Free Burma blog day 4 October
by Martin Hirst
Calling all bloggers:
An online campaign “Free Burma” has been organised to make a splash in the blogosphere in a couple of days time. The organisers are asking people to sign up and to post a pro-democracy item on their blog on the fourth of October in support of the Burmese people who have been protesting against the military junta. Over the past week tens of thousands of Burmese, including monks and ordinary workers have been on the streets. Hundreds have been killed. About 2000 university students are currently on hunger strike, their campus surrounded by heavily-armed soldiers.
If you want one good reason why you, as a journalism student, should support Free Burma day, read the story about Kenji Nagai.
Kenji was a Japanese photojournalist and he was shot and killed in Rangoon a few days ago. Kenji is world famous - remember the ‘tank man’ photo from Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1986 - that was him.
About “Free Burma!”
International bloggers are preparing an action to support the peaceful revolution in Burma. We want to set a sign for freedom and show our sympathy for these people who are fighting their cruel regime without weapons. These Bloggers are planning to refrain from posting to their blogs on October 4 and just put up one Banner then, underlined with the words „Free Burma!“.
If you have a blog, or a website, you can go to the Free Burma International Bloggers’ Day website and sign-up your blog.
I think this is a good use of the blogosphere, a medium that can sometimes be over-run with idiocy and self-indulgence. CityBeat is down with this.
