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Killer Coke Reports "10 Critical Talking Points," February 14, 2007
"University of Michigan Falls Prey to Another Coca-Cola PR Scam," Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
War on Want, Press Release and Report, "Coca-Cola under fire as World Cup comes to London, Released March 20, 2006
"Unthinkable! Undrinkable! A Campus Campaign Overview," a USAS Campus Guide
Colombia Solidarity Campaign, "The Anti-Coke Manifesto," By Andy Higginbottom, Secretary, Colombia Solidarity Campaign
LABOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS: 'The Real Thing' in Colombia, By Leslie Gill
USAS, "Students Protest Coke Commission Meeting," July 7, 2005, Chicago
WB11, New York Feature on the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
USAS, "Coke Labor and Human Rights Abuses in Turkey and Indonesia," July 28, 2005
United Students Against Sweatshops, "Happy Anniversary to the International Boycott of Coca-Cola!/Praise and Pressure Hofstra," July 22, 2005
Historic Settlement: Ingram vs. The Coca-Cola Company (for racial discrimination)
British Update: Universities take up the Coca-Cola Boycott Challenge, March 31, 2005
Communique from Javier Correa; "URGENT ACTION: PARAMILITARY OPERATION AGAINST SINALTRAINAL"
"Inside the Real Thing: Corporate profile on Coca-Cola Corporation," Report by the Polaris Institute (Canada) "Why Does the IUF Attack SINALTRAINAL?"
"ILRF Director Terry Collingsworth Response to Coke's Denials," July 8, 2004
"INDIA: Anti-Coca-Cola Agitation Picks up in Kaladera, Rajasthan," by Nagraj Adve, India Resource Center Read Article "People's Forum Against Coca-Cola," Fact Sheet from India Resource Center
Campaign to Stop Killer Coke's Communique to LCLAA Convention, Aug. 25-28, 2004, LCLAA Convention, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico Communiques from SINALTRAINAL and Scott Nicholson, Dismissal of SINALTRAINAL Members, July 15, 2004 "Dear Mayor Bloomberg: Don't Carry the Torch For Killer Coke;" Prepared for distribution at Gracie Mansion Reception for Olympic Torchbearers on June 18, 2004.
"In Honoring Killer Coke's Heyer, UJA-Fed Can't Sink Much Lower;" Prepared for UJA's June 7 Global Leadership Award Dinner in New York City. SINALTRAINAL Communique, Family of SINALTRAINAL Union Leader Murdered Apr. 20, 2004 NYC fact-finding delegation's report on human rights violations by Coke — Final Report, NYC Council Member Hiram Monserrate, April 2004 Letter from 15 members of Congress to Daft/Heyer, Apr. 1, 2004 Letter from Canadian Labour Congress to Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Graham, March 24, 2004 SINALTRAINAL Hunger Strike — PLEASE SUPPORT! New Violations Against SINALTRAINAL Unionists in Colombia, March 2, 2004 "Killer Coke!", D12 Voice, Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, Feb./Mar. 2004 How Credible is Coca-Cola? Beyond Coke's Crimes in Colombia: "People's Forum Against Coca-Cola March, Jan. 18, 2004 at the World Social Forum" AlterNet, "No Water? Drink Coke!" Naeem Mohaiemen, Jan. 17, 2004 Campaign Journal Rally at Air Canada Center, Toronto, Dec. 13, 2003 Murder of José Rojas Castañeda, Dec. 3, 2003, from Scott Nicholson, Montana Human Rights Network PUBLIC COMMUNIQUÉ FROM SINALTRAINAL, Nov. 18, 2003., Eng. Esp Activists Confront "Killer Coke" in Downtown Atlanta, Nov. 25, 2003 Cardozo Law School Event - October 21, 2003 US/LEAP--Colombia: Violence and Impunity Reigns URGENT: Tell the Senate that Colombia Aid Must Be Debated Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich signs our petition to Coke at an ILWU Local 23 event in Tacoma, WA-- Oct. 5, 2003 Report on Recent Exciting Developments - October 16, 2003 Ampersand Cartoons - October, 2003 Coke ... or water? - Very interesting fact sheet... Corporations facing abuse suits - Sept. 14, 2003 Spontaneous Coke Dump - Sept. 11, 2003 at Carnegie-Mellon in Pittsburgh Coca-Cola Union Leader's Son Kidnapped As Attacks on SINALTRAINAL Escalate - Sept. 11, 2003 Sample Letter to the President of Colombia in regards to the Kidnapping The Campaign's Response to Killer Coke's Lies - Sept. 2003 The Killer Coke Ticket in California - Sept./Oct. 2003 MURDER ATTEMPT vs GALVIS - August 22, 2003 VP Denounces Links to Murders - August 21, 2003 Legal Offensive Against Victims - August 7, 2003 Ofensiva Juridica Contra Victimas - agosto 7 de 2003 Colombia's Other Deadly Coke? - July 21, 2003 Chicago Protest Against Coca-Cola Death Squads in Colombia - May 17, 2003 Coca-Cola Lies About Providing Security - May 14, 2003 After months of evasions and stonewalling in response to charges by the Colombian union,
SINALTRAINAL, and the International Labor Rights Fund concerning its involvement in gross
human rights violations at bottling plants in Colombia, The Coca-Cola Co. is now shamelessly
- and falsely - taking credit for providing protective measures to endangered employees in the
war-torn country. Report from Jeremy Rayner, Berkeley, Cal. - May 13, 2003 Killer Coke' Orchestrates Big Merger, but the Colombian Malady lingers on - Apr. 23, 2003 The following is a statement by Terry Collingsworth, executive director of the International Labor Rights Fund, and Ray Rogers, director of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke: The Coca-Cola Co. is orchestrating a merger of its Latin American satellite companies at a "special shareholders' meeting" of Panamerican Beverages, Inc. (Panamco), set for 9 a.m. next Monday, April 28, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Key Biscayne, Fla. But if the deal is completed, one company - Coca-Cola FEMSA - could face legal liabilities totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for the misdeeds of others. In Key Biscayne, Coke will be stage-managing a meeting at which shareholders will be asked to approve the merger of debt-ridden Panamco, which markets and distributes Coke products in nine countries, including Colombia, and the smaller but highly profitable Coca-Cola FEMSA, based in Monterey, Mexico. The meeting comes less than two weeks after Coca-Cola's own annual meeting in Houston,
where demonstrators protested the involvement of the world's largest beverage company in
massive human rights violations in Colombia, including at least eight murders of union leaders
and hundreds of instances of kidnappings, torture and illegal detention. Report from Scott Nicholson, University of Montana, April 22, 2003 Response to Coke's Denial - Apr. 15, 2003 Coca-Cola Denies All Responsibility; ILRF, Colombian Unionists Respond Coca-Cola is rightfully concerned about its reputation in light of the International Labor Rights Fund's ongoing litigation and growing consumer awareness of the serious human rights abuses it tolerates and encourages at its bottling plants in Colombia. The company has been aggressively denying the Colombians' assertions both on its website and in replies to letters from concerned consumers and students. Now, it's our turn to respond. Coca-Cola claims that its bottlers and its Colombian employees are simply caught in the crossfire of a
civil war that has been raging for nearly 40 years. Certainly, there is no doubt that Colombia is, as a
general matter, a dangerous country where violence and brutality are daily occurrences. However, there is
strong evidence that Coca-Cola bottlers are not the innocent victims of civil strife, but have, in fact, been
using the civil war as a pretext to attack trade unionists at their bottling plants. Colombian Union Leader Targeted by Death Squads, to Confront Coca-Cola at Houston Annual Meeting - Apr. 14, 2003 Case Against Coke Bottlers Can Continue - Apr. 1, 2003 COURT RULES HUMAN RIGHTS CASE CAN GO FORWARD AGAINST COCA-COLA BOTTLERS IN COLOMBIA "We're pleased with the court's ruling that we can proceed with our case against the Coca Cola bottlers that used paramilitaries to assassinate labor union leaders in Colombia," said Terry Collingsworth, executive director of the Washington, DC-based International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF), co-counsel for the families of the murdered Colombian workers. "While we're disappointed that the judge separated the Coca Cola Company from the case, we
think this was an error that can be remedied on appeal. We are absolutely convinced that one
word from Coca Cola would stop the campaign of terror against trade union leaders in the
Colombian bottling plants," added Dan Kovalik, Assistant General Counsel for the United
Steelworkers of America and co-counsel for the plaintiffs. The following excerpt from Panamco's Definitive Proxy Statement, DEFM14A, Labor Matters
(a), filed with the SEC on 3/28/03 is a complete fabrication. Panamco's subsidiary, Panamco
Colombia, is 97.6% owned by Panamco. SINALTRAINAL represents workers at Panamco
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