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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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Representative Tom Lantos Passes Away
Representative Tom Lantos Passes away, 2/12/08
Rep. Tom Lantos, a tireless champion of human rights passed away on Feb 11th, 2008 at the age of 80. Longtime Rep. Tom Lantos dies of Cancer BAWA offers the deepest sympathy to the Lantos family on their loss. Tom Lantos was an inspiring political figure who was a tireless fighter for justice and human rights for not only the US, but for the rest of the world as well. He had been a great supporter of the Burmese Human
Rights movement, pushing many bills through congress for the sake of Burma and actively participating in protests and rallies. He was personally in contact with many Burmese political groups in the Bay Area and Washington D.C. His death is a great loss to the world, who is need of more people like Tom Lantos, a man who dedicated his entire life to fight for freedom and to end oppression in the world. BAWA will send a letter a condolence to the Lantos family. If you would like to be involved, please email any officer.
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