Myanmar: From Hopeful Spring to Scorching Summer.

As crowds began amassing across Myanmar's towns and cities a year ago to protest the military's brazen power grab on February 1, 2021, there was a widely shared sense of enthusiastic defiance. Firebrand anti-junta voices have called for a complete cessation of all activities, including health and livelihood projects, in order to deny the junta any opportunity to claim a return to normalcy. As most anti-junta platforms including the NUG's media arms are hosted online, the junta has moved to choke the country's internet access through internet shutdowns, firewalls, and fee hikes. Health workers walked out of public hospitals and COVID-19 centers to launch the widespread Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), echoing the view that military rule was the root of all of Myanmar's ills. [Extracted from the article]