Um. Last year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UDHR, a series of films were made to demonstrate the fundamental significance of human rights. This was one of them,.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Coca Cola
How many of you drink it?
Will you still, when you learn that when Colombian trade unionists have been killed fighting for better working conditions at the Colombian coca-cola bottling factories? Many have also been tortured or kidnapped by Coke's paramilitary forces that they have contracted/directed to in order to suppress dissent (from 1990-2002, 8 men have been killed).
Coca Cola has also over exploited India's water source not only through usage but through their waste, polluting the waters (www.indiaresource.org). However, it's not only India, but Mexico and Ghana as well.
Coca Cola has also been pinned for benefitting from child labour in cane fields in El Salvador (as documented by Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org (but...i also found out in the US, Coca Cola has been using Corn Syrup instead since 1985, so....))
Coca Cola basically practices anti-worker and anti-environment conditions world-wide, generally in places more easy for exploitation of course (www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org & www.waronwant)
I don't think this is particularly nice of Coca-Cola and I am really glad i don't drink soft drinks.
They're not so summery after all.
And, why can't we have anti-commercial commercials as commercials?/Anti consumerism ads as ads?
Will you still, when you learn that when Colombian trade unionists have been killed fighting for better working conditions at the Colombian coca-cola bottling factories? Many have also been tortured or kidnapped by Coke's paramilitary forces that they have contracted/directed to in order to suppress dissent (from 1990-2002, 8 men have been killed).
Coca Cola has also over exploited India's water source not only through usage but through their waste, polluting the waters (www.indiaresource.org). However, it's not only India, but Mexico and Ghana as well.
Coca Cola has also been pinned for benefitting from child labour in cane fields in El Salvador (as documented by Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org (but...i also found out in the US, Coca Cola has been using Corn Syrup instead since 1985, so....))
Coca Cola basically practices anti-worker and anti-environment conditions world-wide, generally in places more easy for exploitation of course (www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org & www.waronwant)
I don't think this is particularly nice of Coca-Cola and I am really glad i don't drink soft drinks.
They're not so summery after all.
And, why can't we have anti-commercial commercials as commercials?/Anti consumerism ads as ads?
Sunday, September 6, 2009
I'm sure anyone knows by now (excepting the urban hermit), that New World now charges $0.5 per checkout plastic bag. So friendly and thoughtful of them! Mother Nature shall bless them and forget all the other plastic bags new world has on dispensible rolls to put 1 apple in or 3 carrot sticks, or, the countries of Glad-Wrapped half Cabbage and Pumpkin pieces. Yes but no, but- it's actually a great step forward but it's just made me wonder when did the bio-degradable status of their bags also get kicked out?
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