"How non-violence protects the state" - UK tour - Jan 23 to Feb 2nd
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Apparently this has been sorted now and the event will still be happening at Rampart tonight.
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These are all secessionist ethnic groups fighting for their own self-determination. Whilst most have sympathy for the democracy movement, as it represents their best chance for self-determination, they don't ally themselves with it seeing it as a Burmese affair. They showed complete disinterest in the September protests. And don't be fooled by the names, the Myeik-Dawei United Front probably has little more than a few dozen active members.
Mostly an exile group now, responsibly for very little activity within the country, despite what the state-controlled media says.
Never heard of them.
A fucking ceasefire group who fight on the government side
It remains the case that, beyond the ethnic struggles, an overwhelming majority of the opposition has chosen to use non-violent tactics, a choice decided upon as a result of pragmatism and Buddhism.
Feedback from London:
About 100+ people at the talk, not bad considering we still didn't manage to distribute any leaflets for it! Peter spoke for around 45 minutes and gave a detailed and articulate history on the "nonviolence" idealogy. The discussion lasted for around another 1 hour and there was an overwhelming support for what peter had to say IMO. Those who do practive non-violence as a strategy were there in small number but were treated with respect and made some valuable contributions, especially from London Catholic Worker.
At the end of tour we managed to sort out Peter's entire expenses including his flight to the UK and with the help of other organising groups, also his travel, food and beer money. He also sold out of his books (the stall at the london date sold out in the first 5 minutes). For those wanting a copy contact Active distributions http://www.activedistribution.org/ as have just received a new batch.
Me and peter thought the tour was an overall success with around 350-400 people attending and much debate stirred which hopefully will educate and inspire similar such initiatives in the future.
Cheers
Ales
About 100+ people at the talk, not bad considering we still didn't manage to distribute any leaflets for it! Peter spoke for around 45 minutes and gave a detailed and articulate history on the "nonviolence" idealogy. The discussion lasted for around another 1 hour and there was an overwhelming support for what peter had to say IMO. Those who do practive non-violence as a strategy were there in small number but were treated with respect and made some valuable contributions, especially from London Catholic Worker.
At the end of tour we managed to sort out Peter's entire expenses including his flight to the UK and with the help of other organising groups, also his travel, food and beer money. He also sold out of his books (the stall at the london date sold out in the first 5 minutes). For those wanting a copy contact Active distributions http://www.activedistribution.org/ as have just received a new batch.
Me and peter thought the tour was an overall success with around 350-400 people attending and much debate stirred which hopefully will educate and inspire similar such initiatives in the future.
Cheers
Ales
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