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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.

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Sorry about previous post--

Here is correct link to Sharp's book--written at the request of U Tin Maung Win--who was son of U Win--a minister during democratically-elected PM U Nu era-- https://www.amazon.com/Dictatorship-Democracy-Conceptual-Framework-Liberation/dp/1595588507/ref=pd_bxgy_thbs_d_sccl_1/136-6155691-6110964?pd_rd_w=xW8WG&content-id=amzn1.sym.dcf559c6-d374-405e-a13e-133e852d81e1&pf_rd_p=dcf559c6-d374-405e-a13e-133e852d81e1&pf_rd_r=KA14SQM818ZN49SQ59TZ&pd_rd_wg=V4hH3&pd_rd_r=8fb641e3-a9da-4e36-b69f-a45c1fe8ed32&pd_rd_i=1595588507&psc=1&asin=1595588507&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1 U Tin Maung Win praised an interview I did of Dr Maung Zarni--then still a PhD candidate -- Interview was for RFA--during the time I worked there--1997-2001. I was elbowed out by junta-inclined Burmese language boss Soe Thinn--because my broadcasts became very popular inside Burma and in diaspora. k 6-26-2025