People from all walks of life, in remote parts of the world like Alaska and Guatemala, and with a common interest in helping the people and country of Tibet in its struggle for independence from an immovable force, the Chinese government, have banded together to form a network of concerned humans around the world.

This network trades information and tricks of the demonstration-trade that the network uses during often violent demonstrations meant to disrupt the Beijing Olympics torch relay and in which it has been confronted by the Chinese government at every turn.

Insignificant compared to the might of the Chinese government, with no real means to effectively combat Chinese aggression and control accept with prayers and their lives, they tell tales of young men fleeing into the forests of Tibet in order to avoid capture and torture for being Tibetan.

High-profile, full of energy and extending around the globe, the movement faces the seemingly impossible task of facing China’s military muscle, intransigence, and geopolitical power in their battle for an independent Tibet.

Experts indicate that the movement lacks unity and links into Tibet and the Himalayan region as a whole, making their fight like beating their heads on a steel wall of ignorance and assumed-superiority. That most of the attention garnered by the movement comes from the Dalai Lama, the Charismatic leader of the movement and a Nobel Peace prize winner, and not from the movement itself.

Despite all the attention and the increase in people and concerned individuals around the world, the protests will have little effect upon a nation with the ego of China and when the Beijing Olympic torch dies, any effect the movement might have dies with it.

The years have seen such movements having little actual affect on changing anything or improving situations. If conditions in Tibet are to improve it’s probably up to Tibetans’ to make the improvements, good luck to them, although, luck is not what they need.