ICBMS Statement on Military Takeover of Myanmar Universities

Dr Chayan Vaddhanaphuti from the ICBMS academic committee with a statement on the recent entrance into and takeover of university campuses (as well as hospitals) by the security forces of Myanmar, nationwide.  "It pains us deeply to see the work, progress, and freedoms of our academic friends and colleagues being destroyed by the actions of the military"  How you can help: Visit Mutual Aid Myanmar at their website www.mutualaidmyanmar.org to make a contribution that will go directly to help people on strike and participating in the civil disobedience movement (CDM) For those in Thailand: สามารถบริจาคผ่านเพจ Friends Against Dictatorship - FAD หรือโอนโดยตรงที่บัญชี กสิกร 091-8-54057-1

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Plenary: Reflections on the Military Coup and CDM in Myanmar

Saturday begins with the ICBMS3 plenary session, “Reflections on the military coup and Civil Disobedience Movement in Myanmar” with three speakers taking on the elephant in the room: the coup and the anti-coup CDM movement. Speakers include: Dr. Khin Mar Mar Kyi, International Gender Studies, The University of Oxford, “Thanakha's Defiance: Generations, Gender & Social Movement in Myanmar against the Military Regime” Naw May Oo Mutraw, Senior Policy Advisor, The Salween Institute for Public Policy, “Burma: a Chronic Constitutional Crisis and a Call for a New Political Culture” Dr. Ashley South, Research Fellow, Chiang Mai University"Reflections on the Military coup,...

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