Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar!
Dear Patrons
I am honoured to introduce to you the special guest actor hosting our latest Honest Government Ad - just published to YouTube: Visit Myanmar!
Her name is Ingyin Hlaing Hlaing and she is a refugee from the 2021 military coup in Myanmar.
One of the many people whose lives was abruptly interrupted by the coup, Ingyin was studying medicine in Myanmar but had to flee the country when her father - one of the elected MPs who were arrested in the 2021 coup - was imprisoned by the junta (he is currently serving a 100+ year sentence).
She arrived in Australia on a humanitarian visa in 2022, and learned to speak English to the point where she was able to resume her studies - still hoping to become a doctor - whilst also starting her acting career in locally-made films about the revolution.
I was put in touch with Ingyin by people in the Burmese diaspora community here in Australia. And after hearing her story, I just had invite her to host this HGA - an invitation she warmly accepted.
And I don't know about you, but I am blown away by the incredible job she did of it! Not to mention her bravery. Coz if you know about the conflict in Myanmar, you'll appreciate how courageous it is of her to front this video. (And If you don't, then this HGA video will give you a good overview in under 5 minutes). Respect. If you'd like to follow Ingyin, she asked me to share her FB page.
The conflict in Myanmar is little-known around the world - a virtually forgotten war.
That's why people in the Burmese diaspora here in Australia asked us to make an HGA about Myanmar, in the hope that we could help more people to learn about what's going down there. They also put me in touch with Ingyin, as mentioned, and provided assistance with sourcing many of the images and footage that feature in the video. For their safety however, they asked not to be credited.
I love responding to such requests and collaborating in this way with people from the places we cover outside of Australia - like our Visit Hawai'i, Visit Puerto Rico, Visit West Papua and Visit Canada HGAs - among others.
And making HGAs that raise awareness about issues that desperately need it, makes me feel like we're lending a hand where it's most needed. Which is such a rewarding feeling.
And I'd like you to share in that feeling, too. Because we wouldn't be of much help to anyone without your support here on Patreon: I could never have spent the past month researching and making this video, let alone pay Ingyin a good fee to act in it. I hope you feel your money is being well spent in supporting the Juice Media.
I'll publish the video to other platforms shortly, but I wanted to send this off to you asap so you know the video is now out on YouTube:
Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar!
In our next video, we'll be returning to matters closer to home as we look at our upcoming federal election here in Australia. Unless civil war breaks out in the USA after next week's election, in which case we may have to do something about that. We sure live in "interesting times".
Until then, take care
Giordano & team
Comments (33)
produces such excellent exposes of the corruption in the world.
Giordano and team I am so proud the the money I donate to you as a producer,
Thank you Chris, so glad to hear that! We are very grateful for your generous support!
Love it team, we wouldn't know all this is going on if not for you. Thank you for your hard work
Thank you Terry and you are very welcome, it's what we love doing xo
This junta dude is gonna be SO pissed at your video, lols! 😆 Ingyin is one brave young woman ✊🏻
So brave, and yes I hope MA Ah La shits a brick when he sees it
Superb
thanks Michael, am very proud of this one!
💕💕 Savage, as always! Please keep up the important work!
Thank you!
Loved it, yet again. Just a side note that I think important: when Aung San Suu Kyi finally rose to government, she did, among other things, because the international community - and I must admit, the international left - pumped her as some kind of messiah, despite the evidence of her being object of a cult of personality. When she finally reached power, she started then being ferociously cticitized because she did zero to stop the Rohingya genocide, as one might have expected if researching her figure without transforming her in some kind of religious icon. Clearly, her agency was limited by a miriad of reasons we can't understand from here, and the same can be said about how and why the military junta took power again. But we have a role also in continuously pumping every non Western figure that fits our way of seeing things, participating in disasters they can bring about. We have to be way more careful in this sense.
Thank you Francesco. You always have a good side note to add! I am aware of the criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi - a criticism shared by many Myanmar civil society groups - and that is why I took care not to endorse her in this video. Nevertheless, it is also important to recognize that she was democratically elected by the people of Myanmar in 2020 and subsequently granted a position in the National Unity Government. It's also good to see that there have been some positive steps by the NUG and wider Spring Revolution towards addressing the wrongs committed against Rohingya, eg. setting up a human rights ministry and appointing a Rohingya as deputy minister. They have recognized Rohingya rights to citizenship, support the ICJ case of genocide, have accepted the ICC’s jurisdiction and clearly called for accountability and reparations for Rohingya. You make a very good point also about the various factors that influenced and constrained Suu Kyi's actions whilst in power. This article touches on this https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/defence-aung-san-suu-kyi Thank you for your thoughful comments Francersco!
"A virtually forgotten war"… but NOT for the mammon grubbing oligarchs who are more than happy to support it to exploit their resources and markets. I already commented in YouTube when the "ad" appeared yesterday. It looks like next week we'll see if the convicted felon here attempts to pull off something similar from myan'Mar-a-Lago.
Fingers crossed for next week Mark!
Was actually on Thai Burma border on 8/8/88, the 8888 uprising, when protests had started and 3,000 people at least were shot over following days Incredible how the people have struggled since then, sometimes forward, but mostly crushed under military rule
wow!
Brilliantly crafted. Excellent to see the network of corruption supporting the junta exposed so thoroughly. Thanks for shining the light on this terrible situation!
Thank you Robert! Yeah, these are the kinds of episodes I really love making, highlighting the broader networks of power and how the pieces fit together to sustain (and profit from) injustice.
Thanks Giordano and team, and especially Ingyin Halaing Halaing for this disturbing, brilliant and very informative HGA. I had no idea so many countries are enabling the military regime in their brutal activities. This has to stop!
Thank you Sally. Yeah, there's a lot of countries helping to sustain the junta. Australia is one of them - albeit to a much lesser extent than those mentioned. But we decided to leave out Australia in this episode, in consideration of Ingyin's status here as a refugee.
Yet another excellent and eye opening HGA from all involved plus a big welcome to Ingyin as well.
Thank you Tom!
I couldn’t smile while watching this tragedy until the Authorized By: … Short Men With Mummy Issues. Here in the US that would have been Mommy Issues, Mom vs Mum. So when I initially saw the words versus just hearing them in the audio preview, I pictured an Egyptian mummy with Min Aung Hliang enjoying necrocoitus much like JD Vance enjoying couch coitus! All cool and normal in the land of authoritarian fucktards. PS: Here’s hoping there is no need for another US HGA!
I whoelheartedly share that hope!
tragic...
Brilliant, thank you. At long last honest government ads calling out the world's fascists. Bless you Giordano and family.
Thank you Ian 🙏💛
I had no idea about this. Thanks for making this HGA so we can get better informed and help.
Yeah, so many people don't know about the comflict in Myanmar. Which is why I really wanted to make this HGA. Thanks for the support Palitja!
OMG. And here's me bitching about AI and MS f**king MS Word. again. First world problems.
Haha well said Kim, yeah it certainly puts things in perspective doesn't it!
You guys need more money cause the love is rolling ! They need IDF UP THEIRS