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, November 09, 2009
Jim Hoagland -- Dissidents missing from Obama's diplomacy --
Free Burma Ranger who lost his life to malaria while helping other Karen villagers and his daughter -- photo from Free Burma Rangers.
Talking heads at SAIS, DC Burma talk -- photo copyright Kyi May Kaung
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/nov/09/jim-hoagland-dissidents-missing-from-obamas/
This is indeed true and the panels at SAIS on Burma seemed stacked.
It was hard even to find out who was coming and what was going on where.
The Iranian dissidents inside the country must be even more upset than the Burmese.
Kyi May Kaung
3 Burmese poems, introduced and translated by Kyi May Kaung--
http://poeticinvention.blogspot.com/2007/03/3-burmese-poems-introduced-and.html
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