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No Time for Dreams: Living in Burma under Military Rule
No Time for Dreams: Living in Burma under Military Rule By Carolyn Wakeman and San San Tin, Introduction by Emma Larkin has "SPECIAL ONLINE PRE-PUBLICATION DISCOUNT at $29.96 (25% Off).
It is going to be published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. .
Compelling images of cinnamon-robed monks confronting the guns and clubs of Burma's military junta outraged the world in September 2007 and San San Tin Inspired by the legacy of her father Ba Tin's struggle against British colonialism beginning in the 1930s, infuses her journey from school girl to journalist and, briefly, to businesswoman with an unbroken spirit of resistance.
Offering a compassionate insider's view of politics, culture, religion, and family during nearly half a century of unrelenting dictatorship, this riveting personal story traces an arc of decline to reveal the bitter fate of a once-prosperous and cosmopolitan society.
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The Military Junta accepts international aid
The Military Junta has now opened its door to foreign aid workers, though not to boats or helicopters. According to Ban Ki Moon, who visited the disaster stricken
Burma, the Junta will allow the Yangon Airport as a hub for distributing aid.
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The Burmese community is still wary of these claims, especially BAWA. While BAWA is happy at the prospect that getting aid for the victims is more possible than before,
we are afraid this will strengthen the Junta in the future. Such a government
with a history of blantant deception, creulty and theivery should not be easily trusted.
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