In Burma, the Revolution Will Be…Text-Messaged?
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 01.08.08 | 9:31 AM ET
Turns out that jailing all those protesters in Burma (Myanmar) last year may not have been the best way to keep them down, at least in the long term. “There seemed little chance of getting organized until more than 2,000 protesters, arrested and jammed into crowded jail cells, met one another and overcame their distrust,” reports the Los Angeles Times. “Now, most of them are on the streets again, carefully building a network for what they call a new revolution. Their digital tools are e-mail and text messages, which are more powerful than a megaphone, and cellphone cameras that are so common that thousands of people are potential journalists.” It sounds encouraging, but only time will tell, of course.
Related on World Hum:
* Can Your Panties Help Save Burma?
* The State of the Burma Travel Debate
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
