The Guardian view on global protests: passing it on
udf.byHelmets worn by protesters on the frontline in Yangon, Myanmar, echo scenes from the demonstrations in Hong Kong in 2019. Photograph: Getty Images From Hong Kong to Myanmar and Belarus, the tactics and ethos of activists are transmitted at lightning speed There is something uncannily familiar about the courageous protests against the army’scoup in Myanmar.
They echo the country’s previous expressions of anti-military defiance. But they also evoke other scenes that played out more than 1,000 miles away.