"This History Thread is background on public protests against the war in #Kachin land, Myanmar (Burma.) Civil society groups and individuals also take other steps for peace, incl. negotiation support, conflict resolution training, collective statements, creative work, charity. Anti-war protests were impossible in Myanmar (Burma) under junta rule. Marchers in 1988 and 2007 focused on demands for democracy and economic issues. But overseas, exiled demonstrators connected the regime’s investors to oppression of ethnic groups including Karens and Mons. In 2011 war resumed after a 17 year ceasefire in Kachin State and later adjacent areas of Shan State. Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw attacked the Kachin Independence Army and its allies. Myanmar's first major public peace protests were in response to this North War...ဓ