Coca-Cola Accountability Tour
IMCista | 28.09.2004 00:06
An international campaign, led by communities, has emerged to hold Coca-Cola accountable for its crimes in Colombia and India.
UK TOUR October 6-17, 2004
COCA-COLA: DESTROYING LIVES, LIVELIHOODS & COMMUNITIES
UK TOUR October 6-17, 2004
COCA-COLA: DESTROYING LIVES, LIVELIHOODS & COMMUNITIES
Coca-Cola is guilty of
Complicity in the murder and torture of trade union organizers in Colombia.
Creating water shortages, pollution and selling poisoned drinks in India.
JOIN US to hear from activists from Colombia and India about this KEY international campaign that assert the rights of workers, the rights of communities over natural resources and the right to live free of corporate terror.
Speakers include:
Edgar Paez, Director of International Affairs, SINALTRAINAL
SINALTRAINAL represents food and beverage industry workers in Colombia, and its leaders, workers and families have been subject to a gruesome cycle of murder, violence and torture in Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia.
Amit Srivastava, Director, India Resource Center
The India Resource Center is a bi-national (India-US) group which campaigns actively in the US and internationally on behalf of community struggles against Coca-Cola in India.
The UK Tour to Hold Coca-Cola Accountable will visit:
Wednesday, October 6 Bristol
(Contact:
Mario.Novelli@bristol.ac.uk and geoffknorbyrne@hotmail.com)
Thursday, October 7 Liverpool (Contact: paul.grunnill@btopenworld.com)
Friday, October 8 Manchester
(Contact: tariq_mehmood1@onetel.net.uk and ceonuse@yahoo.co.uk)
6.30 pm Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2
Sunday, October 10 Birmingham (Contact: nmalik50@yahoo.com)
4pm The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham
Monday, October 11 Bradford
(Contact: colmillo@riseup.net and tammysherar@yahoo.com)
7:30 pm 1 in 12 Club
Tuesday, October 12 Glasgow
(Contact: davidmiller@strath.ac.uk)
1-2 pm Colville 420 at Strathclyde University, North Portland Street, Glasgow G1
7.30pm - 9.30 pm Patrick Burgh Halls
Wednesday, October 13 London
(Contact sasg@southasiasolidarity.org and emilitoh@hotmail.com)
7-9 pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University
Wednesday, October 13 London
(Contact mel_alf@yahoo.co.uk)
BENEFIT CONCERT featuring Transglobal Underground, Fun-da-Mental, Rythms of Resistance
9 pm- 2 am Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ
Thursday, October 14 London
(Contact: emilitoh@hotmail.com)
The Foundry, Exhibition on Crimes in Colombia
Friday, October 15 London
(Contact Mr_Rhys_Jones@hotmail.com)
European Social Forum
Saturday, October 16 London
(Contact: emilitoh@hotmail.com)
2 pm Schnews Conference at the Candem Centre
Sunday, October 17 London
(Contact: emilitoh@hotmail.com)
MARCH AND RALLY at European Social Forum
National Tour Sponsored by: Colombia Solidarity Campaign, India Resource Center, South Asian Solidarity Group
For more information on the campaign, visit
http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk and www.IndiaResource.org or email India Resource Center at info@IndiaResource.org or Colombia Solidarity Campaign at emilitoh@hotmail.com
Complicity in the murder and torture of trade union organizers in Colombia.
Creating water shortages, pollution and selling poisoned drinks in India.
JOIN US to hear from activists from Colombia and India about this KEY international campaign that assert the rights of workers, the rights of communities over natural resources and the right to live free of corporate terror.
Speakers include:
Edgar Paez, Director of International Affairs, SINALTRAINAL
SINALTRAINAL represents food and beverage industry workers in Colombia, and its leaders, workers and families have been subject to a gruesome cycle of murder, violence and torture in Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia.
Amit Srivastava, Director, India Resource Center
The India Resource Center is a bi-national (India-US) group which campaigns actively in the US and internationally on behalf of community struggles against Coca-Cola in India.
The UK Tour to Hold Coca-Cola Accountable will visit:
Wednesday, October 6 Bristol
(Contact:
Mario.Novelli@bristol.ac.uk and geoffknorbyrne@hotmail.com) Thursday, October 7 Liverpool (Contact:
paul.grunnill@btopenworld.com) Friday, October 8 Manchester
(Contact:
tariq_mehmood1@onetel.net.uk and ceonuse@yahoo.co.uk) 6.30 pm Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2
Sunday, October 10 Birmingham (Contact:
nmalik50@yahoo.com) 4pm The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham
Monday, October 11 Bradford
(Contact:
colmillo@riseup.net and tammysherar@yahoo.com) 7:30 pm 1 in 12 Club
Tuesday, October 12 Glasgow
(Contact:
davidmiller@strath.ac.uk) 1-2 pm Colville 420 at Strathclyde University, North Portland Street, Glasgow G1
7.30pm - 9.30 pm Patrick Burgh Halls
Wednesday, October 13 London
(Contact
sasg@southasiasolidarity.org and emilitoh@hotmail.com) 7-9 pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University
Wednesday, October 13 London
(Contact
mel_alf@yahoo.co.uk) BENEFIT CONCERT featuring Transglobal Underground, Fun-da-Mental, Rythms of Resistance
9 pm- 2 am Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, London, EC1V 1NQ
Thursday, October 14 London
(Contact:
emilitoh@hotmail.com) The Foundry, Exhibition on Crimes in Colombia
Friday, October 15 London
(Contact
Mr_Rhys_Jones@hotmail.com) European Social Forum
Saturday, October 16 London
(Contact:
emilitoh@hotmail.com) 2 pm Schnews Conference at the Candem Centre
Sunday, October 17 London
(Contact:
emilitoh@hotmail.com) MARCH AND RALLY at European Social Forum
National Tour Sponsored by: Colombia Solidarity Campaign, India Resource Center, South Asian Solidarity Group
For more information on the campaign, visit
http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk and www.IndiaResource.org or email India Resource Center at info@IndiaResource.org or Colombia Solidarity Campaign at emilitoh@hotmail.com
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28.09.2004 11:14
COCA-COLA:
DESTROYING
LIVES, LIVELIHOODS and COMMUNITIES
Bristol - Liverpool - Manchester - Birmingham - Bradford - Glasgow - London
October 6-17, 2004
An international campaign, led by communities, has emerged to hold Coca-Cola accountable for its crimes in Colombia and India.
Coca-Cola is guilty of:
Complicity in the murder and torture of trade union organizers in Colombia.
Creating water shortages, pollution and selling poisoned drinks in India.
JOIN US to hear from activists from Colombia and India about this KEY international campaign that assert the rights of workers, the rights of communities over natural resources and the right to live free of corporate terror.
Speakers include:
Edgar Paez, Director of International Affairs, SINALTRAINAL SINALTRAINAL represents food and beverage industry workers in Colombia, and its leaders, workers and families have been subject to a gruesome cycle of murder, violence and torture in Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia.
Amit Srivastava, Director, India Resource Center The India Resource Center is a bi-national (India-US) group which campaigns actively in the US and internationally on behalf of community struggles against Coca-Cola in India.
The UK Tour to Hold Coca-Cola Accountable will visit:
Wednesday, October 6 Bristol
7.30 pm Mandela Bar, University of Bristol Students Union, Queens Roads, Bristol
Contact:
Thursday, October 7 Liverpool
Contact:
Friday, October 8 Manchester
6.30 pm Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2
Contact:
Sunday, October 10 Birmingham
4:00 pm The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham
Contact
Monday, October 11 Bradford
7:30 pm 1 in 12 Club, 21-23 Albion Street, Bradford
Contact:
Tuesday, October 12 Glasgow
1:00 pm Colville 420 at Strathclyde University, North Portland Street, Glasgow G1
7.30 pm Patrick Burgh Halls
Contact:
Wednesday, October 13 London
7:00 pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square Tube
Contact
Wednesday, October 13 London
BENEFIT CONCERT featuring Transglobal Underground, Fun^da^Mental, Rythms of Resistance
9:00 pm- 2:00 am Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, London, Angel Tube
Contact
Thursday, October 14 London
Exhibition on Crimes in Colombia
7:00 pm The Foundry, 84-86 Great Eastern Street, Old Street Tube
Contact:
Friday, October 15 London
European Social Forum workshop
Contact
Saturday, October 16 London
2:00 pm Schnews Conference at the Camden Centre, Euston Road, Kings Cross Tube
Contact:
Sunday, October 17 London
MARCH AND RALLY at European Social Forum
Contact:
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National Tour Sponsored by: Colombia Solidarity Campaign, India Resource Center, South Asia Solidarity Group
For more information on the campaign, visit
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