ABSTRACT

The transition from military dictatorship to an electoral regime has opened limited political spaces for social activism in Myanmar. Some have called the unfolding situation a ‘transition to democracy’. But this is far from the reality for some, if not most, of Myanmar’s ‘rural working people’. This paper explores the trajectory of the national land network called Land in Our Hands (LIOH or Doe Myay), which came into formal existence in 2014. This paper attempts to lay out a more comprehensive account of the historical legacies and internal and external pressures that have been shaping LIOH as a movement building initiative, and in relation to three key dimensions: its identity politics; its ideology and class base; and its political work.

摘要

从军事独裁政权过渡到选举政权，为缅甸的社会活动开辟了有限的政治空间。一些人将不断发展的局势称为“向民主的过渡”。但这对于缅甸的“农村劳动人民”中的一些人（如果不是大多数人）来说是不现实的。本文探讨了称为“手中的土地”（LIOH或Doe Myay）的国家土地网络的轨迹，该轨迹于2014年正式成立。本文试图对历史遗产以及内部和外部压力进行更全面的说明，一直将LIOH塑造为运动建设的倡议，并与三个关键方面相关：其身份政治；其思想和阶级基础；及其政治工作。