Phil Robertson
@reaproy.bsky.social
Human rights & labor activist, working mostly in SE Asia. FCCT Board member and chair of Programs Committee. Boston sports fan, rock & roll lover, fisherman. SAIS Grad. Cape Cod, Korat, Khon Kaen, Bangkok. Thai/Lao speaker
Burma's election is "really going to be a sham because less than half the constituencies nationally will vote to make up what the junta calls a national parliament. All that’s left is the military, and its fabricated political parties." Talking to @ucanews.bsky.social www.ucanews.com/news/myanmar...
Myanmar’s ‘sham election’ aims to legitimize a junta selling rare earths- UCA News
Self-interest drives the military regime’s support from China, India, Russia, and the United States
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December 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Burma's election is "really going to be a sham because less than half the constituencies nationally will vote to make up what the junta calls a national parliament. All that’s left is the military, and its fabricated political parties." Talking to @ucanews.bsky.social www.ucanews.com/news/myanmar...
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Turns out, Trump meme coins and Trump’s affordability promises have the same value. Zero.
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Since Trump’s Return, Bets on His Brand Have Soured
Stocks and cryptocurrencies tied to the president and his family have tumbled amid a broader rout of riskier assets.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Turns out, Trump meme coins and Trump’s affordability promises have the same value. Zero.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Illinois prevails! First victory at Supreme Court, telling Trump regime that no, they cannot deputize & send in the National Guard over the objections of local elected leaders. Kudos to @jbpritzker.bsky.social for standing firm! JB's statement here: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/statement-fr...
Statement from Governor Pritzker on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Trump v. Illinois
CHICAGO — Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Illinois prevails! First victory at Supreme Court, telling Trump regime that no, they cannot deputize & send in the National Guard over the objections of local elected leaders. Kudos to @jbpritzker.bsky.social for standing firm! JB's statement here: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/statement-fr...
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New from Asian Network for Free Elections, numbers on the huge problems with the Junta's sham elections.
- Not being carried out in many areas
- draconian election law suppressing opponents
- parties who won over 90% of seats in 2021 banned
#RejectShamElection
anfrel.org/myanmar-a-ju...
- Not being carried out in many areas
- draconian election law suppressing opponents
- parties who won over 90% of seats in 2021 banned
#RejectShamElection
anfrel.org/myanmar-a-ju...
December 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New from Asian Network for Free Elections, numbers on the huge problems with the Junta's sham elections.
- Not being carried out in many areas
- draconian election law suppressing opponents
- parties who won over 90% of seats in 2021 banned
#RejectShamElection
anfrel.org/myanmar-a-ju...
- Not being carried out in many areas
- draconian election law suppressing opponents
- parties who won over 90% of seats in 2021 banned
#RejectShamElection
anfrel.org/myanmar-a-ju...
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Moderating a panel last week at the @fccthai.bsky.social to discuss Burma's upcoming (sham) election with experts from the UN OHCHR, Anfrel, civil society and #Myanmar activists. Full video of session on FCCT YouTube channel. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
December 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Moderating a panel last week at the @fccthai.bsky.social to discuss Burma's upcoming (sham) election with experts from the UN OHCHR, Anfrel, civil society and #Myanmar activists. Full video of session on FCCT YouTube channel. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Important court dates!
📅12th - 29th Jan
The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings on the Rohingya Genocide case brought against the state of Myanmar.
Link to the press release: go.icj-cij.org/3Y0WqJB
The hearings will be broadcast live on
@unwebtv.bsky.social
webtv.un.org/en
📅12th - 29th Jan
The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings on the Rohingya Genocide case brought against the state of Myanmar.
Link to the press release: go.icj-cij.org/3Y0WqJB
The hearings will be broadcast live on
@unwebtv.bsky.social
webtv.un.org/en
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Important court dates!
📅12th - 29th Jan
The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings on the Rohingya Genocide case brought against the state of Myanmar.
Link to the press release: go.icj-cij.org/3Y0WqJB
The hearings will be broadcast live on
@unwebtv.bsky.social
webtv.un.org/en
📅12th - 29th Jan
The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings on the Rohingya Genocide case brought against the state of Myanmar.
Link to the press release: go.icj-cij.org/3Y0WqJB
The hearings will be broadcast live on
@unwebtv.bsky.social
webtv.un.org/en
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Near Kalay in Sagaing region, Myanmar & on a bridge on the india Myanmar trade route.. Kalay Town war leadership Council & Zomi Federal Association out up banners against the Junta's Sham election.
Banners say "Don't allow legal murder with your vote"
Banners say "Don't allow legal murder with your vote"
December 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Near Kalay in Sagaing region, Myanmar & on a bridge on the india Myanmar trade route.. Kalay Town war leadership Council & Zomi Federal Association out up banners against the Junta's Sham election.
Banners say "Don't allow legal murder with your vote"
Banners say "Don't allow legal murder with your vote"
Exactly right. "We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House" - as Bret Stephens of the @nytimes.com puts it about Donald Trump. www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
Opinion: Our petty, hollow, squalid ogre in chief
Opinion: We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Exactly right. "We are led by the most loathsome human being ever to occupy the White House" - as Bret Stephens of the @nytimes.com puts it about Donald Trump. www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
Another photo of Maple at Ban Korat, being cute...
December 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Another photo of Maple at Ban Korat, being cute...
Maple at Ban Korat...
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Maple at Ban Korat...
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This revolution will only succeed if we learn to lead together
By @khinohmar.bsky.social
"Each of the stakeholders in the revolution has very important and yet very different roles. Each is essential."
Read more on DVB: english.dvb.no/this-revolut...
By @khinohmar.bsky.social
"Each of the stakeholders in the revolution has very important and yet very different roles. Each is essential."
Read more on DVB: english.dvb.no/this-revolut...
December 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This revolution will only succeed if we learn to lead together
By @khinohmar.bsky.social
"Each of the stakeholders in the revolution has very important and yet very different roles. Each is essential."
Read more on DVB: english.dvb.no/this-revolut...
By @khinohmar.bsky.social
"Each of the stakeholders in the revolution has very important and yet very different roles. Each is essential."
Read more on DVB: english.dvb.no/this-revolut...
Every American child who grew up in the '70s will remember the fantastic Schoolhouse Rock series. The #Trump regime is turning US civics & democracy on its head.
December 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Every American child who grew up in the '70s will remember the fantastic Schoolhouse Rock series. The #Trump regime is turning US civics & democracy on its head.
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IUPAT President @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social is right:
Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection.
America’s unions will keep fighting for them.
Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection.
America’s unions will keep fighting for them.
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
IUPAT President @jimmy-iupat.bsky.social is right:
Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection.
America’s unions will keep fighting for them.
Temporary Protected Status recipients are rigorously vetted, pay taxes, and do work in critical industries. They are part of our communities and our unions—they deserve respect and protection.
America’s unions will keep fighting for them.
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We joined 209 allies from Myanmar & the region inc @pvamplify.bsky.social @altsean.bsky.social @justiceformyanmar.org
Urging international governments to take Actions Against the Myanmar Junta, which plans to hold sham elections, whilst committing War Crimes
Text:
drive.google.com/file/d/1mRB6...
Urging international governments to take Actions Against the Myanmar Junta, which plans to hold sham elections, whilst committing War Crimes
Text:
drive.google.com/file/d/1mRB6...
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We joined 209 allies from Myanmar & the region inc @pvamplify.bsky.social @altsean.bsky.social @justiceformyanmar.org
Urging international governments to take Actions Against the Myanmar Junta, which plans to hold sham elections, whilst committing War Crimes
Text:
drive.google.com/file/d/1mRB6...
Urging international governments to take Actions Against the Myanmar Junta, which plans to hold sham elections, whilst committing War Crimes
Text:
drive.google.com/file/d/1mRB6...
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Last night, I joined the panel organized by Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand.
I shared some key lesson learned from Myanmar's post 2010 "democratic transition" period how the international community shifted their policy towards Myanmar - human rights first to business first approach.
I shared some key lesson learned from Myanmar's post 2010 "democratic transition" period how the international community shifted their policy towards Myanmar - human rights first to business first approach.
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Last night, I joined the panel organized by Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand.
I shared some key lesson learned from Myanmar's post 2010 "democratic transition" period how the international community shifted their policy towards Myanmar - human rights first to business first approach.
I shared some key lesson learned from Myanmar's post 2010 "democratic transition" period how the international community shifted their policy towards Myanmar - human rights first to business first approach.
Moderating a panel of experts at the @fccthai.bsky.social about the upcoming (sham) election in Myanmar! Thanks to the amazing panelists from OHCHR, Anfrel, Progressive Voice, & Altsean Burma. Video of the panel on the FCCT YouTube page. ##WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #RejectShamElection
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Moderating a panel of experts at the @fccthai.bsky.social about the upcoming (sham) election in Myanmar! Thanks to the amazing panelists from OHCHR, Anfrel, Progressive Voice, & Altsean Burma. Video of the panel on the FCCT YouTube page. ##WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #RejectShamElection
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In investigating Nike’s claims, reporter @robwdavis.bsky.social had a breakthrough when he received payroll information for a Cambodian factory.
Quick calculations showed that just 1% of workers made 1.9x the minimum wage, the amount that Nike said was typical.
Quick calculations showed that just 1% of workers made 1.9x the minimum wage, the amount that Nike said was typical.
In Cambodia, Our Journalists Put Nike’s Claims About Factory Conditions to the Test
ProPublica reporter Rob Davis began with a simple question: Had Nike truly become a beacon of environmental stewardship and fair labor practices, as it claimed? To find the answer, he had to travel…
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June 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In investigating Nike’s claims, reporter @robwdavis.bsky.social had a breakthrough when he received payroll information for a Cambodian factory.
Quick calculations showed that just 1% of workers made 1.9x the minimum wage, the amount that Nike said was typical.
Quick calculations showed that just 1% of workers made 1.9x the minimum wage, the amount that Nike said was typical.
The babies at war, destroying everything in their ultra-nationalist fervor. He shot first, no he did! He won't stop first, no he won't stop! And amidst it all, the Orange Monster juvenile pretending he has all the answers. Great cartoon by Stephff. #CambodiaThailand #ThailandCambodia #Cambodia #Thai
December 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The babies at war, destroying everything in their ultra-nationalist fervor. He shot first, no he did! He won't stop first, no he won't stop! And amidst it all, the Orange Monster juvenile pretending he has all the answers. Great cartoon by Stephff. #CambodiaThailand #ThailandCambodia #Cambodia #Thai
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#Burma #Myanmar: The junta plans sham elections from 28 Dec, promoted as a “path to peace” while #AtrocityCrimes rise.
Can voting at gunpoint change Myanmar’s future? What options remain? Join us
@fccthai.bsky.social
Wed 17 Dec, 7pm. #RejectShamElection #Whatshappeninginmyanmar
Can voting at gunpoint change Myanmar’s future? What options remain? Join us
@fccthai.bsky.social
Wed 17 Dec, 7pm. #RejectShamElection #Whatshappeninginmyanmar
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
#Burma #Myanmar: The junta plans sham elections from 28 Dec, promoted as a “path to peace” while #AtrocityCrimes rise.
Can voting at gunpoint change Myanmar’s future? What options remain? Join us
@fccthai.bsky.social
Wed 17 Dec, 7pm. #RejectShamElection #Whatshappeninginmyanmar
Can voting at gunpoint change Myanmar’s future? What options remain? Join us
@fccthai.bsky.social
Wed 17 Dec, 7pm. #RejectShamElection #Whatshappeninginmyanmar
Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask about #Myanmar upcoming elections! Hear from the experts this Wed (17 Dec) at 7 pm at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok. Election monitors, regional & Burmese NGOs, & UN all weigh in! www.fccthai.com/event/the-up...
#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
The upcoming election in Myanmar: Democratic opportunity or farce? | FCCT
Join us for The upcoming election in Myanmar: Democratic opportunity or farce? at FCCT. Dec 17, 2025. Members free, non-members 450 baht, students and Thai press with ID 150 baht.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask about #Myanmar upcoming elections! Hear from the experts this Wed (17 Dec) at 7 pm at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social in #Bangkok. Election monitors, regional & Burmese NGOs, & UN all weigh in! www.fccthai.com/event/the-up...
#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
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Focus on the Global South amplifies the urgent call for peace amid the current escalating war along the Cambodia-Thailand border.
Thai-Cambodian civil society network demands end to border clash with Cambodia: prachataienglish.com/node/11708
A thread 🧵
Thai-Cambodian civil society network demands end to border clash with Cambodia: prachataienglish.com/node/11708
A thread 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Focus on the Global South amplifies the urgent call for peace amid the current escalating war along the Cambodia-Thailand border.
Thai-Cambodian civil society network demands end to border clash with Cambodia: prachataienglish.com/node/11708
A thread 🧵
Thai-Cambodian civil society network demands end to border clash with Cambodia: prachataienglish.com/node/11708
A thread 🧵
Yet another Chinese journalist being jailed, yet another assault on media freedom by #Beijing. Latest from @hrw.org about this -- #China: Veteran Journalist Charged with ‘Picking Quarrels’ www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
China: Veteran Journalist Charged with ‘Picking Quarrels’
Chinese authorities have formally charged well-known journalist and author Du Bin (杜斌) with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” Human Rights Watch said today.
www.hrw.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Yet another Chinese journalist being jailed, yet another assault on media freedom by #Beijing. Latest from @hrw.org about this -- #China: Veteran Journalist Charged with ‘Picking Quarrels’ www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...