緬甸軍事政變及反抗運動：青年世代的角色

Myanmar’s Coup and Resistance Movement: The Role of Younger Generation

本文在於研析緬甸軍方於2021年2月1日發動軍事政變，罷黜翁山蘇姬領導的民選政府後，青年世代在反對軍事統復辟的反抗運動所發揮的主導作用，新世代的年輕族群所具備的網路世代特性及民主涵養成為反抗軍事獨裁的主導力量，思維及行動模式突破舊世代民運的限制，引領緬甸民主抗爭出現跨越性別、族裔及社會階層的特性。從和平抗爭到武裝對抗，年輕族群發揮的主導力量使得青年角色從緬甸政治發展的邊緣化提升到核心角色，不僅成為軍政府視之同等翁山蘇姬的敵人，亦對全民盟權力體系及國家政治板塊產生衝擊，將深遠影響後政變時期的緬甸國家發展。

From a comprehensive review and analysis, this paper explores the role and agency of Myanmar’s younger generation in the resistance movement in the wake of the February 2021 coup by the military, namely Tatmadaw. The youths of Myanmar from all walks and ethnic communities arising and further engaging on a wider range of fighting activities, from non-violent demonstration to military mobilization, have proven a vital force to fuel the opposition against the military’s ruling. The youth’s participation into the post-coup resistance has been elevated from a supportive role up to a leading and significant actor with their democracy-cultivated value and technology-savvy social mobilization, leading a structural change on the political landscape in the post-coup era, ahead toward state-rebuilding process.