The challenge of sticking to nonviolence in Myanmar

Federalism is the only solution that could bring long-term peace and unity to Burma, but the Tatmadaw, the military, would die in a ditch to prevent it.
The Tatmadaw and its police accomplices have shot or beaten to death more than 400 unarmed protesters, and they show no sign of slowing down. 
LONDON, U.K.—The nonviolent democratic resistance in Burma* (or Myanmar, as the army renamed it in 1989) is living through terrible times, but statistics are on its side: most nonviolent movements eventually win. But it’s hard to stay nonviolent when you are up ag...

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