Latin American Solidarity Campaign organise Coca-Cola boycott, distribute info on Grafton Street

by Indymedia Kevin - IMC Éire Sat Jul 26, 2003 21:11

Round TWO: fight!

by Indymedia Kevin - IMC Éire Sat Jul 26, 2003 21:14

Pic onn its own...

Coke is fuckin muck anyway. I cant understand why anyone would drink it. What is it supposed to taste of exactly? And did you ever put a copper coin in there? Comes out all nice and shiny.

by simon Sat Jul 26, 2003 22:04

well done on the creativity

by ich bin ein berliner Sat Jul 26, 2003 22:18

yes i was impressed too,however spare a thought for the anarchists whom must have thought they were on a bad,bad trip when they saw a giant coke can walking towards them.like trippy,mannnnnn......

by Seáinín Sun Jul 27, 2003 02:21

This won't stick at all. it;s just a pathetic attempt to smear a well known brand. Pathetic people, do you really have to escape from the failure of your own miserable lives by trying to pull down other's achievements.

I've looked at the links and I can only say it's pathetic.

Enjoy Coca-Cola everyday!

by Seán Mon Jul 28, 2003 11:18

Because its true.

Anyone know where I can get a copy of the Coke Float image on the internet?

by Mr S0fa Mon Jul 28, 2003 13:55

It's lovely stuff! And gives good employment all over the globe!!

by Keith Parkins Mon Jul 28, 2003 18:20 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=60520

some useful links for more info.

Keith

by ? Mon Jul 28, 2003 18:25

Um, have been mostly avoiding coca-cola for about 5 years now. Same with Pepsi, wasn't there a huge campaign years ago to get them to pull out of Burma? I could be talking crap I vaguely remember it from a documentary about cola that I saw late one night years ago, anybody else know?
Does any one know how ethical Presidents Choice cola is? They are the Canadian company whose cola was used in Virgin and Dunnes Stores cola. I tend to drink that one, it tastes nicer than coke or pepsi, which taste like sugary piss (not that i know that for sure) and is cheaper. (probably just as unhealthy.) But on a political level the only thing I know about Presidents Choice is about their GM policy. If anyone knows anything, please let me know.

by Seáinín Tue Jul 29, 2003 02:35

they don't even own that bottling plant. So it won't stick.

by Mark O 'Hehir Tue Jul 29, 2003 11:29

Except the plant that bottles coke in Ireland is a completely different company. So putting Irish jobs at risk will have zero effect on the situation in South America - well done, once again!!

by Rey Misterio Jnr Tue Jul 29, 2003 14:25

If Seáinín is referring to the plant in Colombia it is owned by a company called Panamco. Gary Feyard, senior vice president of Coca Cola and also Coca Cola's top financial advisor sits on the board of Panamco. So no matter what hat they're wearing they are responsible and could end the persecution of Sinaltrainal now. I don't believe any of the campaigners have been failing to point this out.

Still Seáinin nice to see you made the time to post your thoughts between the bouts of furious masturbation and bitter weeping I'd imagine you normally indulge in.

by Seáinín Wed Jul 30, 2003 03:14

Just bacause Gary Fayard attens a board meeting a few times a year it doesn't mean he's filled in on every micro-management detail or the activities of rogue managers around the country.
Being a CFO he's there to OK the numbers.

In fact if Panamco wanted to keep their contract with Coca-Cola Inc they'd keep quiet about it.

From the story I've read on www.colombiareport.org there's just nothing incriminating to Coca-Cola here at all.

There's nothing in this story. Thanks for wasting my time. Atl least I've learnt a little about your propaganda techniques. Could come in handy when the revolution comes.

The worst part about this is that you deliberately omit crucial facts such as the ongoing coflict between left and rightwing guerilla groups and the fact that thousands of Trade Unionists have been killed in the last decade.

It's a lousy place from the looks of things.

by Rey Misterio Jnr Wed Jul 30, 2003 16:57

Coca Cola are taking full advantage of the civil war in Colombia to produce their drink cheaply and at the expense of workers rights. They've done it before, they'll do it again. If Coca Cola said to Panamco (in other words if they turned to themselves and said) "that if the persecution of Sinaltrainal trade unionists does not stop we're pulling out" then there is little doubt the persecution would stop. The death squads afterall have been quoted as saying that they consider themselves to be protecting the plants in order to protect Colombian profits.

This story was not grasped out of thin air. A representative from Sinaltrainal came to Ireland explaining the situation and asking for help in promoting the international boycott in Ireland. The people in the pictures, whom seem to agitate your spleen so much, volunteered to help (how utterly evil and sad of them).

Coke meanwhile boast of being cleared in the Colombian courts. Ahh Colombia, the home of justice. The official Colombian military are well known to have links with the right wing paramilitary death squads.

Blaming the violation of worker's human rights on a sub-contract (or even better on a sub-contract of a sub-contract) is the oldest trick in the book by the way. Looks like some people are still falling for it.

And just before someone throws this in to the mix: no, support for FARC does not come into the equation. It's more a question of clearing up the obfuscation surrounding the human rights violations committed in the name of our right to consume fizzy drinks and the fizzy drink's manufacturers right to enjoy huge profit margins.

by Rey Misterio Jnr Wed Jul 30, 2003 17:12

Oh and well done on noting that 1000's of trade unionists have been murdered. Coke are not the only crowd profiting from the death squads.

Nothing I've seen about the Coke issue has omitted to mention the civil war and its part in all this. This is not a new story, it's just the boycott that's new.

People didn't just make this up to stop you enjoying your fizzy drinks.

by Seáinín Thu Jul 31, 2003 02:57

It's a leftist smear campaign.

by Seáinín Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:44

International Union of Foodworkers do not support this campaign, they think it's a smear.

by Barry FITZ - cYM Mon Nov 29, 2004 16:13 bG at HOTMAIL dot COM

As long as human rights are violated by the wealthy dont give a damn of society. The social conscience of the rest of the world must fight for the rights of the enslaved if it was your sister father mother in this situation wat would you do

by Barry Tue Nov 30, 2004 15:53

Does anyone know if its available in Dundalk/ N.Louth/ Newry/ S.Armagh ?

If Im going to rot my teeth and get fat this Christmas Id at least like to do it with a clean conscience.

by George Thu Mar 31, 2005 13:44

It seems that there is clearly a lot of shit floating about on this topic. People blaming those damn hippies and fucking facists everwhere. However it does seem unlikely that such a stir could be completely unfounded especially when Christian Aid etc become involved. Even if the Latin American charges are trumped up it is no excuse for coke's global mal practise. Un-ethical profit chasing is not new. Just as it used to cover the globe with time it has retreated to the more dangerous and impoverished regions of the world far away from you sitting on your sofa drinking a coke, to ignore this is ignorance. To accept it and still drink coke is despicable.

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