Video showing violence from Police in Rangoon...
Sep 28, 2007
Tragedy comes to Burma: Please act now.
This is wrong. This is not how the world is supposed to be.
I will spare you the history lesson, that's what wikipedia is for...but seriously,
what's happening in Burma rings with the same grief stricken cry as Cambodia, Rwanda, South Africa, Croatia....
I hope and pray that we will not witness anything like the mass murder on the scale of other tragic genocides and events of mass murder in the past century, but for as long as Burma's influential neighbors (the most important of those being China) are content to simply turn a blind eye to the countries internal policies, that fear remains a very real one. While China still has the ghost of Tiananmen Square to haunt it, it will be keen to avert the worlds attention from it's appalling record of human rights which is still continuing.
One fearless source of truth one what's happening in Burma right now is Ko Htike's blog...he has been tracked and blocked by government sources, but he's still publishing posts, you can find his blog with shocking pictures of the situation on the streets of Rangoon here: Ko Ktike's Blog
Also, if you haven't already, please sign this petition on behalf of the citizens and monks of Burma, hundreds of whom have been carted off in government trucks in the last 48hours, following violent night raids on monasteries.
Petition
There is also a brilliant blog here which details the shocking treatment of monks by the military over the past few days: with bowl and robe
Feeling useless in a situation is not an excuse to do nothing. The monks of Burma have shown immense bravery and courage by standing up to the oppressive military regime in their country using nonviolence (the image of Monks walking their Alms rounds with bowls turned upside down in defiance and protest at accepting food from their government is such a powerful striking image. this is a military government which of course continues to deny Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi her rightful place as democratic leader of her country.
You can also read the Dalai Lama's open letter of support to the Burmese people here : Letter
I will spare you the history lesson, that's what wikipedia is for...but seriously,
what's happening in Burma rings with the same grief stricken cry as Cambodia, Rwanda, South Africa, Croatia....
I hope and pray that we will not witness anything like the mass murder on the scale of other tragic genocides and events of mass murder in the past century, but for as long as Burma's influential neighbors (the most important of those being China) are content to simply turn a blind eye to the countries internal policies, that fear remains a very real one. While China still has the ghost of Tiananmen Square to haunt it, it will be keen to avert the worlds attention from it's appalling record of human rights which is still continuing.
One fearless source of truth one what's happening in Burma right now is Ko Htike's blog...he has been tracked and blocked by government sources, but he's still publishing posts, you can find his blog with shocking pictures of the situation on the streets of Rangoon here: Ko Ktike's Blog
Also, if you haven't already, please sign this petition on behalf of the citizens and monks of Burma, hundreds of whom have been carted off in government trucks in the last 48hours, following violent night raids on monasteries.
Petition
There is also a brilliant blog here which details the shocking treatment of monks by the military over the past few days: with bowl and robe
Feeling useless in a situation is not an excuse to do nothing. The monks of Burma have shown immense bravery and courage by standing up to the oppressive military regime in their country using nonviolence (the image of Monks walking their Alms rounds with bowls turned upside down in defiance and protest at accepting food from their government is such a powerful striking image. this is a military government which of course continues to deny Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi her rightful place as democratic leader of her country.
You can also read the Dalai Lama's open letter of support to the Burmese people here : Letter
Sep 25, 2007
Photoblog: Guluwalk Perth 2007
Photoblog :
Perth Guluwalk 23rd September 2007
GuluWalk is an annual international event which aims to raise awareness of the plight of abducted and abandoned children in northern Uganda who are often forced into becoming child soldiers. There is a wealth of information about Guluwalk on their website here.
GuluWalk started with just two people in July of 2005 and has now grown into a worldwide movement for peace. The movement was inspired by 'night commuter' children in Uganda who flee from their rural homes to sleep in towns such as Gulu each night in order to be safe from the threat of being abducted and forced into becoming child soldiers.
It was awesome for a London lad like myself to see so many people turn out, decked in a sea of Orange clothing to march in solidarity for the 7km route (which was symbolic of the distance the Ugandan children have to walk every day in order to have a safe nights sleep)
The four legged walkers got doused in orange for the occasion too...
Even the traffic lights turned orange for the day...
Some walked...others rolled...
Rocking the streets of Highgate...
Approaching the city skyline...
Turning heads in Northbridge...
Thanks again to all who organised the day...To find out more about the 'Invisible children' and to get involved with
Guluwalk near you go to:
www.guluwalk.com or Invisible Children @ Myspace
Sep 22, 2007
Serj Tankian - Haunting new video.
Serj Tankian (enigmatic front man of metal band System of a Down for those of you unsure of who he is....) is set to release his first solo album next month.
Entitled 'Elect the Dead', a title which some suggest is pleading for us to learn from the wisdom of the past to help solve current global challenges; the album is a more eclectic mix musically, but is still set to provide stinging social commentary. The first single 'behind empty walls' has a video that really does speak for itself, and here it is for your awakening;
Entitled 'Elect the Dead', a title which some suggest is pleading for us to learn from the wisdom of the past to help solve current global challenges; the album is a more eclectic mix musically, but is still set to provide stinging social commentary. The first single 'behind empty walls' has a video that really does speak for itself, and here it is for your awakening;
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