It's today explained I'm Halima Shah sitting in for Sean Ramasferam.

Protesters and military in Myanmar have been mired in a bloody conflict for months.

It all started back in February when people took to the streets to protest a military coup.

The political party led by Ansan Sushi, the National League for Democracy, won parliamentary elections,

but the military claimed fraud and detained top NLD leaders.

Since then, things have only escalated.

At the beginning we didn't feel like our lives were being threatened.

A stark warning from the UN special envoy on Myanmar.

Quote, a bloodbath is imminent.

But I think we got the message loud and clear by the end of March.

Today on the show we'll hear from people who've been resisting Myanmar's military,

and we'll find out why this might mark a turning point for a country

that has spent most of its history under military rule.

Gen Kirby, you're a foreign and national security reporter for Vox.com.

And we just heard from someone in Myanmar who described violent military crackdowns on protesters.

How did things get so bad?

After the coup, thousands and thousands of people in Myanmar took to the streets for these massive protests.

Just hundreds of thousands of people organized through communities and professions

into a remarkably coordinated show of opposition.

They're protesting in big cities like Gangong.

And they're also protesting in different corners of the country.

There is a real massive outpouring of support for Ansan Sushi and opposition to the military takeover.

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