ABOUT PROJECT MAJE
Project Maje is an independent information project on Burma's human rights and environmental issues. It was founded by its project director, Edith Mirante, in 1986. Ms. Mirante is the author of Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma's Frontiers and Burmese Looking Glass. Her most recent book is The Wind in the Bamboo: A Journey in Search of Asia's Indigenous 'Negrito' Peoples. Her sketchbooks are at edith-mirante.weebly.com.
Burmese Looking Glass
JANUARY 2024 REPORT
Project Maje's latest report, from January 2024, is The View from Mt. Kennedy: An Update on Revolution in Chin State. This is an update report following Project Maje's January 2023 report Under the Hornbill Flag: Chin State Resistance Continues, and the October 2021 report Hornbills and Powder Horns: Chin State Resists.
HISTORY THREADS ON TWITTER
On Twitter @edithmirante posts a History Thread each month, usually about Burma/Myanmar. Links to them are below.
BURMA FOREIGN RELATIONS
- Thread compiling previous History Threads about Burma (Myanmar) Foreign Relations (Posted Sept. 11, 2023)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with South America, Central America, Mexico, Caribbean Islands & Pacific Islands (Posted July 13, 2023)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with Canada, Australia & New Zealand (Posted June 14, 2023)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with Bangladesh & Pakistan (Posted April 24, 2023)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with Middle East countries (Posted Feb. 9, 2023)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with North Korea & South Korea (Posted Dec. 20, 2022)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with the continent of Africa (Posted Nov. 9, 2022)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with some of the countries of Europe (Posted Oct. 4, 2022)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with the United Nations (Posted June 26, 2022)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with Britain (Posted May 28, 2022)
- "Burma (Myanmar) relations with Japan (Posted April 13, 2022)
- Backgrounder on how 2021 coup in Burma relates to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine (Posted March 7, 2022)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with ASEAN members (Posted Jan. 18, 2022)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with India (Posted Nov. 22, 2021)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with United States (Posted Oct. 21, 2021)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with China (Posted August 11, 2021)
- Burma (Myanmar) relations with Russia (Posted July 7, 2021)
BURMA HISTORY & CULTURE
- Tanks & other military armored vehicles in Burma (Posted Dec. 16, 2023)
- War correspondents in Burma (Myanmar) (Posted Oct. 12, 2023) (Posted Oct. 12, 2023)
- World War One and Burma (Posted Aug. 22, 2023)
- Women of Burma in military roles (Posted May 18, 2023)
- Thread linking some Burma articles by Project Maje's director Edith Mirante, from 2004-2020 (Posted Sept. 7, 2022)
- Railways of Burma (Myanmar) (Posted Aug 15, 2022)
- Air warfare in Burma (Myanmar) (Posted July 14, 2022)
- People's Defense Forces (PDFs) historical & cultural iconography (Posted Feb. 22, 2022)
- River warfare in Burma (Myanmar) (Posted Dec. 16, 2021)
- Books & reports used for Burma research (Posted Sept. 22, 2021)
- Music of resistance in Burma (Posted June 23, 2021)
- Agricultural Workers' Uprisings in Burma (Posted May 1, 2021)
- History of sabotage as a tactic in Burma (Posted April 9, 2021)
- Responses by Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) against Burma (Myanmar) Feb. 2021 coup (Posted Mar. 18, 2021)
- The poetry of Burma (Myanmar) and political resistance (Posted Mar. 6, 2021)
- Labor organizing in Burma (Posted Feb. 17, 2021)
- About Burma's murdered & missing women (Posted Feb. 9, 2021)
- Background on Resistance to Oppression in Burma (Posted Feb 3, 2021)
- Tourism in Burma (Posted Jan. 27, 2021)
- Maps of Burma (Posted Sept. 30, 2020)
WORLD WAR 2 IN BURMA
HISTORICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DISASTERS:
HUMAN RIGHTS & ACCOUNTABILITY:
BURMA MARITIME ISSUES
ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION
SHAN STATE
KACHIN STATE
History Threads about Kachin State, Burma, posted to Twitter by Project Maje director Edith Mirante (@edithmirante) to provide background and context:
1990s BURMA FRONTIERS
KARENNI (KAYAH) STATE
CHIN STATE
History Threads about Chin State, Burma, posted to Twitter by Project Maje director Edith Mirante (@edithmirante) to provide background and context:
1980s BURMA/THAILAND
RAKHINE STATE (ARAKAN)
A series of History Threads about Rakhine State (Arakan) Burma, posted to Twitter by Project Maje director Edith Mirante (@edithmirante) to provide background and context regarding 2016-17 Rohingya crisis:
- Rohingya Diaspora beyond Bangladesh (posted 19 Dec 2018)
- Brief sketch of Arakan (now Rakhine State) military history (posted August 22, 2018)
- Background on environmental issues affecting Rakhine State (posted July 25, 2018)
- The small-scale Rohingya armed resistance pre-2016 (posted June 21, 2018)
- Bangladesh government plan to relocate Rohingya refugees to a remote island (posted April 11, 2018)
- Ethnic people of northern Rakhine State who are not Rakhine or Rohingya (Posted March 14, 2018)
- Rice, Rakhines and Rohingyas (posted Jan. 28, 2018)
- Notes on 1991 Rohingya refugee exodus to Bangladesh. (Posted Sept. 12, 2017)
- Rakhine (Buddhist) legacy of resisting Burmese military rule. (Posted Sept. 20, 2017)
- Aftermath of 1991-92 Rohingya refugee crisis. (Posted Oct. 4, 2017)
- Notes on how "counterinsurgency" and accusations of terrorism have been used against Rohingyas of Rakhine St. (Posted Oct. 18, 2017)
- About the Arakan Army (Rakhine Buddhist ethnic armed organization) in context of current crisis. (Posted Nov. 7, 2017)
- Post-1988 Buddhist settlement in the northern part of Rakhine State (Arakan). (Posted Dec. 20, 2017)
For background on 1991 Arakan situation, see Our Journey and for background on 2012 crisis see Burma's Human Rights Blind Spot: A Compendium on Violence Against Rohingyas.
HUMANITARIAN AID
Donations to help the people of Burma can be made to:
Community Partners International, providing health care and education:
www.cpintl.org
Burma Humanitarian Mission, delivering medical supplies and training:
www.burmamission.org/
Support Civil Disobedience Movement against Burma coup:
https://www.isupportmyanmar.com/
CONTACT:
Contact Project Maje via email.
|