Student Power in Burma

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Almost twenty years after Burma's last great pro-democracy movement was crushed in a hailstorm of bullets and blood that killed thousands and jailed thousands more, ordinary people have once again taken to the streets to demand an end to the military regime. Here's a powerful, moving clip from a 1996 documentary about the underground student movement in Burma. I think it helps us all put our own organizing into perspective - in not only considering what we're fighting against right now, but what we're also fighting to prevent.