[Antiracism] Burmese media update

[jesse maceo vega-frey]

Friends,

If you haven't heard much about Burma in the news during the past few days,
its because the Burmese military junta has successfully managed to cut most
lines of popular communication with the outside world. This has enabled the
regime to crack down on democracy activists under a veil of near darkness.
Reports of horrendous violence on lay people and on the monastic community
have confirmed the fears of the continued willingness of the regime to
degrade, brutalize and murder their own citizens.

Making sure that the world can witness what is going on within Burma is one
of the only means we have of keeping the activities of the government under
check and bring power back into the hands of the Burmese people. There is a
dire need to get video equipment and transmission equipment back into the
country and into the hands of democracy activists so that the world can once
again bring its attention to the needs of the people of Burma.

We are now in the process of purchasing a large number of ³flip video²
cameras which are very discrete, AA battery operated, tape-less cameras who
data can be uploaded directly to a computer and then sent by satellite phone
out to the world. The cameras are only about $100 a piece and we need your
help to purchase them and the more expensive transmission equipment needed
to get the video out of the country.
 
Many people have already pledged their resources toward this endeavor.
Please join them quickly so that we can open the widow back to Burma and
hold the regime accountable for its actions.

The easiest and quickest way to support is to make an online contribution on
our website http://www.stonecircles.org

Click on the ³donate now² button and then be sure to check ³yes² where it
asks if this donation is designated for Burmese video equipment.

Checks can be made payable to ³stone circles² with ³Burmese video project²
in the memo line. Send them to:

The Stone House
stone circles/attn: Burma
6602 Nick¹s Rd.
Mebane, NC 27302

Thanks for your support

In peace and  solidarity

Jesse

P.S.

Please click on this link to download an mp3 file of a group of Burmese nuns
chanting the Metta [lovingkindness] chant.
http://www.intr-version.com/nuns.zip
You can imagine what it sounded like with 100,000 people chanting it in the
streets, or a few thousand in their prison cells, a few hundred trapped in
their monasteries, or a small family hiding quietly in their home.


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