WHY THE 2014 UNITECH BOYCOTT SUCCEEDED
By Former PNG Journalist As the Unitech saga fades into time, it leaves positive thoughts in the minds of thousands. Most of us will not forget the dedicated young people who bravely stood up and spoke out against corruption. The government repeatedly threatened the students hoping to frighten them into submission. Through the government's two mouthpieces, The National and Post Courier, we read the many smug editorials that belittled the students as foolish and irresponsible, then telling them to behave themselves and go back to class. But students held their ground and spoke out despite being surrounded and discouraged by a sea of older people who displayed varying degrees of cowardice when challenged to join the fight for two basic principles of decent humanity: truth and justice. The Unitech boycott was a brilliant success, but why? We need to know so that the techniques can be applied later and elsewhere. Effective activism at all levels of society against