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if anyone is interested on working on this idea (which i like), please
contact nick at StatusQuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
glen


StatusQuo@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hi! I've just been looking through your web site and have some questions.
> If these aren't questions you can answer, please let me know who I should
> write to.
> 
> I'm a graphic artist from Boston, and a member of a small group of
> activists that develop political public art. In the past we've done
> projects on Welfare Reform, the Tobacco Industry's campaign to replace
> American smokers with kids outside the US, and rape awareness. We're
> interested in trying to put together a project to publicize SLORC's use of
> forced labor and Texaco's and Pepsi's refusal to stop doing business with
> Burma while human rights violations persist.
> 
> Our basic idea is to recreate the old "Burma Shave" signs (are you familiar
> with these?) but with messages emphasizing the links between SLORC, Pepsi,
> and Texaco. We'd like to start with temporary signs along the Charles river
> in Boston (which has a heavily used road next to it) and then possibly
> expand to have more permanent signs put up by property owners who support
> the cause (in Boston and elsewhere). We'd like to do a media campaign along
> with this. If your group might be interested in dicussing this project,
> making suggestions, or working with us on it, please let me know. If you
> know of others that might be, please email me their contact information and
> I will get in touch with them (or pass on this message).
> 
> Also, I have a few more specific questions that you might have the answer to:
> 
> How can I get a copy of the UN report on how SLORC used forced labor to
> spruce up the country for tourism?
> 
> Is Pepsi still sponsoring trade shows for SLORC? When was the last one, and
> where?
> 
> Thanks very much for your time & work!
> Nick Jehlen
> statusquo@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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