“Defying Myanmar's military rulers, Buddhist monks took to the streets again, in 'the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave anti-government demonstrations' a month ago.”
Ed Cognoski responds:It's inspiring how religious figures often lead civic uprisings. From Martin Luther King in the Jim Crow American South to Ayatollah Khomeini in the Shah's Iranian dictatorship to the Buddhist monks in Vietnam and now Myanmar, religion plays its most vital role in society when it stands up against political oppression.
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