Struggle for Freedom in Burma Spreads Worldwide (plus you tube video)

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/10/04/struggle-for-freedom-in-burma-spreads-worldwide/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPSsKcpxJMk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emediachannel%2Eorg%2Fwordpress%2F2007%2F10%2F04%2Fvideo%2Dfrom%2Dburma%2Dshoot%2Don%2Dsight%2F


Activists around the world are mobilizing for a three-day protest in support of the courageous struggle of the Burmese people for freedom. The protests begin today with bloggers. Tomorrow, students will show solidarity with the students in Burma, and on Saturday, freedom-loving people around the world will come together for a massive global day of action to free Burma.

Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks and ordinary citizens and workers are challenging Burma’s military dictatorship in the streets of Burmese cities like Rangoon and Mandalay in what is being called the Saffron Revolution. In response, the regime has launched a vicious attack on its own people. Some reports say thousands of people have been killed by the military following days of protest, and 200 monks have been murdered by the military who crushed their skulls against a brick wall (see video).

MSNBC reported today that Burma’s government is stepping up its campaign of intimidation and troops are pulling people out of their homes in the middle of the night.

The three-day protest for a free Burma kicks off today with International Bloggers Day for Burma. More than 5,000 bloggers around the world are showing solidarity with the people of Burma by refraining from posting to their blogs and, instead, putting up a banner underlined with the words “Free Burma!” Click here for a copy of the banner.

Other bloggers are choosing to get the message out about what’s happening in Burma by publishing posts on bulletin boards, forums, blogs, social networks or websites today with the header: “Free Burma!”

As Mash, from the Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying blog, notes, the situation in Burma has galvanized the world:

The news reports say that the Saffron Revolution has been crushed. Not so. There are not enough bullets in this world to deny a people their freedom. The Burmese have struggled long for their freedom and they have suffered much. Often they have struggled and suffered alone while the world neglected them. Today that is changing. The world has finally focused its gaze upon the inhumanity being visited upon the brave people of Burma.

FULL story at link.