[mobglob-discuss] July 22 is boycott Coke day

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Boycott Coca-Cola - 22nd July 2003
International Day of Action & Boycott Launch
 
Boycott Coca-Cola - 22nd July 2003 - International Day of Action & 
Boycott Launch    As you are hopefully aware, the World Social Forum has
declared the 22nd  July, as the International Day of Action against Coca
Cola, and the  start of a boycott of all its products.    These actions
are in solidarity with SINALTRAINAL, the Colombian Food  and Drinks
Workers Union. SINALTRAINAL have suffered the assassination  of 8 union
leaders, killed by paramilitaries financed by Coca Cola  management, as
well as the isappearance, arbitrary detention, torture,  kidnap and
sacking of hundreds more of their workers at Coca Cola  bottling plants
throughout Colombia.    In a court case in the USA, brought by the United
Steelworkers Union, in  solidarity with SINALTRAINAL, a judge has ruled
that Coca Cola's  bottlers have a case to answer, but the multinational
refuses to cooperate with the union, and continues its policy of
repression. In a similar case in Guatemala during the 80s, Coca Cola stood
by and watched as union members within their bottling plants were
assassinated by death squads. Coca Cola only acted to protect the lives of
their workers when  pressured into it by a consumer boycott.    For this
reason, we are asking you to participate in this boycott, to throw the
Coke machine out of your school, college or workplace, to organise in your
area, and to demand that Coca Cola be answerable for
 the heinous abuses of their workers in Colombia.    Join us for the
International Day of Action and organize an event in  your area. Help make
the day as truly international as Coca Cola's corporate abuses, help out
in activities planned for all over the world!    If you need help,
materials, information or speakers, contact The Colombia Solidarity
Campaign, PO Box 8446,  London N17 6NZ    tel : 07932
 034477: Email: colombia_sc at hotmail.com website: 
http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk    The Coca Cola Campaign    Coca
Cola and Nestlé both stand accused of serious human rights violations in
Colombia. While Nestlé sack union members, Coca Cola kill them.
Paramilitary Death Squads, acting under orders from Coca Cola
 management, have assassinated 8 trade union leaders in their workplaces.
The union, INTRAMINERCOL, has responded by calling for an international 
boycott of Coca Cola and all of their products, to start on 22 July.

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"Here's a message for the masses, never ass kiss" Ozo Matli

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