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[https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/freedom-of-expression/protest/ by AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL] | [https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/freedom-of-expression/protest/ by AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL] | ||
Protest is an invaluable way to speak truth to power. Throughout history, protests have been the driving force behind some of the most powerful social movements, exposing injustice and abuse, demanding accountability and inspiring people to keep hoping for a better future. | Protest is an invaluable way to speak truth to power. Throughout history, protests have been the driving force behind some of the most powerful social movements, exposing injustice and abuse, demanding accountability and inspiring people to keep hoping for a better future. | ||
=====Myanmar in the Streets: A Nonviolent Movement Shows Staying Power===== | |||
[https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/03/myanmar-streets-nonviolent-movement-shows-staying-power by Billy Ford; Jonathan Pinckney, 31/3/21 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE] | |||
The people of Myanmar have opposed military rule in the past but never like this: In the face of horrific brutality by a lawless regime, Burmese have risen up in an historic national movement of nonviolent resistance. Led by young women, the fractious country has united across ethnic, generational and class lines, weaponizing social norms and social media in a refusal to accept the generals’ February 1 seizure of power. | |||
