An electronic newsletter for social justice and freedom in Burma... December 21, 2003 - January 6, 2004... READER'S FRONT; CIVILIANS USED AS HUMAN SHIELDS DURING OFFENSIVE; BURMESE WAY TO MONEY LAUNDERING; ARMY OPENS FIRE ON KAREN NEW YEAR CELEBRATION; NEGOTIATING CEASE-FIRE: THE ART OF DISILLUSION IN MON STATE; SALWEEN RIVER MUSIC BAND IN THE USA; HUMAN RIGHTS ALARM OVER BLOODY DRUGS CRACKDOWN; DEMOCRACY OR FEDERALISM IN BURMA; MRC HOLDS 10TH CONFERENCE; MON CANADIAN PREPARE FOR BUDDHSIT TEMPLE; KAREN NEW YEAR IN VANCOUVER; FROM THE FIRST TO SECOND INDEPENDENCE.