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1st ed.

Singapore : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2021

1 online resource (41 pages)

ISBN 9789814951746 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9789814951739

Print version: Jordt, Ingrid How Generation Z Galvanized a Revolutionary Movement Against Myanmar’s 2021 Military Coup Singapore : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute,c2021 ISBN 9789814951739

On 1 February 2021, under the command of General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s military initiated a coup, apparently drawing to a close Myanmar’s ten-year experiment with democratic rule. State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were arrested along with other elected officials.Mass protests against the coup ensued, led by Gen Z youths who shaped a values-based democratic revolutionary movement that in character is anti-military regime, anti-China influence, anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, and anti-sexist. Women and minorities have been at the forefront, organizing protests, shaping campaigns, and engaging sectors of society that in the past had been relegated to the periphery of national politics. The protests were broadcast to local and international audiences through social media..

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