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Burma in chains: U.S. companies profit from slavery.(Myanmar human rights)

The Progressive | October 1, 1995 | Copyright

The Border Area Development Program is close to reaching the goals set forth under the Master Plan," drones a wax-like figure on the television news. It is her mouth that moves, but it is the numbing propaganda of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), Burma's repressive military regime, that seeps from the TV. The "news" is supplemented with film footage of the army, training amid staged explosions and folk music. The SLORC-controlled television stations and newspapers--the only news sources the government allows--say the border regions are being developed to…

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