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"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.
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Saturday, May 05, 2012
Burmese poet Aung Way - footage from 2007 Saffron Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tccS9LYgYyg
(in Burmese)
Aung Way calls himself a political poet or a poetic politician and describes poetry as his weapon of choice. He also says "a poet is a parallel government".
Kyi May Kaung
