18th April 2021 The conflict in Myanmar is reaching a stage where the Military won’t lose, but equally they can’t win. The Tatmadaw have about 350,000/400,000 troops and the EAOs about 100,000. The Tatmadaw are better armed and have an air force, most of
April 16th, 2021. My last letter from the North was about the death of a town. I have just received the results of the quarterly regional economic survey for the southwestern region. It underlines how deep the recession is and the future doesn’t look good for St. Austell and
17th April 2021 The economy is taking a hit in the weirdest ways and the military in particular are suffering from the downturn. By closing down the internet and mobile networks the Junta have hit at the heart of the modernising transactional banking part of the economy. This, combined with
Natasha Lindstaedt University of Essex Natasha Lindstaedt is Deputy Dean (Education) (Social Sciences) and Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. Her teaching interests include State Building, Democracy, Authoritarian Regimes, US Politics, Middle East Politics and Latin American Politics. Just over ten years ago there were
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conexboxes.com If you’ve ever driven by a shipping port or train depot, it might be tough to believe that there is a shipping container shortage in the world right now. There seem to be so many of them that it’s almost unthinkable that there somehow might not
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16th April 2021 In keeping with my policy of fair news reporting from Myanmar, I have another piece from the Global New Light of Myanmar. Yesterday’s headlines included the shattering news that the price of Tamarind leaves was holding up well. Tamarind leaves ready for market. The seasonal fresh
Top French court won’t prosecute Jewish woman’s killer because he was on weed Sarah Halimi, an Orthodox Jewish woman in her sixties, died in 2017 after being pushed out of the window of her Paris flat by neighbour Kobili Traore, who shouted “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great” in
In Orwell’s classic parable of authoritarianism, 1984, Ingsoc, the all-powerful Party maintains Oceania in a constant state of war-against-all. “War”, Ingsoc’s motto runs, “is Peace”. Freedom, likewise, is slavery. Today’s ruling Party has gone one better than 1984’s Ingsoc, though. Rather than having to constantly find
15th April 2021 The clampdown on the media, internet and mobile phone services is beginning to have an effect. I have not had contact with my regular contacts in Myanmar for 5 days now, but on the other hand, the banking system is close to collapse. The media sources are
What can you tell me about this photo? If fans of this series would like it to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz Yesterday’s photo was of the viewing platform looking over the Hollyford Valley on the road to Milford Sounds on a typical
Michael Snyder endoftheamericandream.com If we accept what they are doing to us now, they are just going to keep pushing the envelope. Over the past 12 months, authorities throughout the western world have used the pandemic as an excuse to impose Orwellian measures that we never would have accepted
14th April 2021 The military attempted to retake one of its outposts today and succeeded in sustaining heavy losses. Lesson number 1. It is always difficult to try to attack guerrillas who hold the high ground when you have to proceed uphill through the jungle to get at them. The
