Activists target "World of Coca Cola"

Coca Cola has a new project in Haiti helping mango farmers produce a mango beverage to help the people & their economy. My questions are: 1.) is Coke getting their water supply for free, as Coke has done many places all over the world, at the expense of limiting free access &/ selling it back to Haitian residents?, 2.) have they bought the mango crop rights, & for how long?, 3.) How much profit goes to Coke and their partner(s): for one, Inter-American Development Bank? Some of the news articles imply that Coke is "donating" the money, but I think not.

JJammer-When what is clearly not their fault? Do you even know what is being discussed in the article? The use of paramilitary troops in Latin American countries by multinationals in order to force citizens into submission and to in essence take over their land, resources, and way of life is not new. Human rights abuses by corporations are well known in this part of the world. Chevron in regards to Ecuador being one of the most well known. I would think the people living there know much more about this than you do. But if you have any proof to the contrary please bring it forth.

I don't know why, but somehow coke is good that I truly don't care

I really don't care what you drink. It is obvious however that some have no social conscience. All they care about is themselves. Such is the American way.

I don't care if it's made out of people, I still will have at least one a week

We can complain on a blog all we want. It's not going to stop people from drinking Coca-Cola. It doesn't do diddly-squat

The need to hate a big corporation instead of the problem is a haters way.

The need to hate a big corporation instead of the problem is a haters way.

The ignorance of some is astounding.

Let's close them down, Africa doesn't need the largest private sector employer on the entire continent. It would be worth it to save a minuscule fraction of violence in fucking Colombia.

The violence is what makes it so delicious.

I'm drinking a coke zero right now-very tasty

The story is lame. Voted down. Why? Because the only reason anyone cares is because Coke is accused. If this was just about the bottling company this thread would be lost in obscurity, but be based on more fact than it is right now.

I don't drink to many soda's when I do it's because there is nothing else avalable

After reading this thread and watching these videos, I can honestly say that i can never justify buying another Coke as long as I live.

Never mind the fact that Coca Cola is as unhealthy a drink as anything else on the market.

i know... my drinks consist of orange juice, tea, or water...

at my university , the 'fair trade ' food and drinks are opposite the huge coca cola stands - irony

Water kills too.

How many people drown a year?

You don't have to buy it or drink it. Don't like their wages? Don't work there.

It is an evil that is not just attributable to Coca Cola. It seems to be a worldwide pandemic regarding multinationals in general. Monsanto, Nestle, Dole, Chiquita,...what do they all have in common. Controlling and monopolizing markets by force. Taking people's water, land, resources. and their freedom with a false smile while toxifying what is left is not something to take lightly. It is diabolical.

i worked for coca cola and can attest that they suck in every way possible but really of all the evils to fight..............this?

Here is a real drink . Chocolate chai , with almond milk . It is much better for you too . Coke tastes like poo .

I stopped drinking Coke years ago. There are so many better tasting drinks out there to drink and make yourself, and there are drinks that don't destroy your health like Coke does.

The video linked above illustrates how long this company has been deflecting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRFyfTnxj80&feature=fvw
This is also a well done piece on what Coca Cola really is about.
So paint or no paint on their cans their product is crap.

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Martha Giraldo, 31, of Colombia, charged Coca-Cola's bottling plants with "using temp [temporary] workers on contracts three months or less long, and they don't pay a just wage, exterminating labour leaders, violating our Constitutional right to be unionised. In Colombia, we're in a human rights crisis."

Giraldo and another speaker spoke to the mostly English-speaking audience through a translator.

"People are marginalised in large cities of our country. We're all suffering a humanitarian crisis. It's not true what [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton says when she says in Colombia we're safe and live in peace. It's only for some, large landowners and the paramilitary; the rest are marginalised for denouncing it. We are being accused of being guerrilla supporters," Giraldo said.

"In Colombia there are four million internally displaced people, who've been driven off their land because of terror campaigns of the paramilitary," Giraldo said. "In addition to fumigating coca crops and food crops and water sources we use to drink, approximately 30,000 people disappeared in Colombia. We don't know where they are. It's been years since they disappeared."

"We're here in front of one of the symbols of capitalism. This company represents one of the perverse ways of accumulating capital. We're here to demonstrate on behalf of our dead brothers," said Gerardo Caja Marca in a speech at the rally.

"They systematically violate human rights in Colombia. All workers have the right and obligation to defend their rights. Simply exercising those rights has cost the lives of workers in Colombia," Caja Marca said.
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