Students of principled nonviolence have long upheld Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhist and leader of Burma’s democracy movement, as a luminary of nonviolent social change. On Saturday, the Burmese military junta allowed 500 monks to visit Suu Kyi at her home-prison, yielding to the recent massive nonviolent demonstrations by monks, students, and civic leaders. It appears that the monks have set up a win-win situation, where the government is hesitating to act and crush the demonstrations (as they did in 1988) because it would likely cause the nonviolent uprising to spread all across the country in protest. Marches have reached as high as 100,000 participants at time of this writing (Tuesday, Sept. 25).
Check out the story on Common Dreams:
“Burma ‘Reaches Tipping Point’ As Monks Take On the Military Junta
Monks stage more protests against its military rulers – despite threats of force”
by David Williams
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/25/4087/
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By: Metta Center
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