After dozen years of dictatorship, Burmese people and leaders want a better life for their country. Wealth is not (only) in exploring mines and gas, but in well-educated burmese people, working for their people.
Laptops better than kalachnikovs
CARTOONS...
- Cortooningforpeace.org Cartooning for Peace is born on 16 October 2006 at UN headquarters in New York. The twelve best-known political cartoonists in the world joined for "unlearning intolerance".
PRESS...
A satirical newspaper ; it features investigative journalism and leaks from sources inside the government, the political and the business worlds, as well as many jokes and humorous cartoons.
RADIO...
Every day, a 5 minutes morning chronicle on the radio. Mamane speaks about a 'Democratic Republic of Gondwana' imaginary country where poverty, misery, corruption are ruling under the dictatorial regime of the "father president". Gondwana citizen have no access to primary health care, drinking water, electricity, or food ... it seems very similar to many African countries.
In 2009, Mamane signed the petition asking for Zarganar's release
MOVIES..
Enjoy screenings on a giant screen outside ! Bring your own picnic, come with friends or family to eat before the screening, in light of the setting sun... and enjoy !
- For children : animation film 'Raining cats and frogs', tolerance and solidarity
- Borgen TV series A Danish political drama television series. It tells the story of a charismatic politician, Birgitte Nyborg, who unexpectedly becomes the first female Prime Minister of Denmark.