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Myanmar and the anti-coup movement
All different sectors of society are joining the resistance against the new military regime, a representative of the Communist Party of Burma tells KENNY COYLE
Anti-coup protesters march during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday May 12

MASS protests against the February military coup in Myanmar have shown the breadth of popular opposition to the junta headed by Min Aung Hlaing.

In the assessment of the illegal Communist Party of Burma (CPB), the current broad movement against the military displays many familiar features from past democratic and left movements as well as some new features.

The role of the urban working class is one such factor. Despite the numerical increase in the working class compared with the immediate post-war period, trade unions in Myanmar have often been either co-opted, marginalised or repressed.

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