Everything is connected

In August the military dictatorship of Burma imposed steep price increases for fuel. Students protested. Then this month thousands of Buddhist monks took to the streets, calling for democracy, and sparking mass demonstrations. Now the military, which is supported by China and Russia (oil and gas, anyone?) and has brutally suppressed opposition in the past, may crack down again. Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of Burma's democracy movement, has been under house arrest for many years. In Norway a small group of exiles operates the Democratic Voice of Burma website.