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.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Iran hostage crisis during the Carter Administration -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis
I was in Burma at the time, and only thing I had to read was Time Magazine, weeks late.
