Given continued strikes in Iran and the freeing of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, neither the Burmese nor Iranian struggle for democracy is a story that should be characterized as an example of a failed movement and successful repression. But it is up to us – the global audience – to understand our responsibility in this dynamic.
-from the website
opendemocracy.net, November 17, 2010
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