1. This History Thread is about rare earth minerals in Myanmar (Burma) which is significant source of this group of elements, highly sought after for tech products. Mining them has come at environmental cost + political/military ramifications. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #rareearth

Myanmar’s struggle is the cry of a people abandoned by the rule of law, forced to rise against tyranny. The UDHR foresaw this: “If man is not to be compelled to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, human rights must be protected by the rule of law” or resistance becomes duty

There are so many smart and capable Iranians, in human rights orgs, student groups, activist movements, grassroot inititatives. They don't even get a footnote in this article. What is mentioned: Pahlavi royalists, MEK cultists and ethnic separatists.

Happy 80th Birthday, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi At 80, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi deserves freedom, peace, and time with her children and grandchildren — not prison walls. We call for her immediate release, and for all political prisoners unjustly detained in Burma to be freed.

On #WorldRefugeeDay, we are pleased to join forces with long-standing Burmese civil society organisations operating inside and across #Myanmar’s international borders to raise critical concerns and demand real change that addresses the root cause of all crises in Myanmar.

1. This History Thread is about the military history of the Karen people of Burma (Myanmar.) Karen people have fought one of the longest-running resistance wars, spanning decades & have made recent gains vs Myanmar coup regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

14. Women have had significant roles in KNU/KNLA. Louisa Benson led KNLA 5th Brigade 1965-67. Maj. Mary Ohn served in KNLA 13th Bn. 970s-80s; was refugee camp administrator. Naw Zipporah Sein was KNU Gen. Sec. 2008-12 & VP '12-17. Naw Eh Moo, logistics officer for KNLA/Cobra.

16. After Feb. 2025 Myanmar coup, KNU/KNLA protected protesters. Its ceasefire discarded, KNLA trained revolutionaries from many ethnic groups who took up arms vs coup regime, forming new units partly under KNLA command, incl. formidable Cobra Column. rfa.org/english/news/m…

20. Allied toward defeating the Myanmar coup regime, KNU cooperates w. other ethnic revolutionary groups & National Unity Govt. for command/coordination. Regime’s main tactic is relentless airstrikes, inevitably on civilian targets like schools, churches. myanmar-now.org/en/news/threat…

21. Myanmar regime airstrikes often target medical facilities. Naw Gay, Karen community healthcare worker & war zone medic, was severely injured in firebomb airstrike March 2025 while treating patients (2 other medics killed.) Donate for her medical care: earthmission-bloom.kindful.com/?campaign=1365…

22. Since Dec. 2024, KNU-led forces & allies have waged a swiftly effective major offensive vs. Myanmar coup regime positions across a range of districts of the Thailand-bordering Karen homeland Kawthoolei. Old KNU GHQ Manerplaw recaptured. irrawaddy.com/opinion/analys…

In honor of #KNU leader Padoh Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, the former head of the Karen Health and Welfare Department who passed away in 2020, Johns Hopkins University established a PhD scholarship program bearing his name. publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/center-fo…

This article is wrong in so many elementary ways..it's hard to know where to start. It overlooks evidence of Myanmar's evolving national identity, misapplies conflict stats, and underestimates the viability of a federal union Beyond Ah Nah reaction?🤔 nationalinterest.org/feature/americ…

To play along, though ... a USIP-funded study found that 86% of Myanmar youth were proud to be Myanmar citizens (just surpassing SOIC's 85% threshold!). The study also found that national identity was at least as important as ethnic identity. usip.org/sites/default/…

Time has come to choke off junta financing altogether: sanction the Central Bank, all the state owned banks, the leading private banks in the pockets of the regime, declare Myanmar debt as odious (along with the capital subscribed to the aforementioned private banks)…

Wang Xing 2.0? yet another model trafficked into Myanmar’s scam cities; Zhong Haobin went missing in June according to police reports; Chinese celebrities once again calling for action. Meanwhile complete impunity in Karen as the Karen BGF continues to operate massive scam cities