KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Lessons for Burma from the end of Apartheid in S. Africa -

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/show-patrol/2009/10/pbs-masterfully-tells-small-apartheid-story-with-endgame.html

This is a beautifully written and acted Masterpiece Contemporary movie featuring William Hurt and holds many lessons for a possible breakthrough in Burma.

Available on DVD

"Endgame" can buy from PBS.org link above.

KyiMayKaung

Monday, October 26, 2009

Lessons for Burma from the end of Apartheid in S. Africa -

The late Leo Nichols--I met him and his wife once at a dinner party for "Timber friends." I left Burma in 1980s and heard of his death while working at RFA.

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