Octopus
The Octopus public-interest youth organization was formed by young people taking part in the 2021 Spring Revolution on February 28, 2021, Milk Tea Alliance Day, based on eight principles: autonomy, responsibility and accountability, justice, tolerance, secularism, consent, discernment, and opposition to corruption.
The Octopus public-interest youth organization was formed by young people taking part in the 2021 Spring Revolution on February 28, 2021, Milk Tea Alliance Day[2], based on eight principles[1]: autonomy, responsibility and accountability, justice, tolerance, secularism, consent, discernment, and opposition to corruption.
It aspires "to build a new federal democratic state with capable and qualified young people in the future, together with the complete destruction of military dictatorship"[3]. It has also set as an objective[4] "to build the necessary capacity of young people to work closely with youth inside and outside the country in supporting youth networks and revolutionary movements on the ground".
It has set four programmes[5]: "holding mass and guerrilla strikes", "hanging up campaign banners", "mass mobilization inviting the public to take part in social punishment, economic punishment and campaigns", and "providing free youth-centred educational development courses".
It is an independent, self-reliant people's organization[6] and took part with other members of the public in strikes against the military coup. When the terrorist junta began violently crushing peaceful anti-coup strikes, it formed the "Octopus Shield" group[7] on February 28, 2021, to protect protesters. When the terrorist junta escalated its crackdown to shooting and killing strike forces, it continued to take part in urban guerrilla strikes and sticker campaigns. It also takes part in campaigns marking anniversaries related to Myanmar politics and encourages the public to join them.
In the three years since its founding, Octopus (public-interest youth organization) carried out as many as 91 guerrilla strikes despite the terrorist junta's tight security; one member was killed and six were arrested[8].
On May 9, 2024, it announced[9] that two more Octopus members had been arrested and that it feared for their lives.
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