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Coca-Cola and the Secret Formula
A film by Olivia Mokiejewski

During this documentary shown on France 2 in January 2013, journalist Olivia Mokiejewski explained that she was a longtime Coke drinker who grew skeptical after hearing reports about the soda's potentially harmful effects. After not getting the answers she wanted through open-source channels, Mokiejewski bought shares of Coca-Cola in order to gain access to last year's annual general meeting, during which she was filmed asking Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent where the corporation gets its coca from, and why, for example, it continues to put so much sugar in its drinks and use artificial-coloring agents. From the looks of it, Kent was unamused.

Although France 2 receives more than 2.3 million Euros ( more than $3.1 million) in advertising from Coke, they still had the courage to run this film, "Coca-Cola Et La Formule Secrete (Coca-Cola and the Secret Formula), that is critical of the beverage company on a number of fronts.

Some of the film was shot at the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke headquarters and highlights some of the issues on which we have been working.

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COKE-THE DRINK THAT REPRESSES WITH RAY ROGERS, January 11, 2014

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Corporate criminality is increasingly recognized because of blatant corruption like that revealed in the BP spill, JP Morgan and other banksters getting away with destroying the economy and Walmart's abuse of its employees, whose workers have to depend on tax money to meet their basic needs. What is less well known is that Coca-Cola is literally getting away with complicity in murder in Latin America.


COCA-COLA KILLS WITH RAY ROGERS, December 27, 2013
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Corporate power over US workers has tilted drastically toward corporations, resulting in devastation of workers rights, including the right to earn a decent living. This is the main reason for the decline in the living standards of workers and their families and a variety of destructive effects on American society, its economy, the environment and public health.

Americans are realizing the effects of corporate control of government, but outsourcing, deregulation and lack of accountability for harm to individuals and society do not compare to abuses of workers in other nations. Understanding what corporate executives do to their workers in other countries shows why we have to stand with them or suffer the same fate.

Coca-Cola shows the effects of unchecked corporate power...


Janine Bancroft of CFUV radio the discuses the the issues of kidnapping, torture and murder of union leaders in Coca-Cola's Latina American bottling plants. Her in-depth December 19, 2013 interview with Campaign to Stop Killer Coke director Ray Rogers is quite informative.

CFUV is located at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.


WBAI Interview with Ray Rogers Regarding Banning Coca-Cola from the CUNY Campuses

Radio Paul's Radio Rants
Episode #22, Guest: Ray Rogers
Killer Coke vs. KillerCoke.org
November 26, 2012

Ray Rogers of killercoke.org explains how the Coca Cola Corporation not only has been rotting teeth but human rights. Both in the US and abroad Coke has been involved in some of the most egregious human rights abuses there are. Here is a list of just some of their abuses: Rape, murder, death squads, union busting, labor violations, environmental, racism and discrimination. Listen and hear about what Coke does in your name with the money you use to buy their products and learn what you can do to make real change.


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Check out the new cartoon from Scartoonees.com depicting the violence against union activists/leaders by Coca-Cola bottlers in Colombia .

"The Union"
By G.P. Rivolta

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"Don't Drink Coke," Party People, Subtitles in English & Spanish by Alan Lucero (Argentina)


The Vitamin Water Deception - exposes the truth behind Coca-Cola's non-healthy beverage

Fantastic exposé on Coca-Cola's Vitamin Water. While it's promoted as a healthy alternative to soft drinks, Coca-Cola tells the court that "No consumer could reasonably be mislead into thinking Vitamin Water was a healthy beverage."


Videos from the 2011 Coca-Cola Shareholders Meeting.

Ray Rogers addressing Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent

Lew Friedman addressing Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent

Jeffrey Wright addressing Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent

Betty Martini addressing Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent

John Stewart addressing Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent

Dianne Mathiowitz addressing Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent


Ellis Henican, a columnist for Newsday, a political analyst at the Fox News Channel, and the host of a nationally syndicated weekend show on the Talk Radio Network, interviews Corporate Campaign Director Ray Rogers about the state of labor in America and also about the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke.


SINALTRAINAL President Javier Correa sent this video about a protest at a Coca-Cola bottler in Cali, Colombia.

Translation:

00:01: Protest of SINALTRAINAL in Cali against Coca-Cola

00:23: In Cali various workers of Coca-Cola have been victims of death threats

01:43: The son of a Coca-Cola worker was injured after participating in a march

Solidarity Needed-Colombian Police Invade Coca-Cola Bottler In Medellin To Break Union And Terrorize Workers

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Coca Cola Christmas Trucks

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Interview with Guatemalan Union Leader Jose Alberto Vicente Chavez describes horrific allegations of violence against Coca-Cola and pending lawsuit.

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The Campaign to Stop Killer Coke Movement Erupts!

Hundreds gather in Columbus, Georgia to watch the documentary The Coca-Cola Case, protest Coca-Cola's involvement in human rights abuses around the world, and call for the dismantling of the School of the Americas, also known as the School of the Assassins.

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"Coca-Cola viola derechos humanos," Javier Correa, President of SINALTRAINAL, making a statement in Spanish

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Historias Endulzadas "Coca Cola" by El Poder del Consumidor

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"The Drink That Represses" by Robert Leleux, The Texas Observer, December 7, 2010
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"I quit Coke because my blood sugar was teetering perilously close to the diabetic range, and I wanted to keep my teeth past 30. After reading Michael Blanding's new book, The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink, I realize my teeth were by no means the best reason to dump Coke..."

Ray Rogers Speaks at Mt. Holyoke College-Part 1, Massachusetts, November 20, 2008

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Ray Rogers Speaks at Mt. Holyoke College-Part 2, Massachusetts, November 20, 2008

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Ray Rogers Speaks at Mt. Holyoke College-Part 3, Massachusetts, November 20, 2008

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Ray Rogers Speaks at Mt. Holyoke College-Part 4, Massachusetts, November 20, 2008

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"Pour Coca Cola Down the Drain," By Gary Kaye

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"Pour Coca Cola Down the Drain," By Gary Kaye

An army marches on its stomach
An army falters on its thirst
Coca Cola had the answer
And now the world lives with this curse
So the Nazis placed an order
They said it's good for heart and brain

Coca Cola's very evil
Pour Coca Cola down the drain
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Mark Thomas on 'Belching Out the Devil'

Mark Thomas on 'Belching Out the Devil'


Mark Thomas read from his new book-Part 1


Mark Thomas read from his new book-Part 2


Mark Thomas read from his new book-Part 3


The Cost of a Coke 2nd Edition

Video, "The Cost of a Coke 2nd Edition," By Matt Beard


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The Hard Truth About a Soft Drink

Video, "The Hard Truth About a Soft Drink," By Natalie Bogard

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Talking Back to Coke, Polaris Institute

Polaris Institute, "Talking Back to Coke-Part 1" April 16, 2008

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On April 16, the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, Polaris Institute, Corporate Accountability International, India Resource Center, Coke large shareholder B. Wardlaw, Mark Thomas, ("DISPATCHES: Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola"), Students for a Free Tibet, students and others went to Wilmington, Delaware, to confront the Coke policymakers with their crimes against humanity. The Polaris Institute, Canada, filmed participants answering the question, "What do you want to say to Coke?"

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Political activist and journalist Mark Thomas travels to South America, India and the US to investigate the way in which Coca-Cola and its suppliers operate and the extent to which they upholds moral and ethical obligations.

Thomas, a long-term critic of Coca-Cola's more controversial practices, finds disturbing evidence which undermines its effervescent image as a force for good and which has prompted a global consumer backlash.

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Killer Coke Funeral at Cardiff University, UK

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Consumer Choice, A Documentary by Anthropology students at Kent University, UK

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"A documentary by a group of anthropology students about our society's attempt to replace Coke Products in our student union outlets."

Video, "Is this the Coke Side of Life?"

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Luis Adolfo Cardona Speaks about Coca-Cola

Luis Adolfo Cardona was witness to the paramilitary death squad murder of Isidro Gil on the grounds of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Carepa, Colombia. Gil was a leader of SINALTRAINAL in Carepa. Cardona was kidnapped by the paramilitaries, but managed to escape and make his way to the United States.

Luis Adolfo Cardona Speaks about Coca-Cola Part 1

Luis Adolfo Cardona Speaks about Coca-Cola Part 2

Luis Adolfo Cardona Speaks about Coca-Cola Part 3


Video, "Coca-Cola Kills"

"A video about how coke kills workers in Colombia and harms everyone who drinks their products. Music by NOFX."

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Buy the World a Coke

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Happening Killer Cola — Warszawa 15 grudnia 2007, Poland

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Killer Cola — Poznaj krwawy smak zbrodni, Poland

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Killer Coke by Chio

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"No Coke," Created by Rawane Nassif, Edmonton

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"Coca-Cola: Coke Kills," by Vanessa Jones-Brewer

"This is a project I did that was originally intended to be a slide show. It's about Coca-Cola and Multi-National corporation and how it treats it's workers."
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Campaign to Stop Killer Coke Director Ray Rogers spoke at International Week at the University of Alberta on January 29, 2007. Here are some of the highlights.

Click above the watch overview (Part 1); click below for other parts of speech and response to questions.

Part One (9:15)
This is a general overview of the Killer Coke campaign.

Part Two (4:31)
In this section, Rogers discusses improper studies of Coke's labour policies in Colombia.

Part Three (2:56)
Rogers answers a question about Coke's labour practices in Colombia.

Part Four (1:59)
Rogers answers a question about whether there is any sense in switching to Pepsi.

Part Five (5:10)
Rogers answers a question about his strategies for keeping Coke off campuses and discouraging people to purchase it.

Part Six (6:07)
Rogers further explains problems with Coke's labour practices.

Part Seven (8:06)
Rogers discusses Coke's labour and health concerns in India.

Part Eight (5:37)
Rogers discusses Coke's labour practices in Mexico and Sudan.

Part Nine (4:50)
In response to a question, Rogers discusses the impact of banning Coke on workers.

Video, "State of the Union" The story of Coke in Colombia, produced by Insight News for Channel 4 of Great Britain in Spanish with English subtitles
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Video, "Coca-Cola: The Real Thing," By Aditi V. Desai
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Democracy Now, David Rovics, Coke is the Drink of the Death Squads

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WB11, New York Feature on the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke

On July 11, 2005, WB11, one of New York City area's major television stations aired a special "Fact Finders Report" on the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke called "Coca-Cola Faces Human Rights Violations." Interviewed are Campaign Director Ray Rogers, Hofstra University Campaign Activist Vanessa Cudabac, New York City Council Member Hiram Monserrate, New York City Comptroller William Thompson and American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton. This excellent feature was watched by millions on WB11 and, as we found out from supporters, watched by others around the world on satellite television.

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Read the Campaign's response to Coke's lies in this feature.

School of the Americas protest 2004

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Conscience UK, "Conscience Cola," Animated Unofficial History of Coke, By Chris Smith

"A film about the history of Coke and the effects a soft drink has on the planet"

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Change Makes Change, "Mr. Coke Goes to Washington"

The story of a lonely Coke bottle who travels to Washington, DC to tell people about the horrors of the Coca-Cola Company's labor practices in South America.

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Webcast of Coca-Cola's 2006 Annual Shareholders' Meeting, April 19, 2006

Webcast of Coca-Cola's 2006 Annual Shareholders' Meeting, April 19, 2006


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Bund, "Sweatshops (Sinal-Waves) Killing Vers."

Bund, "Sweatshops (Sinal-Waves) Killing Vers.". Berlin, 11.04.2006.
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"I send you here the download-URLs of an audio track made by the band "Bund" dedicated to the female and male workers and their children of SINALTRAINAL"

Coca-Cola Involvement & Influence at World Water Forum Derided
Free Speech Radio News reports on the fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City, of which one of the top sponsors is The Coca-Cola Co. In the news report, representatives of several non-governmental organizations call into question Coca-Cola's sponsorship of the forum.

Amit Srivastava of India Resource Center commented: "The Coca-Cola Company has no place at a place like the World Water Forum because its relationship with water is extremely unsustainable and the supposed goal of the forum is to find sustainable uses of water...Coca-Cola is using the forum...as a public relations exercise..."

Joe Zacune of War on Want commented: "Coca-Cola is leading the charge amongst corporations who are not only interested in bottling water and distributing it. There's a new phenomenon of corporations going around the world to developing countries and buying up land in order to control water resources. Aquifers are subterranean chambers that hold water that has filtered down over hundreds of years and as such, represent the heritage of entire communities. Once Coca-Cola controls these resources, it bores deep into them and extracts the water to produce its beverages, and this has a devastating effect on local farmers.

Javier Correa, President of SINALTRAINAL, the National Food Service Workers Union in Colombia, describes the murders of members of his union, highlighting their occurrence during times of union negotiations. "Two of them were assassinated during negotiations of our collective contract, and one of them was assassinated while we were in the middle of a strike. They have imprisoned 14 of us; I have had to live with imprisonment on two occasions on charges brought by Coca-Cola officials; also 48 'companeros' including myself have been victims of death threats; they've tried to kidnap our children and have tortured us; they've displaced 'companeros' and burned union halls."
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Frontline World (PBS), "Colombia: The Coca-Cola Controversy: Soft drink company accused of complicity in murder of union leaders," By Rob Harris and Tovin Lapan

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Super Furry Animals Rock Group Says "No" to Coke
contactmusic.com, "SUPER FURRY ANIMALS HAPPY TO TURN DOWN COKE DEAL, February 6, 2006
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Listen to a clip of "Hello Sunshine," the song Coke wanted at #18
Listen to Sound Clips of Super Furry Animals
Watch the Super Furry Animals' Lazer Beam video
"Bassist GUTO PRYCE adds, 'I frickin' love it, but I'll never buy another f**king can in my life.' "

Justice-Seeking Italians Shake Up Torino Winter Olympics & Coke
We have set up a special page to bring together articles on the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics. Coca-Cola is a major sponsor of the Olympics and Italian activists have made their presence known. There have been actions throughout Italy against Coke when the Olympic torch passes through communities.

There was a strong anti-Coke demonstration in Bologna — see a video showing the Bologna demonstration.

Fox News, "NYU Seeks Campuswide Coca-Cola Ban, November 18, 2005
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All Things Considered, NPR News, "Mexico Slaps Record Fine on Coca-Cola," By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, November 17, 2005
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Campaign Director Ray Rogers interviewed on Report on Business TV in Canada, Oct. 20, 2005
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Ray was interviewed by a hostile team of broadcasters on Report on Business TV. To see the video, go down to Thursday, October 20 and click on the "Play" button. The interview with Ray begins at about 33:35 into the video. You should be able to move to that time.

WB11, New York Feature on the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
On July 11, 2005, WB11, one of New York City area's major television stations aired a special "Fact Finders Report" on the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke called "Coca-Cola Faces Human Rights Violations." Interviewed are Campaign Director Ray Rogers, Hofstra University Campaign Activist Vanessa Cudabac, New York City Council Member Hiram Monserrate, New York City Comptroller William Thompson and American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Secretary-Treasurer Terry Stapleton. This excellent feature was watched by millions on WB11 and, as we found out from supporters, watched by others around the world on satellite television.
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Coke, Sponsor of the Olympics, "COCACOLA SPONSOR DELLE OLIMPIADI" — by juku — www.nococacola.info
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About Coca-Cola's Abuses on Pacifica Radio's WBAI, Three segments on "Wakeup Call" with Deepa Fernandes
The following links will guide you to the web page that lists all the segments of each show. Each of the segments on Coca-Cola can be found during Hour Two.

Thursday, June 30, 2005
HOUR TWO: In this hour of Wakeup Call, we take another look at Panama to investigate the status of the striking workers, but before that, we'll reflect on the change that student protests are making in the Coca-Cola consuming world. We'll bring you the final installment of our three part series on Killer Coke, taking a look at domestic campaigns to kick the soft drink giant off college campuses. And hear Wakeup Call listeners take a NO-Coke pledge!
Killer Coke: the Student Movement
GUEST: Ray Rogers, Director of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
GUEST: Vanessa Cudabac, member of Students Against Injustice at Hofstra University

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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Hour Two: Killer Coca-Cola
CLIP: Interview with Adolfo Luis Cardona, former member of the Colombian food workers' union, Sinaltrainal
GUEST: Lesley Gill, American University professor of Anthropology and author of Labor and Human Rights: 'The Real Thing'

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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Hour Two: This hour, we'll briefly highlight a conscientous objection meeting in Suffolk County and then jump to the first in a three part series about Killer Coca-Cola. Today, we'll look at how Coca-Cola plants in India have been depleting the local water supplies and producing toxic products. But before that, we look at what the City Council's been up to: a new prescription drug proposal, new rights for arrestees, new developments in tenants' rights - you'll get the latest, and find out where your elected officials stand on the issues. Finally, if you think that buffalo only roam in a home on the range, stay tuned. We'll hear a tale of intrigue, document destruction, and bison when we speak with the Buffalo Field Campaign.
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Portland Independent Media Center, A 37 minute interview with SINALTRAINAL Vice President Juan Carlos Galvis, in Spanish with English translation.
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The Coca-Cola Co., 2005 Annual Shareowners' Meeting Webcast, April 19, 2005
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Listen to April 16 Campaign Director Ray Rogers' interview on Air America's "Ring of Fire"
Hear Campaign Director Ray Rogers on Air America's Ring of Fire

Democracy Now, "Killer Coke: Activist Disrupts Coca Cola Shareholders Meeting," Amy Goodman and Ray Rogers, April 27, 2004

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