Burma - Energy, Fuel & Famine
The connections between the devastating cyclone in Burma and climate change.
The military government in Burma renamed the country Myanmar and decreed that farmers devote thousands of acres to growing biofuels instead of food. Now, the country's rice reserves are wiped out - and the military is blocking full international aid.
Joining host Daphne Wysham on the telephone from the Thailand-Burma border is Charm Tong of the Shan Women's Action Network and Sai Khur Hseng of the Ethinic Community Development Forum of Burma. In our Washington, DC studios is Jeremy Woodrum of the US Campaign for Burma; and on the telephone from his offices in Seattle Washington is Jeffrey Wright of the Christian Charity - World Vision.
Bestselling author John Perkins joins us to discuss how US corporations help to shore up Myanmar's military dictactorship. Perkins' book "The Secret History of the American Empire" is now out in paperback.
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Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.
Children sit amidst the debris of their destroyed homes southwest of Yangon May 7, 2008. Photo credit: REUTERS/Stringer via Flickr.