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The Seattle Times, "Coca-Cola workers on strike sue soda giant," By the Associated Press
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"SEATTLE — The 500 Coca-Cola employees who went on strike earlier this week have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company after the soda giant canceled their health care coverage."
In These Times, "Teamsters Union Protests Coca Cola’s Labor Practices, as Company Shutters Plants," By Akito Yoshikane, August 25, 2010
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"While the world’s largest beverage company has come under fire for their reported anti-union activities abroad, the company is now facing growing labor conflicts here in the United States."

The above article has a link to an article in NaturalNews.com about Coke's abuses in Colombia.
Coca-Cola's murderous record of anti-union activity in Colombia exposed, May 22, 2010, by Ethan A. Huff
"(NaturalNews) Coca-Cola: to many, it is simply the all-American cola that everyone grew up drinking. Originally created in the late 1800s as a medicine, Coca-Cola eventually evolved into one of the world's most popular soft drinks. Besides being a very unhealthy beverage, Coca-Cola has another dirty secret for which few people are aware; the Coca-Cola Company has been involved in a series of kidnappings involving union leaders and organizers at its Colombia bottling facilities. Many of those kidnapped have been severely tortured and even murdered by company thugs."
One of the links to our site at the end has www.killercoke.com; of course, it should be www.killercoke.org.
Bellevue Reporter, "Coca-Cola workers strike in Bellevue," By Joshua Adam Hicks, August 24, 2010
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"Teamsters Local 117 says the beverage maker wants to raise workers' health-insurance rates and stop retirees from buying into the health-care program."
Puget Sound Business Journal, "Teamsters plan game-day protest of Coca-Cola," August 19, 2010
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"The union says Coca-Cola Enterprises plans to close three of its Washington state facilities. Earlier this year, the Coca-Cola Co. agreed to acquire Coca-Cola Enterprises’ North American business, according to company financial reports."
The Atlanta Journal-Constituion, "Teamsters: CCE workers to vote Oct. 7," By Jeremiah McWilliams, August 23, 2010
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" 'We're very close to having unionized Coca-Cola employees in Atlanta,' Dave Laughton, director of the union's brewery and soft drink division, said at a Sunday afternoon rally inside the meeting hall of Teamsters Local 728 in Atlanta. 'If it's good for the rest of the country, it should be good for Atlanta.' "
El Poder del Consumidor (The Power of the Consumer), "Historias Endulzadas "Aspartame" [In Spanish & English]

Click here or above for this video about aspartame, the artificial sweetener in Diet Coke.

The site for El Poder del Consumidor; If your browser is Google Chrome, you can get a translation.
Mike Wallace Investigates Aspartame and Studies of Aspartame

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Sites that Support the Campaign
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Is Coke's VitaminWater a hoax? Read articles about the VitaminWater lawsuit
MinnPost, "Coca-Cola's argument in "vitaminwater" lawsuit is exhibit 1 for corporate chutzpah," By Susan Perry August 11, 2010
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"In reality, of course, Coca-Cola’s vitaminwater is essentially sugar water with some added vitamins. Adding the vitamins to the sugar water doesn’t make it good for you, just as adding vitamins to a Snickers candy bar wouldn’t make it good for you...And if it’s vitamins you’re after, then get them the very best way possible: Eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Several times a day. Day after day."
Packaging World, "Coca Cola sued for misleading consumers," By Jim Chrzan, August 10, 2010
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"This time a non-profit public interest watchdog, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, has alleged Coca Cola’s latest health offering, vitaminwater '…is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. And the amount of sugar is not trivial. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage,' according to a blog post by John Robbins, author of The New Good Life, Diet for a New America"
Natural News, "Vitaminwater revealed as non-healthy beverage by Coca-Cola's own lawyers (opinion)," by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, August 10, 2010
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"Do you ever wonder things like "Who is actually gullible enough to think that Vitaminwater is healthy?" Although that question may seem demeaning or even arrogant, it turns out that the Coca-Cola company (which owns the Vitaminwater brand) is essentially asking that exact question."
As Miami Heat star promotes Coca-Cola's VitaminWater, CSPI sues to challenge false product claims,
Business Standard, "Nat Consumer Comm raps Coca Cola for unfair trade practice," Press Trust of India, August 9, 2010
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"The National Consumer Commission today rapped beverage giant Coca Cola for a promotional scheme launched by it in 1998 which had resulted in deficiency in service and unfair trade practice. The apex consumer body said the terms and conditions of the scheme -- Coca Cola Diwali Karishma, which had run from September 21 to October 26, 1998, were not specified clearly causing 'utter confusion' among participants. 'Coca Cola was guilty of both deficiency in service and unfair trade practice...In running the promotion scheme,' the Commission bench comprising Justice R C Jain and Anupam Dasgupta said."
Slate, "Why Do Foreigners Like Fanta So Much? A brief global history of sweet fizz," By Brian Palmer, August 5, 2010
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"The original Fanta was a Nazi product. When Pearl Harbor ended the flow of Coca-Cola syrup to German bottlers, German Coca-Cola chief Max Keith—who sported a tiny Hitler-style mustache and celebrated the Führer's 50th birthday at company conventions—formulated an alternative. He blended together an ever-changing combination of dregs, like leftovers from cheese production, the fibrous remains of apples that had been pressed for cider, and whatever surplus fruit he could acquire from Italy. He sweetened the soft drink with saccharin and named it Fanta, after the German word for fantasy or imagination. It sold well, especially once food became scarce and buyers began using Fanta as a soup base. When the international parent company reunited with its German branch after the war, it discontinued Fanta."
Omaha World-Herald, "A tax on sugary drinks?" By Paul Hammel, August 2, 2010
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"Get ready for a debate on sugar-sweetened drinks in Nebraska. The Nebraska Medical Association — armed with studies that link childhood obesity with consumption of soda pop and sugary energy drinks — wants to remove the sales tax exemption on such drinks at grocery stores, convenience shops and vending machines.
"It's part of a national trend to remove tax incentives — or enact higher taxes — on sugary drinks, for public health reasons. And it'sgetting opposition from lobbyists for the soft drink industry."
New Art sent to the Campaign to Stop Killer COke
Video, "Life is Good," Leonora
"Don’t be another robot of the system.
Don’t be a soldier for more oil to be drillin’. Don’t drink coke when you know Colombia is killing.
Don’t be so naïve because not everything is innocent.
Read all the lyrics

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Poster, "The Coke Side," By Julien Torres

A piece of history -- TreeHugger.com, "Coca-Cola Femsa Faces US$ 111,000 Fine over Contamination in Bogota," By Paula Alvarado, August 14, 2008
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"Industria Nacional de Gaseosas, a subsidiary of the biggest bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America (Coca-Cola FEMSA), has been fined with a US$111,000 bill by the Bogota District Environmental Office for illegal spilling of industrial waste in Colombia's capital sewage system and wetlands."

El Tiempo-Bogota, "Multa de $200 millones a Coca Cola por descargar aguas residuales en red de alcantarillado y humedal, El Tiempo.com/Bogota-En Espanol
Examiner.com, "Coca-Cola admits in court that vitaminwater is not a healthy beverage," By Mark Rubi, July 29, 2010
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"Coca-Cola admits in court that vitaminwater is not a healthy beverage. Millions of consumers of Coca-Cola's heavily marketed vitaminwater brand drink are now dealing with the fact that despite numerous advertising claims to the contrary, the reality about the drink may be that it is little more than sugar-water fortified with a few vitamins...
"As to Coca-Cola's claims that "no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking vitaminwater was a healthy beverage" -- many critics are asking how many tens of millions of dollars did Coke spend trying to mislead those consumers if they could not reasonably be misled? Or another question making the rounds is this: Is it ok for product manufacturers to lie about their products if they claim that nobody believed their lies?"
Indianapolis Alternative Medicine Examiner, "Could vitaminwater lawsuit leave product all washed up?" By Becky Oberg, July 23, 2010
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" 'Plaintiffs’ allegations sufficiently state a claim that defendants have violated FDA regulations by making health claims about vitaminwater even though it does not meet required minimum nutritional thresholds, by using the word "healthy" in implied nutrient content claims even though vitaminwater’s fortification does not comply with FDA policy, and by using a product name that references only two of vitaminwater’s ingredients, omitting the fact that there is a key, unnamed ingredient [sugar] in the product,' wrote Judge John Gleeson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York."
Complaint CSPI vs. Coca-Cola

Video, "VitaminWater Lawsuit"

Center for Science in the Public Interest, "Lawsuit Over Deceptive VitaminWater Claims to Proceed," July 23, 2010
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"WASHINGTON—A federal judge has denied Coca-Cola’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit over what the Center for Science in the Public Interest says are deceptive and unsubstantiated claims on the company’s 'vitaminwater' line of soft drinks. The company claims that vitaminwater variously reduces the risk of chronic disease, reduces the risk of eye disease, promotes healthy joints, and supports optimal immune function, and uses health buzz words such as 'defense,' 'rescue,' 'energy,' and 'endurance' on labels."
PRNewswire, "NLRB: Atlanta Coca-Cola Enterprise Employees to Get Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Back Pay: Teamsters Settle Series of Unfair Labor Practices with CCE," By Teamsters Local 728, Atlanta, July 23, 2010
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"The NLRB has required Coca-Cola to post a notice to employees stating the company will not interfere with their right to form a union, grant the retroactive raise to the Marietta employees, and rescind an unjust discipline issued to a key union activist."
Teamster flyer: "We Have a Date! The Time is Now for Change at CCE Atlanta!

"Jeffrey Wright speaking at Union Rally
encouraging CCE workers to stay strong and
reminding them that together we have the POWER!"
Read Jeffrey Wright's "What Coca-Cola Did to Stop the Union from Coming In."

At the Coca-Cola annual meeting on April 21, 2010, a representative of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke spoke, aiming his comments at Coke CEO Muhtar Kent: "Your efforts to be as union-free as possible and to undermine union organizing at your bottling facilities right here in the U.S. — in Georgia — were addressed in a book, 'What Coca-Cola Did to Stop the Union from Coming In,' by former Coke worker, Jeffrey Wright. Today, Teamster demonstrators outside are protesting Coke's efforts to prevent union organizing in the U.S."

Congratulations, Teamsters Local 728!

Appetite for Profit, "Family doctors debate if they should take Coke money, after they took it," By Michele Simon, July 22, 2010
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"Dr. Howard Brody, AAFP member and director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He's not in favor of the idea: The physician has a duty to prescribe medications or make dietary recommendations based on scientific evidence. The companies have an interest in selling more beverages, or more drugs, regardless of the evidence."

Polaris Institute, "Protest at Coca Cola plant in India reaches 3,000 days," July 12, 2010
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"G. Prabhakaran, 12 July 2010, The Hindu PALAKKAD - The agitation against alleged exploitation of groundwater by soft drink major Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. at Plachimada, a remote village in Perumatty grama panchayat in Chittur taluk, completed 3,000 days on Friday.
"The agitation has been described as a struggle by the local people to establish their right to natural resources such as soil and water and a fight to protect their livelihood of agriculture."
The Consumerist, "Burger King And Coca Cola Both Caught Badvertising In The UK," By Chris Morran, July 21, 2010
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"Meanwhile, the folks at Coca Cola have some explaining to do after a Facebook promotion to push Dr. Pepper (which Coke distributes in the UK) ended up pointing people in the direction of one of the internet's most infamous -- and disgusting -- videos. The Facebook campaign used the accounts of users who signed up to post supposedly humorous status updates about the beverage. Alas, one of those messages was 'I watched 2 Girls 1 Cup and felt hungry afterwards.' "
Coca-Cola apologizes for Dr. Pepper's "2 Girls 1 Cup" Facebook snafu," By Laura Shunk, July 20 2010
FoodConsumer, "Is This Popular Sports Drink [VitaminWater] as Damaging as Coca-Cola? By Dr. Mercola, July 17, 2010
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"It's very fitting that Coca-Cola owns the Vitaminwater brand, as this beverage is closer to soda than it is to water. And as you may remember, Coca-Cola was actually sued last year in a class-action lawsuit that contended the Vitaminwater line was being illegally promoted as a healthy product.
" 'Vitaminwater is Coke's attempt to dress up soda in a physician's white coat. Underneath, it's still sugar water, albeit sugar water that costs about ten bucks a gallon,' said litigation director Steve Gardner of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)."
KillerCola Flashmob 1 & 2, July 6, 2010
Two videos from our Polish friends

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The New York Times, "VENTURE CAPITAL: Case Study: Can Honest Tea Say No to Coke?" By Elizabeth Olson, July 8, 2010
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"But meshing Honest Tea’s socially responsible, ecologically aware, small-company sensibility with the huge international brand of Coke has not always gone smoothly. A few months after the deal, Coke started vetting Honest Tea’s ingredients to make sure they complied with federal requirements and noticed Honest Kids’ packaging had prominent lettering that promised: 'no high-fructose corn syrup.' Executives at Coke construed the phrase as an implicit rebuke of its products, some of which contained the controversial factory-produced syrup. 'We got a strong request to change the wording,' Mr. Goldman said.”
Softpedia, "Woman Talks Coca Cola Addiction, Being Overweight Because of It: Lisa McKay gained over 120kg, required gastric bypass to kick off her addiction," By Elena Gorgan, July 6, 2010
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"‘It was difficult giving up drinking Coke. I was addicted to it and I had severe withdrawal symptoms after stopping. I was suffering from shakes. The gastric band operation was the best thing I’ve done. I haven’t drunk a mouthful of Coke since and I never will again. I would buy a box of 30 cans of Coke and it would last me a day and a half. I didn’t realize that there was so much sugar in Coke that would make me so fat. The more Coke I drank, the more hungry I became too,' ”
Mirror, Mum kicks 20 Coca-Cola a day habit and loses 10 stone," By Matt Roper, July 7, 2010
examiner.com, "Mayor Newsom directs say no to soda: Another Northern California city bans soda on public property," July , 2010
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"Following a similar Santa Clara policy passed in 2008, San Francisco institutes a ban on soda."
San Francisco Chronicle, "Sugary-drink ban starts to affect S.F. sites," By John Coté, July 6, 2010
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"That includes non-diet sodas, sports drinks and artificially sweetened water. Juice must be 100 percent fruit or vegetable juice with no added sweeteners. Diet sodas can be no more than 25 percent of the items offered, the directive says. There should be 'ample choices' of water, 'soy milk, rice milk and other similar dairy or non dairy milk,' says the directive, which also covers fat and sugar content in vending machine snacks...
"The mayor's administration points to studies linking soda to obesity, including a UCLA one released last year that found adults who drink at least one soft drink a day are 27 percent more likely to be obese than those who don't, and that soda consumption is fueling the state's $41 billion annual obesity problem. The study also found that 41 percent of children and 62 percent of teens drink at least one soda daily."
The Standard, "New StupidJuice does the trick, too bad about the antibodies," July 6, 2010
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" 'This is StupidJuice!' I exclaimed, laughing like a maniac. 'You are selling StupidJuice for 100 times the original price.' The service staff had no idea what I was talking about, but nodded nervously while phoning the mall security department. It was too weird. Rich yuppies were lining up to buy a product identical to the scam fruit juices sold in Asia two decades ago.
"I phoned a business reporter and asked: 'Who makes this stuff? Why is there no logo on the bottle?' He laughed, explaining: 'The logo has been omitted because it might give buyers a clue that it is not really a fruit-based health drink at all. A Coca-Cola subsidiary makes the most expensive colored sugar- water on the planet. Coke has taken a US$4.1 billion (HK$31.98 billion) bet on human stupidity.' " [This is VitaminWater.]
Blip.tv, "The Coca-Cola Case:An Interview With Ray Rogers On the 'Killer Coke' Campaign,"
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Ray Rogers, the campaign coordinator of the Killer Coke campaign is interviewed about the film "The Coca-Cola Case". The company has systematically engaged in a campaign to murder and terrorize union organizers in Colombia and Guatemala. The film is about the case in Federal Court in Florida to put them on trial for the murders and rapes of Coca-Cola workers and their families. The Coca-Cola Case (81 min.) By Carmen Garcia and German Gutierrez (2009) - Canada This important film shows the struggle to get justice for the workers and their families of the Coke bottling plant workers in Colombia. These workers have been terrorize, murdered and raped by the Colombian company owners in complicity with US executives and are fighting for a trial for these crimes in Florida. Over 1400 Colombian trade unionists have been assassinated for union activity in past years and US companies are intimately involved in some of these murders. Through interviews with the lawyers, the conspiracy of the Coca-Cola company to destroy unions and violate democratic rights is a threat to workers and people throughout the world and this films exposes these criminal connections.
Watch the trailer of 'The Coca-Cola Case'
Green Left, "Pakistan: What has Coke got to hide?" July 4, 2010
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"Having informed both TCC [Coca-Cola] and CCI [Coca-Cola Icecek] of the IUF’s intention to challenge the loan application owing to the company’s serial violations of basic rights at their Multan plant in Pakistan’s Punjab district, the IUF made an official complaint to the IFC, backed by substantial documentation — only to be told that CCBPL had withdrawn its application...
"So why would Coke walk away at the last minute from $60 million on easy terms? Was it worried its claims to meet the Performance Standards couldn't withstand IFC scrutiny once the IUF filed its formal complaint?
"In response to the IUF complaint, the IFC would have needed to revisit its evaluation of the loan application and particularly the degree to which the applicant respected its standards.
"If CCBPL’s labour rights record was so grossly at odds with the company’s claims, what else about the operation might emerge from an IFC investigation? The potential risks were apparently sufficiently troubling for Coke’s Pakistan bottler CCBPL to turn its back on the IFC money."

The Wall Street Journal, "Coke's Kerala Problems Bubble Up," By Arlene Chang, July 5, 2010
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"The Kerala cabinet last week approved the setting up of a tribunal to recover payment worth 2.16 billion rupees ($48 million) from Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages for alleged damage caused to the environment by its Plachimada bottling plant in Palakkad."
From 'The Ecologist':
The Ecologist, "Coca-Cola 'misleading' investors over water use in India," April 23, 2010
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"Campaigners accuse Coca-Cola CEO of not being open with investors about the potential liabilities it faces for environmental damage in water-stressed areas of India."
The Ecologist, "Coca-Cola just part of India’s water ‘free-for-all’," By Tom Levitt, December 4, 2009
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"Water scarcity and mis-management in India are creating a significant human and ecological crisis that will only be worsened by climate change."

The Ecologist, "Behind the label: Diet Coke," By Pat Thomas, June 1, 2006
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"Far from being the healthy drink implied by its sports sponsorships, Diet Coke is a worrying cocktail of neurotoxic and potentially carcinogenic chemicals."
Business Standard, "Kerala to set up tribunal over Coca-Cola Issue," July 2, 2010
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"The Kerala cabinet has decided to establish a tribunal for awarding compensation to people affected by a production plant of Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Private Limited (HCCB) at Plachimada in Palakkad district."
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"In a major step towards holding Coca-Cola accountable for damages it has caused in India, the state government of Kerala decided on Wednesday to move forward with the formation of a tribunal that will hear and award compensation claims against the Coca-Cola company."
"Coca-Cola Liable for US$ 48 Million for Damages – Government Committee," March 22, 2010, India Resource Center
The Washington Post, "How nutritious is Vitaminwater?" [owned by Coca-Cola], By Jennifer LaRue Huget, July 1, 2010
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" 'Vitaminwater,' she concludes, 'is a marketing ploy.'
"Critics have bashed Vitaminwater for being a calorie trap... 'Once you go beyond what you need, you urinate it out,' Sandon says. 'You're peeing that money away.'
"A multivitamin is a better option when trying to supplement your diet, she says, because Vitaminwater doesn't provide a full complement of nutrients as does One-a-Day or Centrum."
Business Standard (India), "New divisions emerge in Govt on Coca-Cola," By Goerge Joseph, June 30, 2010
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"The report, submitted to the state assembly on March 22, said that the Coca Cola plant had caused serious damage to the environment of the village leading to a loss to the tune of Rs 216.25 crore. It said the plant damaged the agriculture sector by giving hazardous waste as manure. The committee also recommended constitution of a separate tribunal to provide adequate compensation to the affected, citing the limits on its own mandate."
Axis of Logic, "Colombia: Leader of Deathsquads Wins Colombian Election," By James Petras, June 28, 2010
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"Juan Manuel Santos, notorious Defense Minister in the regime of outgoing President Alvaro Uribe and closely identified with high crimes against humanity 'won' the recent Presidential elections in Colombia, June 2010. The major electronic and print media CNN, FOX News, Washington Post, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the once liberal Financial Times (FT) hailed Santos election, as a great victory for democracy. According to the FT, 'Colombia not Venezuela is (the) best model for Latin America' (FT 6/23/2010 p. 8). Citing Santos 'overwhelming' margin – he garnered 69% of the vote, the FT claimed he won a 'strong mandate' (FT 6/22/2010). In what has to be one of the most flagrant cover-ups in recent history, the media accounts exclude the most egregious facts about the elections and the profoundly authoritarian policies pursued by Santos over the past decade."
Orissadiary, "Orissa: Death toll in Coca Cola bottling unit mishap increased to three," June 26, 2010
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"Report by Orissadiary correspondent; Khurdha : The death toll in Coca Cola bottling unit mishap at Khurda on Saturday increased to three. Banabihari Behera, a labourer who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital at Cuttack Saturday evening. Earlier, two other labourers namly Ranjit Mohanty and Madhusudan Behera were died on Friday.
"Seven labourers were injured when the boiler at the soft drink plant exploded yesterday. All the labourers were first admitted to a hospital in Khurda and later three were shifted to private clinics in Cuttack. In view of tension adequate police force has been deployed at the plant site."
Press Release, India Resource Center, "Three Workers Killed In Coca-Cola Factory Explosion in India" Police Arrest Three Coca-Cola India Officials
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IUF, "The Pause that Represses: Coca-Cola Pakistan Greets New Union with Death Threats, Abduction, Extortion and Dismissals," June 18, 2010
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"Since forming a union at Coca-Cola's bottling plant in the southern Pakistan city of Multan in June 2009, members have met with death threats, abduction, firings, extortion, forgery and fraud. Management's vicious response to the workers' fight for a union is a story drenched with violence, corruption, sleaze and escalating criminality."
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altmuslimah, "A fearless leader: An interview with Vandana Shiva," By Sarah Jawaid, June 18, 2010
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"You worked closely with the women of Kerala, India who peacefully protested a Coca-Cola plant which was polluting their water. Do you have stories of women who left an impression on you?
"Mylamma. She was the tribal woman who started the protest. I was invited by her and her friends to celebrate a year of them protesting Coca-Cola. Initially, I didn’t know the women or what know what Coca-Cola was doing. I learned that Coca-Cola was literally stealing the water of the community. And, here were these courageous women trying to put a stop to it. I helped them develop legal and political strategies to push the movement along and in 2004, the Coca-Cola plant was shut down. It has been shut since then. Mylamma passed away two years ago, but her legacy continues."
The National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW), UAW Local 2320, AFL-CIO, "Resolution to Boycott Coca-Cola Beverages," June 2010
The Union's Website
Resolution to Boycotts Coca-Cola Beverages
RESOLVED, that the National Organization of Legal Service Workers, UAW Local 2320 will ban all Coke products from all its meetings and events;
RESOLVED, that the National Organization of Legal Service Workers, UAW Local 2320, calls on its members to initiate and support campaigns in schools, labor unions and public institutions, etc. to similarly hold The Coca-Cola Company accountable by removing all Coke machines and Coke beverages and banning the sale and advertising of Coke products;
RESOLVED, that the National Organization of Legal Service Workers, UAW Local 2320 calls on the United Auto Workers (UAW) and all other unions to adopt a similar Resolution;
RESOLVED, that until The Coca-Cola Company can prove that it has taken genuine remedial actions to become a responsible corporate citizen, the call for this ban on Coca-Cola products by the National Organization of Legal Service Workers, UAW Local 2320 will remain in effect.
Press Release, "Coca-Cola’s Ed Potter Prevents Colombia From Making ILO 'Most Wanted List'," Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, June 10, 2010
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"...Colombia’s largest union confederation, the United Workers Central (CUT), announced that the business sector of the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO), led by The Coca-Cola Company’s Director of Global Labor Relations Ed Potter, successfully maneuvered to keep Colombia off the list of 25 countries which the ILO will monitor in light of those countries’ abuses of worker and labor union rights."
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"Reality is that the Colombian State has not complied with the observations and recommendations ofthe ILO organs of control, and this reality does not change because this year Colombia is not on the list of cases of the Standards Committee."
Video, "Coca-Cola, Take Down That Ugly Sign!" June 11, 2010, By Paul Weiss
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"The soda pop company is polluting an important Argentine cultural and national site in Buenos Aires with tasteless commercials on a huge LCD screen. Blogger (On The Journey) & video essayist Paul Weiss claims Coke is 'branding' Argentina's most famous cultural and national icon, the 660-foot Obelisco and demands they take it down."

Guardian, "Mexico bans junk foods in schools: Government orders end to fried foods and sweets on school grounds in fight against childhood obesity," By Jo Tuckman, May 27, 2010 guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 May 2010 20.02 BST
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"The Mexican government is to ban junk food and fry-ups in primary and secondary schools in an effort to combat one of the worst obesity problems in the world.
"From the beginning of the next school year, school shops will no longer be allowed to stock fizzy drinks, sugar-stuffed fruit juices, processed snacks, or more local delights such as chilli soaked sweets. Nor will school kitchens offer traditional standards such as fried tacos...
"The school ban comes after years of resistance from corporations such as Coca Cola and Pepsi..."
Garforth today, "Wakefield Coca-Cola workers in strike ballot," By Stuart Robingson, June 9, 2010
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"The unions claim the company is refusing to consult on major changes to conditions of employment, and is not negotiating on basic pay increases."
Press Association, " Coca-Cola staff to vote on strikes," June 7, 2010
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"Thousands of workers at drinks giant Coca-Cola are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over employment conditions and bargaining rights, it has been announced...The unions accused the company of refusing to consult on major changes to conditions of employment, and of not negotiating on basic pay increases."
Bloomberg Businessweek, "Hugo Chavez decrees seizures of more companies," By Ian James, June 6, 2010
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"Chavez also expressed concern about 'water that transnational companies have privatized,' and he mentioned Coca-Cola and Pepsi."
The Lantern (Ohio State University), "How is Coke money spent?" By Jack Moore, June 1, 2010
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"It’s no secret what lies inside the red and white vending machines that dot Ohio State’s campus. Since 1998, OSU has had an exclusive contract with Coca-Cola. But details of the deal, which was renewed in 2008 for at least $33 million, and how money is distributed from it have often been as elusive as Coke’s secret recipe."
The Lantern (Ohio State University), "Coke contract shrouded in secrecy," By Jack Moore, May 31, 2010
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"Coca-Cola’s formula for its sugary sweet soda is under lock and key, guarded by Coke as a trade secret. Now, Ohio State and Coke say that parts of the exclusive contract between the beverage giant and OSU, which was renewed in 2008, are also trade secrets and should be kept from public view, even though contracts at comparable universities are not."

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Green Left (Australia), "Colombia: Challenging ‘Killer Coke’," By Paul Benedek & Marcela Escauriaza, May 30, 2010
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"Despite the many murders of unionists at its plants, Coke tries to cry poor to justify not compensating victims of anti-union violence. However, The Coca Cola Case explains Coke pays US$2.6 million for a single 30 second advertisement during the US Superbowl.
"Paez said: 'We are campaigning for a boycott — if you love life, don’t drink Coke. We want to see Coke expelled from schools, sporting complexes, cultural centres and community spaces.' ”
El Universal, "Coca-Cola como San Pedro," Alberto Barranco, 12 de mayo de 2010
En Español
"Integrado, en la paradoja de acumular acciones de la compañía, a la asamblea general de accionistas de Coca Cola a nivel corporativo, el principal activista contra su causa, Rey Rogers, llevó el caso México al escenario de ésta, espetando al presidente mundial de la firma. Estamos hablando del litigio que enfrenta la empresa ante el reclamo de un ex ejecutivo que laboró 16 años en ella, acusándola de simulación en su contratación, dado que habiendo trabajado para el corporativo y su filial en México, su adscripción la tenía una firma outsourcing creada por la propia Coca Cola."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "At Coca-Cola, age is experience," By Jeremiah McWilliams, May 23, 2010
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"Coca-Cola’s shareholder meeting at the cavernous Gwinnett Center in Duluth was wrapping up last month when John Evans rose from his seat in the audience after CEO Muhtar Kent asked for questions. 'The board of directors is just too old!' Evans said into the microphone, eliciting chuckles and a smattering of applause from the crowd. 'And they need to be replaced. And I can say that safely because I’m 77 myself. I think we need a young movement.' "
Penn & Teller, "The Truth About Bottled Water"

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Natural News, "Coca-Cola's murderous record of anti-union activity in Colombia exposed," By Ethan A. Huff, May 22, 2010
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"The Campaign's offensive tactics against Coca-Cola are having an impact. Considering that Coca-Cola is one of the most powerful multi-national corporations in the world, it is impressive that numerous institutions of higher learning have already banned Coca-Cola products, and many more are taking steps to ban them as well. As awareness continues to increase, a point of critical mass will be achieved for which Coca-Cola will have to acknowledge and address the issue."
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The New York Times, "ECONOMIC SCENE: The Battle Over Taxing Soda," By David Leonhardt, May 18, 2010
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"The argument for a soda tax is the same as the argument for a tax on tobacco, pollution or, for that matter, banks that take big, expensive risks. When an activity imposes costs on society, economists have long said that the activity should be taxed. Doing so accomplishes two goals: it discourages the activity, and it raises money to help pay society’s costs.
"In the case of soda, those costs come in the form of medical bills for diabetes, heart disease and other side effects of obesity. We’re all paying these bills, via Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance premiums. Obesity has become a significant cause of our swelling long-term budget deficit.
"And soda is a huge reason the country is so much more obese. The typical American consumes almost three times as many calories from sugary drinks as in the late 1970s. This increase accounts for about half the total per-capita rise in calorie consumption over the same period. Remember, many of these drinks have zero nutritional benefit — unlike meat, cheese or juice."
Dallas Blog, "San Antonio to Ban Unhealthy Food and Drinks on City Property," By Tom McGregor, May 18, 2010
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"According to the San Antonio Express-News, 'City Manager Sheryl Sculley has declared war on sugar. Well, at least when it comes to sodas and candy bars. Sugary sodas no longer have a home in the city’s 250 beverage vending machines and unhealthy foods in the 25 snack machines in city facilities are next.'
"Sculley said, 'I asked the staff to remove the high-calorie soda drinks from our vending machines. I’m a fitness person and I care about our employees, and I want them to be healthy. And I think this is a very small gesture.' ”
Centro de Estudios del Trabajo, "El Caso Caoca Cola: Documental
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New Book by B Wardlaw, "Coca-Cola Anarchist"
B Wardlaw, philanthropist and large Coke shareholder, has been a consistent critic of The Coca-Cola Co. for not having used its influence to improve human rights around the world, particularly in China and Latin America.
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"Anarchist – One who believes in the inviolability of life, the primary value of the individual, mutual aid to one’s fellow humans, egalitarianism, and co-operation on all levels of society, a philosophy upheld by no party line and no sacred texts." - Johnson Thomas (1937-2009)
"This is an important and perceptive memoir that provides insight into the counter-culture movement of the 1960s and social justice movement of the 1980s with its concern for helping the homeless and its opposition to public authority. B Wardlaw provides a moving account of why he joined these movements and the personal struggles he faced." - Clifford Clark, Professor of History, Carleton College
"From brazen antics around the White House lawn while working with the Community for Creative Non-Violence in Washington, D.C. to the touching scenes of his mother’s final days in Atlanta, B Wardlaw’s story follows the unexpected turns of a tumultuous life. A fortune inherited from his grandfather left him free to express his compassion for the outcast, the prisoner, and the persecuted in concrete ways. This engaging memoir will make you laugh out loud and bring tears to your eyes as it introduces you to a Southern voice you have not heard before." - Kathleen Cleaver. Senior Lecturer, Emory University School of Law; editor of Eldridge Cleaver’s Target Zero: A Life in Writing; and author of the forthcoming Memories of Love and War.

BBC, "Coca-Cola 'sickie' ad attacked by Lord Digby Jones," May 6, 2010
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"The former head of the CBI, Lord Digby Jones, has criticised Coca-Cola over labelling that appears to condone taking unauthorised sick days."
Counterpunch, "Killer-Coke Hits the Screens," By Billy Wharton, May 5, 2010
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" 'Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola,' Bob Dylan sang in 1971, 'Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!' After forty years of corporate globalization, Dylan would be hard pressed to find a place that isn’t the land of Coca-Cola . Multinationals have torn up the globe converting the repression of workers into cheap labor and free trade agreements into new market opportunities all in the name of ever-increasing profit margins. Left in their wake are legacies of environmental destruction, corrupt governments and employer violence. This process is precisely what a documentary currently making the rounds in campus political circles, by German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia’s entitled “The Cola-Case,” aims to expose...
"The union attempts to maintain its position inside of the bottling plants while shuttling between street campaigning in Colombia and speaking tours across North America. Ray Rogers develops an effective public relations campaign that proves capable of mobilizing activists on college campuses throughout the United States in support of the Colombian trade unionists. Simultaneously, the attorneys, backed by the financial muscle of the United Steel Workers and the International Human Rights Fund, attempt to exploit an obscure US tort law that allows foreign nationals to pursue claims against US-based companies."
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The National (Abu Dhabi, UAE), "All you need to know about Coca-Cola," May 7, 2010
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"THE CONVERSATION: Coke’s high-fructose corn syrup is said to aggravate obesity and type-2 diabetes. The company has also been accused of overly aggressive marketing to children, exploitative work practices, having high levels of pesticides and monopolistic business practices."
Care2.com, "Have a Coke and a Smile? Maybe Not: Coke Disses BPA-Worried Shareholders," By Cynthia Samuels, May 5, 2010
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"At Coca-Cola's annual shareholders' meeting last month, nearly a quarter of them called on the beverage behemoth to come clean about its use of bisphenol-A (BPA) in the linings of its cans. These concerned investors voted for a resolution urging Coke to make public how it is responding to the growing public anxiety over its use of the toxic, gender-bending chemical. Coke thinks shareholders don't need to know - even though they asked. Coke, being Coke, decided that this wasn't information that those who invest in the company should be privy to."
FoodQualitynews.com, "Coca-Cola dismisses BPA criticisms as shareholder coalition vows to fight on," By Rory Harrington, April 22, 2010
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"Some 22 per cent of Coca-Cola shareholders yesterday voted in favour of a resolution urging the company to disclose how it is responding to public fears over bisphenol A (BPA) used in the linings of Coke’s beverage cans. But in a statement sent to FoodProductionDaily.com prior to the vote at its annual meeting, the soft drinks giant dismissed the proposal, saying it did not think the information requested 'would be useful to our shareholders' ”.
Art Threat, "Report from Hot Docs: Bhutto, Budrus, and a questionable contract with Coke," by Ezra Winton, MAY 4, 2010
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"And now finally, the ethics of the fest: I plan on writing about this more in the future, but for now I’d like to flag a huge problem with this year’s edition of Hot Docs. Organizers have made the massive mistake, ethically inexplicable as it is, of signing on with none other than Coca-Cola as their, get this, environmental film sponsor. At many of the social events I accosted Hot Docs management about the festival facilitating greenwashing for one of the world’s worst human rights and environmental abusers..."
Upside Down World, "Movie Review: The Coca-Cola Case," By Lainie Cassel, May 3, 2010
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"Although only slightly mentioned in the film, organizing by groups pushing for boycotts on college campuses has been one of the most successful tactics of the anti-Coke campaign. Close to 200 universities have started Killer Coke chapters and many have been effective in actually banning Coke from their campuses...Beyond college campuses, the highly visible campaign has also attracted activists all over North America, while the Killer Coke logo has become recognizable in Latin America as well."
Sin Permiso, "Esa inocente coca-cola…," By Gregorio Morán, May 2, 2010
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"Llevamos un par de siglos dándole vueltas a la libertad de expresión frente a las instituciones y hemos llegado a unos grados de autonomía, irregulares y viciados, pero aceptables en ocasiones, donde la prensa y los medios de comunicación pueden criticar a la judicatura, al ejército, a la iglesia. Levemente por supuesto y según el principio hoy sagrado de la corrección política. Lo que aún no sabemos es dónde figuran los derechos de la ciudadanía frente a las grandes empresas, auténticas instituciones internacionales frente a las cuales una persona es menos que un ciudadano, es un consumidor; una nada que paga."
The Tribune, "Opposition, NGOs, farmers allege exploitation of water resources: Coca Cola’s Guntur plant runs into trouble," May 2, 2010
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"A Coca Cola plant in Guntur district of AndhraPradesh has incurred the wrath of opposition parties, NGOs and farmers for “exploiting local water resources and causing pollution”. Bowing to mounting pressure from the Opposition and farmers’ bodies, the state government has reversed its earlier order of allocating 21.50 lakh litres of water per day for the factory located near Atmakur village in the coastal district of Guntur."
Scientific American, "Underage, Overweight: The Federal Government Needs to Halt the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods to Kids," By The Editors, May 2010
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"Unfortunately, like the tobacco industry before it, the food industry cannot be trusted to self-regulate in this regard. In a study published in the March Pediatrics, investigators looked at the prevalence of food and beverage brands in movies released between 1996 and 2005. They noted, for instance, that although Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have pledged to not advertise during children’s television programming, their products routinely appear in movies aimed at kids."
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THE TWO FACES OF COCA-COLA

Isidro Segundo Gil, an employee at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Colombia, was killed at his workplace by paramilitary thugs. His children, now living in hiding with relatives, understand all too well why their homeland is known as "a country where union work is like carrying a tombstone on your back. Learn More

Douglas Daft, former Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Co., raked in more than $105 million in compensation for 2001. He owns 3.5 million Coke shares and 9,413 shares of SunTrust, where he sits on the Board of Directors. Since this brochure was written, there have been a number of changes in the Board of Directors Learn More

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The following information is to help individuals and groups communicate their feelings directly to the top policymakers of The Coca-Cola Co. Groups may want to organize leafletting, demonstrations and letter writing campaigns at the principal offices of these directors: View Contact List
Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, "Response to Report Evaluation Mission Coca-Cola Bottling Plants in Colombia 30 June - 11 July 2008"
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High Power Committee to Asses the Extent of Damages Caused by the Coca-Cola Plant at Plachimada, India, "Abstract: REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HIGH POWER COMMITTEE ON THE EXTENT OF DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE COCA COLA PLANT AT PLACHIMADA, PALAKKAD DISTRICT," March 22, 2010
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We received an email from S. Faizi, environmental expert on the committee that wrote this report: "The Report of the High Power Committee to Assess the Extent of Damages Caused by the Coca Cola Plant at Plachimada and Claiming Compensation was submitted to the govt of Kerala today. We have gathered impeccable evidence to show the depletion and pollution of groundwater caused by the company...The multidisciplinary, 14 member committee was set up by the Kerala govt. in April 2009. It was chaired by the Additional Chief Secretary Mr K Jayakumar and included heads of various depts. I was its environment expert member. Early in the course of the Committee’s work Coca-Cola had sent us a threatening letter which we had chosen to ignore."
2010 Complaint on behalf of Coca-Cola workers in Guatemala against The Coca-Cola Co.
"This case involves a campaign of violence—including rape, murder, and attempted murder—against trade unionists and their families by Coca-Cola bottling and processing plants in Guatemala under the control and supervision of the management of Defendant the Coca-Cola Company."
Press Release from Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
SINALTRAINAL et al, v. The Coca-Cola Company, et al., March 31, 2008
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Summary: Advancing the legal efforts began with the United Steelworkers Union in 2001, IRAdvocates is working to hold Coca-Cola accountable for the murder and torture of trade union leaders in Colombia. This case also pioneered the use of a focused corporate campaign tied to the demands made by the Plaintiffs (see www.Killercoke.org). The case is currently pending in the 11th Circuit, and the parties have been in protracted discussions in an effort to resolve the issues.
Status: Plaintiffs' Opening Brief in Sinaltrainal, et. al. v. The Coca-Cola Company, et. al. was filed in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on March 31, 2008
International Labor Rights Fund, "ILRF & USW Bring New Complaint Against Coca-Cola, Alleging Complicity With the Colombian DAS and AUC Paramilitaries In Killing of Labor Leader," June 2, 2006
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"On Friday, June 2, 2006, the ILRF and USW filed a new Alien Tort Claims Act case against the Coca-Cola Company and its Latin American Bottler, Coca-Cola FEMSA. This new Complaint charges that managers at the Coke bottling plant in Barranquilla, Colombia conspired with both the Colombian Administrative Department of Security ("DAS") and the AUC paramilitaries to intimidate, threaten and ultimately kill SINALTRAINAL trade union leader Adolfo de Jesus Munera on August 31, 2002. The Complaint further allege that, despite a number of warnings to Coca-Cola management in Atlanta that the management at the Barranquilla bottler has continued to meet with and provide plant access to paramilitaries, the paramilitary infiltration of this bottling plant continues unabated to this day. Meanwhile, these same paramilitaries have continued to threaten SINALTRAINAL members and leaders with death and even kidnapped the child of one SINALTRAINAL leader to pressure him into refraining from his union activities."
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ATCA Complaint Against Coke — Coca-Cola (Coke) Sued for Human Rights Abuses in Colombia: United Steel Workers Union and the International Labor Rights Fund, July 20, 2001
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ATCA Complaint Against Coke sued by Turkish Coca-Cola workers victimized by riot police under orders from Coca-Cola
Case Name: TURIDI et al. v. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY et al.
Plaintiff: Turkish Coca-Cola workers victimized by riot police under orders from Coca-Cola
Summary: In 2005, 105 workers at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Istanbul Turkey joined a union and were terminated. They organized a lengthy sit-down strike in front of the main offices of Coca-Cola in Turkey. After several weeks of protesting, the workers entered the building to demand their reinstatement. While leaders of the workers were meeting with senior management for the company, the company ordered Turkish riot police to attack the workers who were by all accounts peacefully assembled, many with their spouses and children. Nearly two hundred of them were beaten badly and many required hospitalization. The victims sued for torture under the ATCA, as well as battery, assault, emotional distress under New York state law. They also brought claims for unfair business practices because Coca-Cola has been representing to the public that they are not an anti-union company and they require their bottlers to respect fundamental worker rights. The case was initially dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds, with the Court ordering the case transferred to Turkey. Plaintiffs instead appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, where the case is pending. The case is currently pending in the 11th Circuit, and the parties have been in protracted discussions in an effort to resolve the issues.
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"10 Critical Talking Points," February 14, 2007
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Webcast of 2008 Coca-Cola annual shareholders meeting, April 16, 2008
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Webcast of 2007 Coca-Cola annual shareholders meeting, April 18, 2007
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Webcast of Coca-Cola's 2006 Annual Shareholders' Meeting, April 19, 2006
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The Coca-Cola Co., 2005 Annual Shareowners' Meeting Webcast, April 19, 2005
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"University of Michigan Falls Prey to Another Coca-Cola PR Scam," Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
April 17, 2006 Press Release/Report
WB11, New York Feature on the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
On July 11, 2005, WB11, one of New York City area's major television stations aired a special "Fact Finders Report" on the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke called "Coca-Cola Faces Human Rights Violations." Interviewed are Campaign Director Ray Rogers, Hofstra University Campaign Activist Vanessa Cudabac, New York City Council Member Hiram Monserrate, New York City Comptroller William Thompson and American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton. This excellent feature was watched by millions on WB11 and, as we found out from supporters, watched by others around the world on satellite television.

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Read the Campaign's response to Coke's lies in this feature.
Video, "State of the Union" The story of Coke in Colombia, produced by Insight News for Channel 4 of Great Britain in Spanish with English subtitles
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"Unthinkable! Undrinkable! A Campus Campaign Overview," a USAS Campus Guide
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War on Want, Press Release and Report, "Coca-Cola under fire as World Cup comes to London, Released March 20, 2006
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Colombia Solidarity Campaign, "The Anti-Coke Manifesto," By Andy Higginbottom, Secretary, Colombia Solidarity Campaign
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LABOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS: 'The Real Thing' in Colombia, By Lesley Gill
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"Inside the Real Thing: Corporate profile on Coca-Cola Corporation," Report by the Polaris Institute (Canada)
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McMaster University, "Anti-Monopoly, For Choice: An Evaluation of Coca-Cola Ltd.'s Presence at McMaster University"
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NYC fact-finding delegation's report on human rights violations by Coke — Final Report, NYC Council Member Hiram Monserrate, April 2004
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Monserrate Report in Italian -- pdf format
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International Labor Rights Fund, "Another "Classic Coke" Move to Deny and Delay Accountability for Human Rights Violations in Colombia," March 4, 2006
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"Proposal of the New York City Pension Funds for an Independent Investigation of Allegations Made Against Coca-Cola Bottling Plants in Colombia
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How Credible is Coca-Cola? Beyond Coke's Crimes in Colombia:
This is a summary of Coke's abuses outside Colombia which should be very useful for public relations and organizing efforts. We're anxious to receive articles and other information that we can use to further document the case against Coke. We believe the evidence shows that Coca-Cola and its corporate network is rife with immorality, corruption and complicity in murder. Since Coca-Cola consistently fails to live up to the standards for "corporate responsibility" as set out in its own "code of business conduct," this report should be helpful to students, faculty and others seeking to rescind, not renew or not consider contracts with Coke.
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Seven Points to Settlement
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"ILRF Director Terry Collingsworth Response to Coke's Denials," July 8, 2004
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Schools Active in the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
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"Why Does the IUF Attack SINALTRAINAL?"
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Historic Settlement: Ingram vs. The Coca-Cola Company (for racial discrimination)
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United Students Against Sweatshops' Statement, "Cal-Safety Compliance Corporation is Not a Credible Monitor for Coca-Cola's Labor Practices," April 15, 2005
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"… there are ample grounds to conclude the Cal-Safety is unfit to monitor Coca-Cola's labor practices in Colombia. Indeed, given its repeated failure to find egregious violations in high profile cases of worker abuse, its status as a for-profit corporation, its practice of monitoring generating revenue from the major corporations for whom it monitors, its lack of experience with the core issue of freedom of association, its flawed methodology in visiting factories and conducting worker interviews, and its utter lack of transparency, Cal-Safety should easily be ruled out as a candidate for credibly investigating the case of Coca-Cola in Colombia."
Coca-Cola Brands

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Alternatives to Coca-Cola
(In addition to these alternative companies, you might find local beverage companies. In some regions, Coca-Cola might be distributors of the alternative beverages; for example, in some regions, Cadbury Schweppes products such as Dr. Pepper are distributed by Coke.)
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Adirondack Beverages United States, mostly in the Northeast
Afri-Cola, Germany
Auvergnat Cola, France
Avery's Beverages,New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.
Barr Soft Drinks , Scotland
Ben Shaws (UK)
Big Cola, Mexico
Blue Sky Natural Soda, United States
Breizh Cola, Brittany, France
Bolthouse Farms, United States, Canada & Puerto Rico
Boylan's Premium Beverages, Williamsville, New York, US
Charlie's Soda Co., Australia/New Zealand
Faygo Beverages, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Fentimans, Riding Mill, Northumberland, UK
Fizzy Lizzy, United States, Japan, Bermuda and St. Barts
GuS Grown-Up Soda, New York, NY, US
Hank's Beverages, Trevose, Pennsylvania, US
Hansens Natural Soda, United States
Hosmer Mountain Soda, Connecticut, U.S.
Jones Soda, Seattle, Washington, US
R.W. Knudsen Spritzers and Juices, United States
Polar Beverages, New England, U.S.
Santa Cruz Organic Spritzers and Juices United States
Steaz Green Tea Soda, Newton, Pennsylvania, US
The Switch Beverage Co., United States
Tommy's Naked Soda (U.S. Northeast)
Ubuntu Trading, (Fair Trade), UK
Zevia (United States)

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	THE TWO FACES OF COCA-COLA Isidro Segundo Gil, an employee at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Colombia, was killed at his workplace by paramilitary thugs. His children, now living in hiding with relatives, understand all too well why their homeland is known as "a country where union work is like carrying a tombstone on your back. Learn More Douglas Daft, former Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Co., raked in more than $105 million in compensation for 2001. He owns 3.5 million Coke shares and 9,413 shares of SunTrust, where he sits on the Board of Directors. Since this brochure was written, there have been a number of changes in the Board of Directors Learn More Read "The SunTrust/Coca-Cola $ix-Pack: Getting Away with Murder" Read "The SunTrust/Coca-Cola $ix-Pack: Getting Away with Murder" — En Español
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