staged their protests under their own ethnic flags and have called for an “intersectional revolution”.26 A Bamar counterpart to the GSCN, the General Strike Committee (GSC), also formed to fight against the new military dictatorship. The organization drew its membership from twenty-five groups and parties. These included not only the NLD, which later denied involvement, but DPNS, the Arakan League for Democracy, and the Saffron Monks Network.27 Unlike the GSCN’s “intersectional revolutionary” strategy, the GSC sought to unify messaging and protesters under a single banner. GSC supporters were immediately riven with controversy, revealing various cracks over leadership and party affiliations. Then on 3 March, a military crackdown in Yangon’s Tamwe Township resulted in the arrest of many GSC leaders and severely weakened the organization. In the meantime, the largely leaderless GSCN was able to spread its influence throughout the country. In the cities of Monywa and Mandalay, leaders such as Wai Moe Naing28 and Dr Tay Zar San mobilized public participation in protests and smooth coordination among groups. Mass Street Protests and a Generational Anti-Military Resistance Style The ongoing anti-coup movement in Myanmar has been led by passionate young people loosely identified as members of “Gen Z”. Representing David Scott Mathieson, “Ethnic Armies Rescue Myanmar’s Democratic Forces”, Asia Times, 22 March 2021, https://asiatimes.com/2021/03/ethnicarmies-rescue-myanmars-democratic-forces/ (accessed 25 March 2021). 26 “‘We take it that if we are disunited this way, it makes it weak. That is why we formed this committee in order to focus all the people under one banner so that they can shout and request for the same things,’ said U Sandar Thiri”; “A General Strike Committee formed, made up of student leaders and political parties”, Eleven Myanmar, 21 February, https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/ageneral-strike-committee-formed-made-up-of-student-leaders-and-politicalparties (accessed 25 March 2021). 27 Wai Moe Naing was arrested on 15 April 2021 in Monywa during the motorcycle protest after security forces deliberately crashed into his motorcycle. 28 11 21-J07648 01 Trends_2021-7.indd 11 28/4/21 9:34 AM