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Students from 56 universities across the nation will fast today to urge corporations and univerities to get rid of their financial holdings in Burma...
...impossible to do business in Burma without dealing with the country's repressive military regime, said Jeremy S. Woodrum, director of the Washington office of the Free Burma Coalition...
...fasting, because what is happening in Burma is so horrendous I cannot even imagine what it's like," wrote Julia Earl, a student at Emory University in Atlanta, in an e-mail. "When there is torture, forced labor, censorship, destruction of the environment, and killing, something has to be done; these are the conditions in Burma, so I cannot sit around and do nothing...
...Unlike at other campuses where the fast is being organized through a student group, at Harvard, Chan alone is spearheading the effort because Harvard does not have a Free Burma student group. She said Harvard used to have a Burma action group but that it disbanded because of declining membership...
...Protesters hope their efforts will cause clothing companies to quit their involvement in Burma. As a result of protests last year, the Dress Barn, JanSport, and Kenneth Cole all promised to quit sourcing from Burma, according to the Free Burma Coalition...