The Fall of Manerplaw - Burma

April 1992
The Karen have been battling for independence ever since Burma itself became independent.
Their resistance fighters have countered well the Burmese army's attempt at defeating their fight for a separate homeland. We talk to the Karen in Manerplaw. The mainly Christian Karen form the largest ethnic minority in Burma. They fund their movement by logging valuable teak in the forests. But the Burmese army is sealing off the border with Thailand to stop this trade and hence the Karen's source of funding.

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[BigMTBrain]

For those asking, "Why old videos?"... You can't understand the present without knowing the past. Consider this video a window into the past. It reveals to you the events and sentiments that reverberate all the way to the present. It helps you to stop embarrassing yourself by asking empty, ignorant questions like "Why can't we all just get along?" The present is wholly dependent upon the past. This is as critical to your understanding of the world as any current events news. Appreciate it.

[paisleyyama]

@deltabro Each country must act responsibly. To say one country must wait to stop it cruelty until a bigger country stops its corruption is a bad, lazy excuse. It`s like ppl saying they are going to steal because others steal & they aren`t going to stop until others stop. What sort of thinking is that?  Right is right and wrong is wrong. Ppl & countries must choose independently which path they want. Countries can`t choose corruption b/c other countries are corrupt. Rise above evil!!

[OcaptianZ]

GIVE ME LIBERTY OR DEATH!

[jackrowet1234]

Whos funding this shit? Motherfucking China! Keep that gasflowing cheeeeep!

[msmudah1]

wow in 1992 i´m only 1 year.i didn´t know anything..but nice to see this video then i know more about karen histories.like this..

[Pawtha1]

I see somebody I know in this video. The little girl who sat next to her mom and brother is my friend. She is married and has two kids now, she resettle to the American now...thanks for posting this video...so that we know the past...

[fatcat669]

please who is the correspondent team i find this to be vastly interesting

[fatcat669]

amazing video, who is the correspondant and cameraman?

[BigMTBrain]

@unitedstateofamerful - Thank you for the extra historical information from the period of the video forward. Hopefully, curious minds will allow videos like this to be seeds for their continued independent research. When I watch videos like this, I become concerned for the people involved. I then want to know the pre-history and the post-history of the events shown in the video. Wikipedia and Google searches are great starting points for researching and obtaining a much expanded perspective.

[unitedstateofamerful]

Manerplaw fall in 1995, without DKBA, SPDC not easily to break Manerplaw. SPDC got Manerplaw because DKBA helped them as bestfriend helped bestfriend. More than 10 to 20 thousand SPDC died and injured.

[unitedstateofamerful]

@brocurt1 Ask for free..

[unitedstateofamerful]

@runebagel THis old video for people who want to learn and know..Also for everyone. It is free. If you want to watch, you can, If you don't want to watch, you can. Is for free.