{"id":313,"date":"2021-05-29T11:04:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecosocialist.scot\/?p=313"},"modified":"2021-06-29T04:33:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T04:33:56","slug":"spanish-state-organisations-declare-international-solidarity-with-the-people-of-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecosocialist.scot\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Spanish-state organisations declare international solidarity with the People of Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ecosocialist.scot<\/strong> is reproducing below an International Appeal for Solidarity with the People of Myanmar signed by progressive and socialist organisations in the Spanish State and that we support.\u00a0 \u00a0It can be found in Castilian here:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.anticapitalistas.org\/comunicados\/manifiesto-de-solidaridad-internacional-con-el-pueblo-birmano\/<\/a>\u00a0 The statement developed out of a similar initiative in France.<\/em><\/p>\n

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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MANIFESTO WITH THE PEOPLES OF MYANMAR<\/strong><\/h1>\n

On 1 February 2021, Burma’s military (Tatmadaw) staged a coup, declared a one-year state of emergency and transferred all powers to the military junta. The Tatmadaw arrested the president, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of elected representatives of the National League for Democracy (NLD).<\/p>\n

Since then, the Burmese people have resisted this military coup through the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), taking to the streets and holding massive strikes which have paralysed part of the public administration, banking and businesses, demanding an end once and for all to the military power that has been in place since 1962.\u00a0 Protests have also spread to most of the regions where ethnic minorities live, demanding a new federalist constitution.\u00a0 In addition, the repression suffered by the Bamar (the majority ethnic group) is generating a nascent inter-ethnic solidarity movement that is quite unprecedented in Burma.<\/p>\n

But the military junta seeks to crush democratic resistance at any cost: using war weapons against the population while occupying hospitals to prevent their treatment; employing death squads and paramilitary militias to kill civilians indiscriminately; mass arrests and torture, including the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.\u00a0 So far more than 500 people have been killed, hundreds are missing and thousands detained.<\/p>\n

The movement continues its struggle under extremely harsh conditions and intense repression.\u00a0 We know that the victory of the democratic movement is possible, but the struggle will probably be long, difficult and exhausting.\u00a0 That is why today, more than ever, the international and inter-nationalist support is essential, showing that the Burmese workers’ and people’s movement is not alone.\u00a0 That is why we want to express:<\/p>\n