“Holiday” in Burma

By Bart Copwell, posted on: May 11, 2011

For most people, running down the street while avoiding marching troops, clouds of tear gas, and randomly fired bursts of machine guns would hardly qualify as a vacation. While it wasn’t relaxing, my trip to Burma turned out to be a fascinating look at a society where the tension between the people and the policies of a repressive government finally boiled over. The end results were a week of triumphant protest and the brutal crackdown that immediately followed. I had been looking forward to going to Burma for weeks. It ... » read more