The Junta’s Sham Elections and a Myanmar Update
It Could Happen Here
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🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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James talks to Billy Ford (@billee4d) about the Junta’s “roadmap to democracy” in Myanmar and the state of the spring revolution two years after it began.
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| 1:46.2 | Hi everyone, it's just me today, James again. And I'm talking today with my friend, Billy, |
| 1:51.6 | Billy Ford. Billy's a program officer for the Burma team at United States Institute of Peace. |
| 1:56.4 | And do you want to say hello, Billy? Hey James. Hey, Jim. Hi. Thanks for joining us. |
| 2:00.6 | Yeah, thanks for joining us. Was that a decent introduction? |
| 2:04.1 | Have I summed up? Yeah, that's right. What you do? Good. Good. Good. |
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