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Released Online
8 November 1999

CONTENTS

Introduction

PART ONE
Technology, Internet Activism and the Crisis in Burma

Technological Revolution and Internet Activism

The Standoff in Burma

A Short History of how the Internet Came to Play a Role in the Burma Crisis

PART TWO
Case Studies

The Massachusetts Selective Purchasing Legislation

The Free Burma Coalition and the Pepsi Boycott Campaign

The Pepsi Campaign at Harvard University

The Network

Assessing the Results

PART THREE
The Internet's Impact on Activism

Advantages of Using the Internet

Disadvantages of Using the Internet

Conclusion

APPENDICES

Appendix A: The Internet Activist Survey Results

Appendix B: Sample Survey

Appendix C: Selected Internet Resources on Burma

Appendix D: Selected Electronic Mail Messages

Footnotes

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Appendix C

Selected Internet Resources on Burma

World Wide Web Sites

ASEANWeb

Burma & the U.S. Congress

Burma Chat

Burmese Relief Center-Japan

Democratic Voice of Burma

Free Burma Coalition

Free Burma (other sites):
sunsite.unc.edu/freeburma/index.html
www.freeburma.org

No Petro Dollars for SLORC

SLORC Web Site

Soros' Open Society Institute

Students for a Democratic Burma

UNOCAL

U.S. Information Agency

Usenet Newsgroups

soc.culture.burma

soc.culture.asean

Electronic Mailing Lists

Burma Net: burmanet-1

MyanmarNet: myanmar-net

Continue to Appendix D


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