Non-violence + media attention = BIG WIN. So nice to see protest directed in this area.

The inspiration and precursor: Anna Hazare:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Hazare

Check out the discussion: http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23iamfastingonjune8

Current news: [link] 
As of this writing, over 5000 people are gathered in New Delhi doing their hunger strike for a day.

Erm, I'd be fasting myself but I figured exerting myself on a comic introducing the topic would be more fitting for an American living in Cambodia.