Follow the money

http://burmese.dvb.no/archives/449956

In protest of the military coup, a brief account has been released that CDM support organizations have been able to provide for staff from various states and territories participating in the CDM.

The list shows that by March 3, a total of 9,762 public servants and a total of approximately 1,2708,000,000 donations were collected, and approximately $1,465 million in grants.

To support CDM staff, 21 Savage MM, CDM Doctor Network, GO FUND ME, 2 /2021 Strong Hands, Funding 4 #CDM, For Our People , Myanmar Resistance, We Support Heroes, Padamyar Group, GWSM - Get Well Soon Myanmar Platform, Ecstasy - PiTi, Together We Win, Connect 21, We Pledge CDM, CDM Call Center, Iris for Wisdom, Hope, There are 19 groups, such as Trust, Valor, CDM Medium, Let's Get Out, Bread Youth Group.

On February 1 last year, the military arrested President Maung Winawi, Secretary of State Advisor to the United Nations, and government leaders, and the next day." The campaign against power has been launched by the medical community, and it is currently being joined by various departments, artists, and people in cities throughout the country.

Currently, the amount of money allocated to provide around $12,042 million in additional dollars to support CDM staff is said to be approximately $146,443 million.

Currently, the list of public employees making CDM is also listed by the CRPH and the relevant municipal organizations It also requests that we not be overly concerned about additional accounting or accounting, since they are organized and organized.

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Follow the money

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/from-myanmar-sweatshops-to-billionaires-in-switzerland.html

Interestingly four of the world’s 62 richest billionaires made their fortunes in high-street fashion. Amancio Ortega of Spain, worth $64 billion, heads garment giant Inditex, owner of Zara. Swede Stefan Persson, worth $24 billion, is chairman of H&M and a 28 percent stakeholder. Tadashi Yanai of Japan owns Uniqlo and is worth $20 billion. The fourth is Phil Knight, who until June 2015 had spent 51 years as chairman of Nike, and is worth $21 billion.

H&M buys from factories in Myanmar and Uniqlo is considering doing so. Inditex pioneered the model of shorter supply chains and reduced lead times, now the norm in fast fashion. But this business practice puts huge pressure on suppliers and their workers, leading to forced overtime and pressure to squeeze wages as low as possible.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-mediates-in-myanmar-election-process/45865210

As the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) announced on Friday evening, most of the country’s 97 political parties – including ethnic parties and the ruling National League for Democracy – signed the code. Myanmar’s parliamentary elections are scheduled for November.

As requested by the parties and the election commission, Switzerland has spent the past eight months helping to facilitate negotiations on a revised code of conduct. This contains rules for peaceful elections and free competition to which parties and election candidates voluntarily commit themselves.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/directdemocracy/international-democracy_switzerland-promotes-democracy-where-it-hurts/43968090

Switzerland is one of the most engaged supporters of the still highly fragile democracy in the former Burma.

“Over the past five years we’ve invested a good CHF122 million ($129 million) here in Myanmar,” says Agnès Christeler, head of political and economic affairs at the embassy, which employs several dozen staff. Of this money, she says around 15% has gone towards the promotion of democracy.

Concretely, Christeler and her team have focused on building civic dialogue in the former military dictatorship. Since the elections in 2015, Switzerland has supported, via the direct donation of money, the country’s civil society organisations.

In addition, the Swiss representatives advise the NGOs on how to gain influence in public debates.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-mock-biden-fall-didn't-lose-to-him

Bernie Bro

https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2021/3/20/bds-win-virginia-governor-hopeful-backs-israel-boycott-movement

WASHINGTON D.C. (The New Arab) - In a rare move in US politics, a candidate for governor of Virginia has expressed his strong support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement - a pro-Palestine campaign promoting the boycott of Israel.

Lee Carter confirmed his stance at a virtual Q&A session with other contenders, when he was asked if we would ever issue a gubernatorial directive against BDS.

"No, I would never do that. I’m a supporter of the BDS movement," Carter said. "I believe that the human rights abuses that are being inflicted upon the [Palestinian] people are among the worst currently ongoing in the world."

Carter's background – a white military man from a rural part of Virginia – could also be a sign that the BDS movement is appealing to those beyond Arab and Muslim communities.

"It's important for the face of movement to be represented by individuals who are not representative of the Middle East. Sometimes it takes a white individual to mainstream an issue. It diversifies the narrative of BDS and makes it more multiracial," Mahdi said.

Virginia's gubernatorial election will be held November 2. There are currently 12 other candidates vying for the position.

Carter, who now serves in Virginia’s House of Delegates, is considered among the more liberal candidates. He previously co-chaired the Democratic presidential campaign in Virginia for Senator Bernie Sanders.