Don't drink Coca-Cola

[magoo]

When did the nimby's get a lake?

ALLRIGHT POND!!!

That wasn't the point though was it!

 

[tomysupercup]

I drink Asda Coke mostly. Though I have a bit of Coca Cola.



Why do you lot love bashing US firms? because you lot are against everything US.

Typical attitude! It's got nothing to do with the fact that they are a US firm.

India
Kerala: In Plachimada in the State of Kerala, a Coca-Cola plant has been contaminating the water supply and depleting limited groundwater sources. Soon after the plant’s inauguration in 1998, local residents noticed their water was becoming discoloured. For the past year, local women have had to walk over five kilometres every day to collect water from sources far enough away from the plant. In April 2002, during a severe period of water scarcity, more than 2,000 peaceful protestors descended upon the Coca-Cola plant demanding that it leave and compensate villages and farmers for the loss of water. The company’s response was to send a truckload of water to two villages everyday – an action that was both grossly inadequate and, to many of the protestors, an admission of guilt. After 49 days of at least 50 protestors standing outside the plant, police intervened, arresting 130 men and women. The protest continued through until August when another 1000 people marched to the plant.

The Plachimada Panchayat – a locally-elected village council – exercised their authority to refuse to renew Coca-Cola’s industrial license in the area in April 2003 on the grounds of “protecting the public interest.” Their decision was partly in response to the Kerala State Health Department’s recent study concluding that wells near Coca-Cola’s plant were highly contaminated with chlorides and Total Dissolved Solids, and tested high for hardness. To date, this is the only official government document supporting villagers’ claims that their water supply is threatened, although many technical errors have been found in the research supporting Coca-Cola. Another recent study commissioned by environmental NGO groups concluded that the plant had eight bore wells with a capacity to withdraw 1 million litres of water per day – as the India Resource Centre reports, “a quantity of water equivalent to what is needed to meet the minimum requirements of around 20,000 people.” This is contrary to Coca-Cola’s claim that they only have 6 bore wells withdrawing from 0.3 to 0.6 million litres of water per day. According to the researcher’s estimates, “Coke’s water mining has parched the lands of more than 2000 people residing within 1.2 miles of the factory.” Although the local Panchayat had the authority to revoke Coca-Cola’s license, Coca-Cola has appealed to the Government of Kerala on the grounds that the water shortages and subsequent water pollution was a result of poor rainfall.



Colombia: SINALTRAINAL, the National Food and Beverage Worker’s Union, has accused Coca-Cola of working in conjunction with right wing paramilitaries to quell union activities in their Colombian bottling plants. In December 1996, paramilitaries entered the Bebidas y Alimentos bottling plant – a subsidiary of Coca-Cola – killing union leader Isidro Segundo Gil and forcing employees to sign union resignation forms with death threats. The Panamco plant – another Coca-Cola subsidiary – in the city of Bucaramanga was the site of harassment as well when union members went on a 120-hour strike to protest the loss of employee medical insurance. Five union leaders were subsequently accused by the plant’s chief of security of planting a bomb and were imprisoned for six months until the regional prosecutor concluded that the allegations were false.

A U.S. lawsuit for human rights violations was filed in 2001 by the United Steelworkers of America and the International Labor Rights Fund on behalf of SINALTRAINAL. The lawsuit falls under the Alien Torts Claims Act allowing non-U.S. citizens to file against Americans for violations of international law. In March 2003, U.S. District Court Judge Jose E. Martinez ruled that the cases against Panamco and Bebidas y Alimentos could go forward. The ruling did not, however, permit the lawsuit against Coca-Cola itself. Coca-Cola has remained adamant that it had no operational control over its subsidiary plants and no knowledge of planned paramilitary actions.

ALL FOR THE SAKE OF A FIZZY DRINK!

Products include:

- Coca-Cola (Coke, Diet Coke, Vanilla Coke, Cherry Coke, etc. etc)
- Fanta Orange
- Lilt
- Sprite
- Fruitopia
- Sunkist
- Five Alive
- Powerade
- Cresta
- Burn

Note: in 1999, the Coca-Cola company bought the soft drinks brands of Cadbury Schweppes plc. This includes:
- Dr Pepper
- Schweppes lemonade, tonic and mixers
- Kia Ora
- Oasis
- Malvern water
- Rose's Cordial

If in doubt, just look on the label of the bottle.

COKE IS THE CARBONATED BLOOD OF DEAD WORKERS. AVOID IT LIKE THE f***ing PLAGUE.

GET AN EDUCATION:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/03/288135.html

http://www.indiaresource.org/

http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/

 

[alan partridge]

Why do you lot love bashing US firms? because you lot are against everything US.

Strike, stop copying THICK things that people say.

 

[caz99]

i hate coke too sweet. Schweppes are part of coca cola.

 

[REDLAND]

COKE IS THE CARBONATED BLOOD OF DEAD WORKERS. AVOID IT LIKE THE f***ing PLAGUE.

GET AN EDUCATION:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/03/288135.html

http://www.indiaresource.org/

http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/

Oh my days, Ive found an allie

 

[lincs seagull]

coca cola are american profit before any thing scum

helping with obesity and destroying the world

rant over

 

[Cian]

How many companies am I meant to avoid now?

Focus, for making BHA homeless
Coke for killing workers
Nestle for killing babies
Microsoft for killing competitors

Anyone else got more to suggest?

 

[Trufflehound]

Nike for using child slave labour in the far east.
Monsanto for generally wanting to destroy the world.
Halliburton for the same reason.

 

[chips and gravy]

MacDonalds for selling shit foot that makes you fat
Any cigarette companies for trying to kill you
Any High Street Bank for charging exorbitant interest rates/ fees

In fact big business - for making shedloads of money at our expense, not paying enough taxes, and for all the ills of the world really