No Justice - No Coca-Cola

Hello guys, I am back in town after a short tournament in Bangkok and it's about time for a new update.

Protests against Coca-Cola are still going on worldwide and here are the latest developments including a very interesting fact sheet. Today a demo will be held against the multinational, wish I could be there, but I am thinking of designing a t-shirt protesting against the exploitation, environmental destruction and killing of Coca-Cola soon. Anybody fancies one as well?

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DESTROYING LIVES, LIVELIHOODS & COMMUNITIES

Join the struggle by THOUSANDS of people worldwide, from India to Colombia, from US to Europe, to hold Coca-Cola accountable for the HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENTAL and LABOR abuses being waged by the giant multinational.

Join the protests in this unique campaign, which brings together human rights, labor and environmental movements to hold Coca-Cola accountable.

The struggle against Coca-Cola in India is a key environmental justice struggle in the world today. A majority of the impacted communities are Indigenous Peoples, farmers, women and landless laborers. Coca-Cola's practices have resulted in extreme hardship for the communities, including severe water shortages, health problems, hunger and a loss of income from farming. The Coca-Cola company, under the auspices of the Indian government, receives the water practically for free. The community led struggle against Coca-Cola seeks to gain control over its natural resources, in this case water. The struggle against Coca-Cola in India is a formidable challenge to the forces of globalization that give increasing powers to multinational corporations, and forces that privatize the commons. The Indian struggles have joined forces with workers in Colombia that have been subject to a gruesome cycle of violence unleashed by Colombian paramilitary forces, in complicity with Coca-Cola's Colombian bottling subsidiary. The Colombian struggle challenges the violent nature of corporations that is intrinsic to the models of development being forced upon the world today.

Car pools can be arranged from New York (2.5 hours), Philadelphia (1 hour), DC (2 hours) and Baltimore (1 hour), contact us for details and to help out for the mobilization

For more information, visit www.IndiaResource.org and www.killercoke.org 

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I won't purchase a single drop of their black sugar water (one among many of their products) which is full of chemicals anyway until they change their damn policies!!

Keep the spirit of resistance alive, don't let it die a painful death!

~peace~

PS: Am off to Bangkok again for a field trip with my class. Will be back again end of this week! If there are any particular topics you are interested in and want me to do some research in, then let me know. I think next time I'll do a survey to see if you guys are more into politics, philosophy or corporate crimes. What interests you more? Or you want to keep it a mixture of all? Cheerio~