August 8: Demonstration Against Suz

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Subject: August 8: Demonstration Against Suzuki

NEW ENGLAND BURMA ROUNDTABLE

August 8: Demonstration Against Suzuki




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gger>SUZUKI
BOYCOTT!!

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Demonstrations at local area Suzuki  dealerships.  Help us to get Suzuki
out of Burma.

<bold><bigger><bigger>When</bigger></bigger></bold>: August 8, 1999 in
recognition of the  eleventh anniversary of the student uprisings in=20
Burma.

<bold><bigger><bigger>Time</bigger></bigger></bold>: from 12:00 (noon)
and 5:00 p.m. Meet  between 12-12:30.

<bold><bigger><bigger>Where</bigger></bigger></bold>: Meet at Carberry's
(Caf=E9 and Bakery)  at 74-6 Prospect St. near the Central T-stop on  the
red line. =20

</bigger></bigger><italic>For further questions or comments, please
contact Corey B. Bills=20

at 617-426-3040 (day) or at 617-264-4778 (evening) or at:
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drive and have a car that would be most  appreciated.


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am>On
August 8, 1999, in commemoration of the eleventh anniversary of  the
student uprisings in Burma, Burmese and American democracy supporters=20
will demonstrate from 12:00 until 5:00 pm at selected local Suzuki
dealerships.   While raising awareness about the situation in Burma among
owners,  employees and customers of Suzuki, the protestors are demanding
that Suzuki,  as well as the Japanese government, discontinue business in
Burma and halt  the support of the country's highly repressive junta.

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<paraindent><param>right</param>	In April 1999, the Free Burma Coalition,
along with subsidiary groups, such  as the New England Burma Roundtable
(based in Boston), announced a  boycott of Suzuki Inc., because of that
company's support for the illegal  military junta in Burma.  Suzuki
automotive, motorcycle and marine dealers  around the world are all
targeted for boycotts.  Ignoring international opinion  and the request

of Burma's own democratically elected leader (Aung San Suu  Kyi), Suzuki
announced on October 13, 1998 that they would invest 10 million  dollars
into a joint venture with the generals in Burma to build cars and=20
motorcycles there.

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<paraindent><param>right</param>	Aung San Suu Kyi, who is the legitimate
representative of the Burmese  people, has asked foreign companies not to
come to Burma before democracy  does.  "We are not against investment,"
said Mrs. Suu Kyi, in a March 30, 1998  interview in Businessweek, "but
we want investment to be at the right  time=85investing now is [not] going
to be profitable either to investors or to the  people of Burma."=20
Incidentally, at a time when most international businesses  have
withdrawn from Burma, Suzuki has decided to invest.  In January 1997=20
Pepsi pulled out of Burma.  In March of that same year Kodak agreed to=20
discontinue business with the military and a month before Suzuki agreed
to  invest in 1998, the British company Ericsson pulled out.  Dr. Zar Ni,
a Burmese  native and founder of the Free Burma Coalition remarked,
"Japanese foreign  investment and foreign aid are today among the last
lifelines for an army junta  that is dealing death in Burma and abroad."=20
Zar Ni further stated, "Without the  financial support of companies like
Suzuki, the generals would be bankrupt.   People who buy Suzuki products
should know that they are giving dollars to  dictators."=20

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Simon Billenness

*for the New England Burma Roundtable*

Trillium Asset Management

711 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 423-6655, x225

(800) 548-5684

(617) 482-6179 - fax

sbillenness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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the harvest or tending the plants half grown."


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Issues," Fall '98

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