Coca-Cola in Colombia
Holding corporations accountable
7.30 pm, Wednesday 2 February
Emmanuel Church, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RR.

Coca-Cola is accused of complicity in the murder
by paramilitaries of trade union organisers in Colombia.

The Colombian Food Workers Union (Sinaltrainal) has called for a boycott of Coca-Cola, which is supported by UK unions such as UNISON, celebrities such as Mark Thomas and many individuals.

Find out what is happening today in Colombia and the battle to hold this and other corporations to account through consumer action, legal measures and the Simultaneous Policy campaign. Also news on the campaign against Coca-Cola’s exploitation of water resources in Kerala, India.

With: Andy Higginbottom, Secretary, Colombia Solidarity Campaign.

Andy has visited Colombia several times, despite having his own life threatened. He is working to promote the boycott and to encourage the TUC (Trade Union Congress) and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to support the campaign as they did over similar concerns in Guatemala in the 1980s.

Mike Brady, Coordinator of the Cambridge Simultaneous Policy Adopters Group

Mike recently worked with Brazilian campaigners who have successfully stopped Nestlé’s damaging exploitation of water resources in São Lourenço, and with MEPs trying to strengthen European Union measures to hold corporations accountable.

This is the latest of several policy fora organised by CAMSPAG.

• SP Adopters around the world are developing a common vision for global rules to replace those that put business interests before the environment and human rights.
• SP Adopters undertake to vote at elections for any candidate, within reason, who pledges to implement the Simultaneous Policy alongside other governments when all, or sufficient, other governments have made the same pledge or, if they have a party preference, to encourage their preferred party to make the pledge. Green, LibDem, Plaid Cymru and Labour MPs and MEPs have so far signed the pledge, including Cambridge MP, Anne Campbell.

For further information see  http://spdev.gn.apc.org/ or call Mike on 07986 736179.