video and transmission equipment and get it into Burma through contacts in Thailand. We would appreciate your help by sending any extra equipment of this nature that you may have to our office in North Carolina, where they will be compiled and sent as quickly as possible to the appropriate people. This can be old, used and even out-dated equipment--as long as it works and you are willing to part ways with it.

If you do not have equipment of this nature but would like to help you can also send donations to help pay for additional equipment and shipping charges. Please make checks payable to stone circles with “Burma video equipment” in the memo line.

Please send all resources to:
The Stone House
attn: Burma equipment
6602 Nick’s Rd
Mebane, NC 27302


***BACKGROUND INFO on BURMA***

Wikipedia article on Myanmar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma

Oil Ties
Reps Take Trip to Burma
http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/reg.burma/archives/199703/msg00247.html
Thanks to SFEXPAT2000 for originally posting this.

Human Rights Watch Burma page
http://hrw.org/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/burma14865.htm


***PHOTO GALLERIES and VIDEOS***

ko htike's prosaic collection
http://www.ko-htike.blogspot.com
Thanks to LaStrega for posting

9/29 Myanmar Junta Under Pressure
Myanmar Junta Under Pressure
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x58749

Nik's Public Gallery
http://picasaweb.google.com/niknayman/MalaysiaSingaporeNewDehliLodonNewZealand
Photos of protests for a Free Burma from around the world

Footage of Japanese Photographer Being Killed in Burma
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=385&topic_id=58340

Protests Ignite Across Asia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEvrcuNIBts
Scenes of protests in many nations


***NEWS UPDATES and OTHER HELPFUL DU THREADS***

9/30: Firms Seek Access to Burma Oil Fields Despite Bloody Crackdown
by BabylonSister
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1945848

9/30: Oil companies look to exploit Burma
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1944936
by Breeze54

10/1: The Women Who Are a Part of the Struggle for Myanmar/Burma
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1951169&mesg_id=1951169
by Donsu

10/1: Please Help Monks!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1954428&mesg_id=1955057

10/1: Groups Struggle to Tally Myanmar's Dead
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1954428&mesg_id=1955067

9/28: International narcotics agenda behind Myanmar instability
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1929731
by Donsu

9/30: Oil Companies Look to Exploit Burma
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1944936

9/27 & 9/28 News Compilation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1954428&mesg_id=1954642


***MISC. POSTS***

Analysis: Lessons from Burma: Why the Religious Right Wants to Replace Spiritualism w/ Patriotism
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1935131
by DUer McCamy Taylor]

Analysis: Lessons from the Burmese uprising
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7021567.stm
by Paul Reynolds

[emlev]

108. Call your Senators about Kerry resolution. Toll-free numbers here

See this thread for info about the resolution condemning the violent response to nonviolent protests in Burma.

Toll-free numbers for Capitol Hill switchboard:

1 (800) 828 - 0498

1 (800) 459 - 1887

1 (800) 614 - 2803

1 (866) 340 - 9281

1 (866) 338 - 1015

1 (866) 220 - 0044

1 (877) 851 - 6437

CaliMary posted these a few months go. Not sure if they're all still working, but last time I tried them, they were.

[EFerrari]

24. Thank you, emlev!

:kick:

[emlev]

25. BACKGROUND INFO on BURMA

See responses in this section.

[emlev]

26. Wikipedia article on Myanmar (Burma)

Myanmar

[emlev]

27. Oil Ties

Reps Take Trip to Burma
Thanks to SFExpat2000 for originally posting this.

[emlev]

85. Human Rights Watch Burma Page

Human Rights Watch

[blondeatlast]

28. Trying to respect your half-hour wishes, but this thread is invaluable.

Thank you, emlev--and I'm counting the minutes.

[emlev]

29. PHOTO GALLERIES and VIDEOS

See responses in this section.

[emlev]

30. ko htike's prosaid collection

Many photos and videos
Thanks to LaStrega for posting

[emlev]

31. 9/29 Myanmar Junta Under Pressure

Myanmar Junta Under Pressure

[emlev]

32. Nik's Public Gallery

Nik's Public Gallery
Photos of protests for a Free Burma from around the world

[emlev]

33. Footage of Japanese Photographer Being Killed in Burma

Footage of Japanese Photographer Being Killed in Burma

[emlev]

87. Protests Ignite Across Asia (YouTube)

Scenes of protests in many nations

[emlev]

135. Video: Wind of Change: From Burma to Vietnam (4 mins)

Now in the Political Videos forum

[emlev]

34. NEWS UPDATES and OTHER HELPFUL DU THREADS

See responses in this section.

[emlev]

35. 9/30: Firms Seek Access to Burma Oil Fields Despite Bloody Crackdown

OP by BabylonSister

[babylonsister]

63. 10/1: Please Help Monks!!!!!!!!!!

http://ko-htike.blogspot.com/2007/10/junction-8-burma-t...

Monday, 1 October 2007

Please Help Monks!!!!!!!!!!

Reports emerging from Rangoon indicate that the temporary detention
centres based in Yangon Institute of Technology and General Institute
of Technology (GTI) is currently detaining 500 hundred monks.

The monks are refusing to accept Sune (Alms food.....food offering given to monk
by layperson just before 12 noon as main meal of the day) from the
military junta. The local population approached these detention
centres to offer food and they have been turned away by the
authorities. Technically, the monks are unintentionally on huger
strike.

We contacted the International Red Cross's (ICRC) office and UNHCR in
Rangoon. The UN's office refused to help and ICRC bucked the
responsibility on their head office in Geneva.

Please write or Phone to ICRC, e-mail Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister
Gordon Brown. Every governments contribute funds in the running of
the UN bodies and therefore you persuade the PM and the Foreign
Secretary to pressure the UN organisations to take action on or least
ask them if they provide value for money service to the world
humanity.

Please be professional when writing to PM Gordon Brown and Secreatarty
. You can thank the British Government for their efforts so on Burma
and persuade them succinctly with sound arguments. Contact details
are:



ICRC headquarters in Geneva

Postal address
International Committee of the Red Cross
19 avenue de la Paix
CH 1202 Geneva

Fax
ICRC general: ++ 41 (22) 733 20 57
Production, Multimedia, Distribution Division: ++ 41 (22) 730 27 68

Phone
++ 41 (22) 734 60 01


UK prime minister office

10 Downing Street,
London,
SW1A 2AA

Fax
[phone]

[babylonsister]

64. 10/1: Groups Struggle to Tally Myanmar's Dead

Groups Struggle to Tally Myanmar's Dead


Monday October 1, 2007 7:01 PM

By MICHAEL CASEY

Associated Press Writer

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - One hundred shot dead outside a Myanmar school. Activists burned alive at government crematoriums. Buddhist monks floating face down in rivers.

After last week's brutal crackdown by the military, horror stories are filling Myanmar blogs and dissident sites. But the tight security of the repressive regime makes it impossible to verify just how many people are dead, detained or missing.

``There are huge difficulties. It's a closed police state,'' said David Mathieson, a consultant with Human Rights Watch in Thailand. ``Many of the witnesses have been arrested and are being held in areas we don't have access to. Other eyewitness are too afraid.''

Authorities have acknowledged that government troops shot dead nine demonstrators and a Japanese cameraman in Yangon. But witness accounts range from several dozen deaths to as many as 200.

``We do believe the death toll is higher than acknowledged by the government,'' Shari Villarosa, the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar, told The Associated Press Monday. ``We are doing our best to get more precise, more detailed information, not only in terms of deaths but also arrests.''

Villarosa said her staff had visited up to 15 monasteries around Yangon and every single one was empty. She put the number of arrested demonstrators - monks and civilians - in the thousands.

more...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6962910...

[emlev]

36. 9/30: Oil companies look to exploit Burma

OP by Breeze54

[emlev]

37. 10/1: The Women Who Are a Part of the Struggle for Myanmar/Burma

OP by Donsu


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[emlev]

38. 9/28: International narcotics agenda behind Myanmar instability

OP by Donsu

[uppityperson]

44. 9/27 & 9/28 news compilation

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1925199
other news in other posts in topic 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 35-41, 44, 45

[emlev]

142. 10/11"You are no longer monks," Myanmar prisoners told (DU thread)

"You are no longer monks," Myanmar prisoners told

[emlev]

143. 10/11: Only Now, The Full Horror of Burmese Junta’s Repression of Monks Emerges (DU thread)

Only Now, The Full Horror of Burmese Junta’s Repression of Monks Emerges

[emlev]

39. MISC. POSTS RE: BURMA

See responses in this section.

[emlev]

40. Analysis: Lessons from Burma: Why the Religious Right Wants to Replace Spiritualism w/ Patriotism

by DUer McCamy Taylor

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[emlev]

41. Analysis: Lessons from the Burmese uprising

by Paul Reynolds

[emlev]

134. Perspective: Burma's Saffron Revolution: Goodbye, Generals

By Cynthia Boaz and Shaazka Beyerle
t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Sunday 07 October 2007

Posted here by babylonsister.

[emlev]

138. Commentary: A Storm That Won't Be Stilled

By Naomi Mann/Rangoon
October 6, 2007

Just a few months ago, Rangoon experienced a day of freak weather. Whirlwinds ripped through several townships in the city leaving untold damage in their angry wake. A display of emotion conspicuously at odds with anything I was used to seeing and tantalizingly portentous, it resurfaced last week in human form.

The grim statistics from these protests can always be disputed, yet like a whirlwind, the protestors are undoubtedly of one force—one body with many limbs.

From a window high above the wide street, I watched thousands of maroon-clad figures walking, as though in silent meditation, towards a smoking pagoda. On either side, ordinary citizens held hands, forming a human chain to protect THEIR monks.

I could hear many chants. There was the chant of ‘Doh ayei’ (‘our cause’) and there was the monks’ chant of metta sutta, or ‘loving kindness.’ Finally, there was the chant of democracy, rarely whispered in modern times.

Where, I wondered, was their loving kindness leading them? Most likely into the guns and bayonets of their brothers in the army...

More

[Forkboy]

42. I'm not waiting...off to the greatest page with you!

:kick:

[emlev]

43. COMMENTS ABOUT THIS THREAD

See responses in this section.

[uppityperson]

46. woohoo, what a great idea, put it all together, Thank you so much.

[emlev]

48. Here's where to kick this to keep it visible!

[uppityperson]

50. kick again. Time to kick and rec now? Good! kick!

[emlev]

61. I'm glad folks are finding this helpful! Thanks to everyone whose posts I pulled from!

[libnnc]

52. Thank you for this

kick

[emlev]

78. You're welcome. n/t

[Mike03]

59. Kick, and please keep kicked

NT

[NYC]

79. Check my new signature link.

If you want me to call it something other than "Help Burma," let me know.

[emlev]

84. Great idea. Thanks. n/t

[uppityperson]

80. KICK HERE, right? Don't add kick below, but keep it all together here?

Got it and thank you again.

[emlev]

82. Either place is fine, thanks

I was originally hoping for kicks here so that bottom area could be for additional categories of posts, but I think it's working out fine this way. Thanks for asking.

[uppityperson]

102. thanks

[EFerrari]

45. kick

[EFerrari]

47. kick

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

49. Thanks for the links! K&R

[Mike03]

51. From the bottom of my heart, thank you

I was hoping someone would be able to find something like this.

Kick Kick and Kick!

[babylonsister]

53. Dupe, pls. delete. nt

[babylonsister]

54. Dupe, pls. delete. nt

[EFerrari]

55. Kick

[emlev]

57. ***Here's how to reply to this thread and keep it organized for ease of use***

To post a new NEWS SOURCE/BLOG:
Click on post #1, hit "reply," and post your item.
This isn't for specific news articles, but for sites that we can expect will get updated with news.

To post a new ONLINE PETITION:
Click on post #10, hit "reply," and post your item.

To post a new VIGIL/PROTEST:
Click on post #14, hit "reply," and post your item.

To post a new ORGANIZED ACTION (other than a vigil/protest):
Click on post #16, hit "reply," and post your item.

To post an IDEA for ADDITIONAL ACTION:
Click on post #18, hit "reply," and post your item.

To post BACKGROUND INFO on BURMA:
Click on post #25, hit "reply," and post your item.

To post a link to a PHOTO GALLERY or VIDEO:
Click on post #29, hit "reply," and post your item.

To post a link to a NEWS UPDATE or another DU THREAD on Burma:
Click on post #34, hit "reply," and post your item.

To KICK or post a COMMENT ABOUT THIS THREAD:
Click on post #43, hit "reply," and post your item.

To add a category of posts, reply to the OP.

Thanks!

[rumpel]

58. k&r

gratitude

[blondeatlast]

60. Excellent. thank you. nt

[Lucinda]

68. KR

Thanks for doing this!

[babylonsister]

69. Tomorrow is Mahatma Gandhi's birthday! nt

[EFerrari]

70. Kick

[Howardx]

71. kick n/t

[emlev]

72. kick

[EFerrari]

73. Kick

[Tuesday_Morning]

74. kicking!

thank you!

[emlev]

75. Have you signed petitions yet? Checked to see if there's a vigil in your town?

I appreciate all the kicks, recs and views this thread is getting and I'm wondering if anyone's actually DOING any of the stuff listed here. Care to say?

[Naturyl]

89. I signed the petitions and lit a candle.

It's really nothing, but perhaps every little bit does count. I wish I could do more.

[emlev]

91. Thank you. What more do you wish you could do? n/t

[Naturyl]

96. Contribute something. But I'm disabled and times are tough. (nt)

[emlev]

107. I understand...spreading the word can help more than you'll know

A few things I've learned:

When the world is a wreck, *nothing* we do ever feels like enough. We must do what we can and do our best to accept our limits, while also looking for opportunities to do more.

We rarely know the true effects of our actions. I know of situations where somebody sending one email or making one phone call has set off a chain of events that has had huge effects. Really.

Thank you for caring and for doing what you're able to do!

[NYC]

76. Kick.

I'll be back later.

[EFerrari]

77. Thank you.

:kick:

[NYC]

90. You're welcome.

:kick:

[Spiffarino]

81. Burma is China's wet dream

Brutal military repression. Killing off the dominant religion. Stifling even the slightest dissent.

It sounds like China in miniature.

:kick: by way of my opinion.

[Withywindle]

83. K&R

Great resource. Thanks so much for doing this.

[Naturyl]

86. K&R

May it end soon.

[pitohui]

88. k & r EOM

.

[NYC]

92. Emailable form of this Burma Resources Thread.

This is emlev's thread converted for use as an email. We think you can just copy and paste the following into an email, and the links will remain clickable.




http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1954428





BURMARESOURCES THREAD: News, Actions and More!


I've compiled this thread to help keep the infoand
linksabout the current situation in Burmaeasy to find
in one place. If you want to add to this, please take
amoment tosee how it's organized.

CATEGORIES of information are posted as replies tothe
OP.

RESOURCES under each category are posted asreplies to
thecategory.

COMMENTS about the resources are invited to beposted
asreplies to the resource.



Note about posting news updates:

In an effort to keep this thread as usable aspossible
withresources that will remain helpful, I've decided
not to post newsupdates here.However, I invite you to
link to news about Burmain as a response to the
postbelow called "NEWS UPDATES and OTHER HELPFUL DU
THREADS."



Disclaimer:

I don't vouch for the political position oraccuracy of
anyof the resources presented here. Basically I've
gathered stuff peoplehaveposted on other threads and
put it together in one place. I hope it'susefuland
that it will encourage you to take action!

If you want to email this thread to people who arenot
DUmembers, consider emailing the "printer-friendly
format" copied intoan email.


NEWS SOURCES INCLUDING BLOGS



NewsDesk Special

http://www.newsdeskspecial.co.uk/burma/

The BurmaFile News Desk Special



IPS Inter Press Service News Agency

http://www.ipsnews.net/







Jotman.com

http://jotman.blogspot.com/



"Live blogging the situation in Burma from Bangkok"

Thanks to rayofreason for posting



Asian Human Rights Commission

http://www.campaigns.ahrchk.net/burmaprotests/







The Buddhist Channel TV

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php





Yangon Thu

http://www.moeyyo.com/MM/



Thanks to rayofreason



Buddhist Peace Fellowship

http://www.bpf.org/html/home.html





Mizzima News

http://mizzima.com/mizzimanews/



Specialising in Burma-Related News andMultimedia







Democratic Voice of Burma

http://english.dvb.no/



Democracy Now!

http://www.democracynow.org/








ONLINE PETITIONS



AVAAZ.org

Stand with the Burmese Protesters

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/





Buddhist Channel Petition
PetitionCampaign for Buddhist Solidaritywith the Monks
and Nuns of Burma
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,4945,0,0,1,0






U.S. Campaign for BurmaChina Must Support People
ofBurma, Notthe Military
Regimehttp://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/uscampaignforburma/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=730&t=HomePage.dwt


VIGILS and OTHER PROTESTS



Buddhist Peace Fellowship Global Calendar of Vigils

Calendar of Burma Events

http://www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/2007/burmaevents.html



Indy Op’s Prayer Thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1954905






ADDITIONAL ORGANIZED ACTIONS



10/1 Request for Letters to International Red Cross



http://www.ko-htike.blogspot.com/



Thanks to Seafan for posting.





Express Yourself to the People of Burma

Democratic Voice of Burma



http://english.dvb.no/news.php?id=486










IDEAS for MORE ACTIONS





Join or organize a vigil in your town or city.
We have posted a Buddhist Peace Fellowship Global
Calendar of Vigils

Calendar of Burma Events

http://www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/2007/burmaevents.html

on the BPF website.There are currently events
scheduled in New York City, San
Francisco,Chicago,Washington DC, and Milan (Italy). We
are updating the list regularly,so pleasekeep checking
it. Check with your local BPF chapter to see if they
areplanninga vigil.

If you plan a vigil, we are encouraging people to use
these commonelements:

* Silent vigil, and hold to principles of nonviolence
in support of themonksand nuns. If you do chant, use
the Metta Sutta, as this is the chantthe monksand nuns
of Burma have been praying. Click here for a copy of
the MettaSuttathat you can print and distribute to
people at your vigil. Please avoidprotestchants.

* Wear red or maroon.

* Bring a BPF banner, if you have one.

>From Buddhist Peace
FellowshipWebsite>



Sign a petition

See posts in petition section above



Buddhist Peace Fellowship Website

http://www.bpf.org/html/home.html





Light a candle

Light a Candle and place it in your window everynight
thisweek, along with this sign in support of the
nonviolent protest. Andpleasespread the word.

http://www.bpf.org/html/home.html

Buddhist Peace Fellowship Website. I STOPPED HERE. I
STOPPED HERE. I STOPPED.



Make a donation

Buddhist Peace
Fellowship>suggestsdonations be made to
Foundation for thePeople
ofBurma>, "an affiliated group of BPF that provides
humanitarian aid toBurmese people of all ethnic
backgrounds and religious beliefs."



Help get video equipment into Burma

>From Buddhist Peace
FellowshipWebsite>

>From BPF board member Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey:

In lieu of an actual physical international presence
on the ground inBurma,one of the best ways we have to
supporting the effort of the Burmesepeople isto make
sure these lines of communication to the outside world
stayopen andup-to-date.

We are trying to find a way to gather photographic,
video andtransmissionequipment and get it into Burma
through contacts in Thailand. We wouldappreciate your
help by sending any extra equipment of this nature
thatyou mayhave to our office in North Carolina, where
they will be compiled andsent asquickly as possible to
the appropriate people. This can be old, usedand
evenout-dated equipment--as long as it works and you
are willing to partways withit.

If you do not have equipment of this nature but would
like to help youcan alsosend donations to help pay for
additional equipment and shippingcharges.Please make
checks payable to stone circles with “Burma
videoequipment” in thememo line.

Please send all resources to:
The Stone House
attn: Burma equipment
6602 Nick’s Rd
Mebane, NC 27302




BACKGROUND INFO on BURMA



Wikipedia article on Myanmar

Myanmar



Oil Ties

RepsTake
Trip to Burma>

Thanks to SFExpat2000 for originally posting this.






PHOTO GALLERIES and VIDEOS



ko htike's prosaic collection

Many photos and videos

Thanks to LaStrega for posting



9/29 Myanmar Junta Under Pressure

Myanmar
Junta Under Pressure>



Nik'sPublic
Gallery>

Photos of protests for a Free Burma from aroundthe
world



Footage of Japanese Photographer Being Killed inBurma

Footage
of Japanese Photographer Being Killed in Burma>


NEWS UPDATES and OTHER HELPFUL DU THREADS



9/30: Firms Seek Access to Burma Oil FieldsDespite
BloodyCrackdown

OPby
BabylonSister>



9/30: Oil companies look to exploit Burma

OPby
Breeze54>



10/1: The Women Who Are a Part of the
StruggleforMyanmar/Burma

OPby
Donsu>


9/28: International narcotics agenda
behindMyanmarinstability

OPby
Donsu>


MISC. POSTS



Analysis: Lessons from Burma: Why theReligious
RightWants to Replace Spiritualism w/ Patriotism

byDUer
McCamy Taylor}[br />




Analysis: Lessons from the Burmese uprising

byPaulReynolds


COMMENTS ABOUT THIS THREAD

[Desertrose]

93. Thanks and KICK!

:hug:

[emlev]

94. I've posted a cleaner version of this above at #95

It's marked with asterisks in the subject line to make it easy to find.

I think the formatting comes out better, and the presentation is changed a bit so it'll make sense as an email.

Thanks, NYC, for your work on this!

[NYC]

112. Go see Post #95 for the perfect email version.

It works better than post #92.

[EFerrari]

97. kick

[emlev]

99. Do you ever sleep? Thanks! n/t

[LeftishBrit]

98. k&r

THANKS for all info and suggestions.

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[EFerrari]

100. kick

[cosmicdot]

101. knr

[EFerrari]

103. kick

[EFerrari]

104. kick

[bdamomma]

106. kick

[EFerrari]

109. kick

[Lucinda]

110. ...

[Lucinda]

119. @@@

[Lucinda]

124. ###

[EFerrari]

111. Kick

[emlev]

113. kick

[EFerrari]

114. kick

[BikeWriter]

115. sfexpat2000, no shock to see you here, Kick! :-)

[EFerrari]

116. Hey, BikeWriter!

:hi:

[Blue_Tires]

117. ttt!

[EFerrari]

118. Kicking

[EFerrari]

120. kick

[emlev]

121. Thank you, devoted kickers! n/t

[emlev]

122. The emailable version of this thread now has its own thread to kick...

Emailable version of emlev's Burma Resources Thread

[EFerrari]

123. kick

[EFerrari]

126. kick

[seemslikeadream]

127. You can use this also in your sign line

[link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1954428|HELP
BURMA]

[L. Coyote]

128. NY TIMES: Myanmar Junta Admits Mass Arrests

Myanmar Junta Admits Mass Arrests
By THOMAS FULLER - Oct 5, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/world/asia/05myanmar.html?ref=asia

BANGKOK, Oct. 4 — For the first time, Myanmar’s military rulers late Thursday acknowledged mass detentions in their brutal crackdown on protesters, saying that about 1,400 people were being held. They also made a heavily qualified offer to meet with the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

The junta offered to hold talks with Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, but only if she abandoned her attitude of “confrontation” and repealed her call for foreign sanctions against the country. The announcement was made on the nightly radio and television newscasts, which are monitored by news agencies.

State news media said that during a meeting in Myanmar this week, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, the leader of the junta, told Ibrahim Gambari, the United Nations envoy, that Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi “has called for confrontation, utter devastation, economic sanctions and all other sanctions.”

If she “announces publicly she has given up these four things, he would hold direct talks” with her, General Than Shwe told Mr. Gambari, according to Myanmar media. ............

[emlev]

129. Thanks for posting this. n/t

[seemslikeadream]

130. Mmm, how much difference does it make...how much difference...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1896963

[emlev]

131. Wow.

[graphixtech]

132. Great list of resources! Thank you for compiling it.

I wouldn't have had a clue where to find related Burma news.

Saturday: International Day of Action on Burma!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1978292&mesg_id=1978292

I'm new to this type of meditation for today's cause,
but it seems logical to try and emulate these young men,
who seem to be meditating while walking. Incredible ones,
aren't they? Peace begins within, indeed.


One empowering tool from esteemed The Albert Einstein Institute:
198 Methods of Non-Violent Action

http://www.aeinstein.org/organizations103a.html

[emlev]

136. "198 Methods of Non-Violent Action" too bad you hid this in your response!

Great list. I've bookmarked it and I'm going to go post it elsewhere now...

Thanks!

[LeftishBrit]

133. kick

[Norrin Radd]

137. kick

[Mike03]

139. Kick

Just to keep this kicked.

[Lucinda]

140. ...