in cities due to the brutal crackdowns of the military. A strike leader who continues to participate
in urban flash mobs said, “We have started to form flash mobs since 29 March after all township
sit-ins were cracked down. We started implementing flash mobs on 30 April”. Another strike committee member explained how the flash mobs became, adding that they still continued organising
flash mobs against the coup. “I don’t remember the exact date. But the movements resumed in April
for sure. I think it may be 25 or 26 April. We resumed the movement by launching this “Who are
we? We are Yangonites” protest in the downtown area of Yangon. Since then, we have organised
flash mobs in cooperation with different groups and organisations almost weekly. We are still going strong with the momentum accelerated by the flash mobs on 25 April. Flash mobs are still in
Yangon.”
A flash mod in Yangon
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