What is the CDM?

The Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) is a non-violent resistance movement in Myanmar in response to the military coup. Kick started by healthcare workers going on strike, it quickly spread throughout the country. Since it has no central leader, the movement is hard for the military to stop, however everyone involved is a target and in danger. The CDM rejects the military takeover of the government through street protests, boycotting military-owned or affiliated businesses, and encouraging public workers to not comply with the military regime.

There are three at least big groups that make up the CDM, which have similar goals:

Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)

“The CRPH is a group of MPs-elect from the 2020 election, most of whom are from the NLD. Its members are much older and more politically homogeneous than most of the people protesting on the streets. The committee seeks recognition as the legitimate government and to reverse the coup, taking things back to the way they were on January 31.

The CRPH enjoys considerable support, and an increasing number of townships, wards and village tracts are bypassing the junta’s administrative machinery by forming

parallel government structures⁠

that answer to the committee. In a dramatic address to the United Nations General Assembly on February 26, Myanmar’s permanent representative to the UN, U Kyaw Moe Tun, publicly declared his allegiance to the people and asked the UN to recognise the CRPH as the legitimate government of Myanmar.” (

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General Strike Committee (GSC)

General Strike Committee of Nationalities (GSCN)

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