Sad today to hear that the military has started to violently crackdown on the monks protesting in Burma. With the media being so tightly controlled by the ruling military, it's hard to know exactly what's going on. However! I did discover something extremely interesting! This article on the BBC talks about how dissidents within Burma are uploading photos, videos and information to bloggers living in the West. Although less than 1% of the Burmese population has internet access, this still helps to show the rest of the world how the military junta is treating its people. The article explains how the internet is becoming a useful tool for organizing the resistance. Man, sometimes I hate technology, but other days I just love it!
Anyways, check out this dude's blog - there's a lot of Burmese text on it (which may come up as question marks if your computer doesn't have the language installed) but it's still cool to see pictures and videos from inside the country.
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