Available in March: "A Land
Without Evil: Stopping the Genocide of Burma's Karen People" by
Ben Rogers, Monarch Books of the UK.
And from our good friend in Portland,
Edith Mirante's "Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on the Burma Frontier"
Also recently published:
And from our good friend in Portland,
Edith Mirante's "Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on the Burma Frontier"
Also recently published:
"Three Pagodas Pass" by
George Fetherling
"Waiting for the Lady," a novel about Aung San Suu Kyi by Christopher G. Moore
(can be ordered from www.subwaybooks.com, a small Canadian publishing house attempting to help the cause.)
"Waiting for the Lady," a novel about Aung San Suu Kyi by Christopher G. Moore
(can be ordered from www.subwaybooks.com, a small Canadian publishing house attempting to help the cause.)
Dr. Cynthia's Clinic
Several members of our
Seattle group volunteer annually at Dr. Cynthia's free medical clinic
for refugees in Mae Sot, Thailand.
About Dr. Cynthia's Clinic
To read a Seattle Times special section about Dr. Cynthia and the two orchid girls
Report on most recent medical mission to aid villagers internally displaced (IDPS) by war .
Two days ago in a hiding place at about 3,700 feet, I was surrounded by children, most of whom were wearing nothing more than t-shirts and shaking in the cold. The night before, as we approached a group of villagers hiding in a ravine below their village, I first heard the sounds of babies crying and when we got closer I could see the terrified looks on the faces of children huddled next to small fires. Mothers nursing babies looked at us imploringly and all we could do is say, "We are sorry, we know this is very bad, we will try."....Read more of this letter from a Free Burma Ranger
About Dr. Cynthia's Clinic
To read a Seattle Times special section about Dr. Cynthia and the two orchid girls
Report on most recent medical mission to aid villagers internally displaced (IDPS) by war .
"The
attacks of the Burma Army in this part of the Karen State have
driven over 3,500 people from their homes. These people are in hiding
in the jungle with only what they could carry on their backs.
Temperatures on the 16th and 17th of January were extremely
cold with the freezing level down to3,000 feet. Most of the IDPs
are hiding between 3,000- 4,500 feet.
Two days ago in a hiding place at about 3,700 feet, I was surrounded by children, most of whom were wearing nothing more than t-shirts and shaking in the cold. The night before, as we approached a group of villagers hiding in a ravine below their village, I first heard the sounds of babies crying and when we got closer I could see the terrified looks on the faces of children huddled next to small fires. Mothers nursing babies looked at us imploringly and all we could do is say, "We are sorry, we know this is very bad, we will try."....Read more of this letter from a Free Burma Ranger
The Unocal Case
Bill Moyers' Special Report on DOE v. UNOCAL
Mother Jones interviews Terry Collingsworth of the International Labor Rights Fund about the Unocal case (2/10)
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