When a peacock fights, it fights to the death. Dressed in army fatigues, Moe Thee Zun sits in a cramped apartment in Brookline, Massachusetts, speaking to a group of U.S. student activists. Our demonstrations were the biggest in our history. Touring the United States this fall, Moe Thee Zun is seeking what might seem to be unlikely solidarity with his American counterparts, given the sharply contrasting realities of the paramilitary Burmese and the comfortable Americans with whom they met. The people believe the students.
Few words can describe what Burmese students have experienced.
In 1962, the government dynamited the student union building at Rangoon University, killing 300 students inside. In 1974, approximately 1,000 students were killed during anti-government demonstrations. One student leader was hanged, and Htun Aung Gyaw was sent to jail for life. If they negotiate with the students, it will be a big problem for them because the people totally support the students. They trust the students.