For the first time since anyone can remember, members of Myanmar’s majority Bamar people are seeking long-term solidarity with the country’s ethnic minorities.

The Bamar People’s Liberation Army (BPLA), led by onetime anti-war poet Maung Saungkha, is a prominent force in Myanmar’s resistance movement.

Poet turned militia leader Maung Saungkha, one of the most prominent figures fighting for democracy in Myanmar, says his armed group plans to start carving out territory in the country's ...