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.

Saturday, October 06, 2012

Mini book review - Rajiv Chandrasekaran's Imperial Life in the Emerald City

about life in the Green Zone in Baghdad. Imperial Life in the Emerald City is indeed a fascinating and sobering read - especially for someone like me who comes from Burma - with its pretensions now of "instant democracy." Kyi May Kaung

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Saturday, October 06, 2012

Mini book review - Rajiv Chandrasekaran's Imperial Life in the Emerald City

Anti-ICE protests in NJ outside detention center--from The Guardian.

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