Now that some attacks and battles are being led by the NUG, it will be interesting to see if they can make “Myanmar military” as contested a phrase as “Myanmar government”. In my opinion, this could be just as important as gaining international recognition. A 🧵 This is because it would completely change the debate around the use of violence by the anti-junta movement - a debate that is only possible due to the underlying belief that states have the exclusive right to use violence to enforce their will.

The hostility expressed in this person's thread against people of Burmese heritage openly embracing that heritage is unfortunately common, but beyond the cruelty of it, is also also incredibly violent. So here's a🧵on identity and belonging and some personal feelings.

https://twitter.com/HtuuLRae/status/1453005267117953030

There is an estimated 4.5 million Myanmar people living abroad. That's 1 in 13 Myanmar people globally, and a majority of them left to escape physical violence or out of economic need. In the last 80 years, every single generation has seen waves of displacement.

This 🧵is partially a response to the open letters that have been posted recently and partially some things that didn’t make it into my most recent article. As is often the case, there was so much more information gathered than there was room on the page There are a number of claims being made in the above letter and this one, and also a request that the article be taken down. I’ll do my best to address each of these points and explain why the article will not be taken down below.

https://twitter.com/jonnymgkaung/status/1438075672660832259

With stories like this, so much gets left out of the final publication. This is a 🧵of some of the wild things said by Marc LeQuieu that were left out of this story, in part to avoid making him out to be a fool and that shouldn't have been the focus of it.
newnaratif.com/dr-sasa-visits… I made this thread since many have raised questions about what exactly LeQuieu said in these meetings that was so questionable that it warranted a whole article (which can now be read in Burmese as well). newnaratif.com/my/dr-sasa-vis…

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