Our Protest Movement

On October 16 and 17 protest actions against Coca-Cola will take place in many countries to denounce Coca-Cola’s refusal to pay for the treatment of its employees.

Demonstrations are planned in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco and other African countries as well as in Thailand, Canada, Portugal, Japan, Norway, India, Great Britain and the United States.

The organizations sponsoring the Global Day of Protest against Coca-Cola :

Health GAP, ACT UP New York, ACT UP Philadelphia, Act Up-Paris, ACT UP East Bay, Global AIDS Alliance, European AIDS Treatment Group, Association Marocaine de Lutte Contre le Sida (Association Fighting AIDS), Morocco, Africa-Japan Forum, the Thai Network of People Living with HIV (TNP+), and Student Global AIDS Campaign.

Endorsing organizations :

Act Up Atlanta, (USA) ; Act Up East Bay, (USA) ; Act Up New York, (USA) ; Act Up Philadelphia, (USA) ; Act Up/Cleveland (USA) ; Act Up-Paris, (France) ; Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) ; Africa Action (USA) ; Africa Japan Forum (Japan) ; African Services Committee (USA) ; Aids Action Baltimore (USA) ; Aids Action Baltimore, Baltimore, Md (USA) ; AIDS Alliance in Nigeria, (Nigéria) ; Aids Healthcare Foundation (USA) ; Alliance For Justice : Medical Mission Sisters, Wash. Dc (USA) ; American Friends Service Committee Pmr (USA) ; American Jewish World Service (USA) ; American Medical Students Association (USA) ; Artists Against Aids Worldwide ; Association Marocaine De Lutte Contre Le Sida (Association Fighting Aids), ; (Morocco) ; Bayou La Rose (USA) ; BATIR-RCA (République Centre Africaine) ; Berkeley Gray Panthers, (USA) ; Berkeley Vice Mayor Maudelle Shirek (USA) ; Bread And Roses Community Fund (USA) ; California Newsreel (USA) ; California Nurses Association (USA) ; Canadian Treatment Action Council (Ctac) (Canada) ; City Councilor Kriss Worthington (USA) ; Connecticut Peace Coalition/ New Haven (USA) ; Conscious Movements Collective, Nyc (USA) ; Councillors Kriss Worthington, Berkeley (USA) ; Councillors Linda Maio, Berkeley (USA) ; Councillors Margaret Breland, Berkeley (USA) ; CADTM France, Comité pour l’Annulation de la Dette du Tiers-Monde, Paris (France) ; Deseret International Foundation Namibia (Namibia) ; Disciples Peace Fellowship (USA) ; Drop-In Center For People Living With Aids, New Britain, Ct (USA) ; East Bay Community Law Center, Berkeley (USA) ; Ecology Center (USA) ; Espoir vie Togo, Lomé (Togo) ; Essential Action Wash. Dc (USA) ; European Aids Treatment Group, ; Fiar (Foundation For Integrative Aids Research), Brooklyn, Ny (USA) ; First Congregational Church Of Oakland, Oakland, Ca (USA) ; Food First, USA ; Freedom Foundation-India (India) ; Ganismo Para O Desenvolvimento Socio-Economico Integrado (Mozambique) ; GAT - Grupo PortuguÍs de Activistas sobre Tratamentos de VIH/SIDA ; Global Aids Alliance, (USA) ; Global Campaign For Microbicides (USA) ; Global Exchange, Sf (USA) ; Global- Gay, Lesbian, Or Bisexual Alliance (Student Organization At Uh) (USA) ; Global Sweatshop Coalition_(USA) ; Green Students For Environmental Awareness, Philadelphia, Pa (USA) ; Gri Charitable Foundation (USA) ; Harm Reduction Coalition, Nyc (USA) ; Hayward City Councilor Kevin Dowling (USA) ; Health Gap, (USA) ; Indy Design (Canada) ; Institute For Agriculture And Trade Policy (USA) ; International Action Center (USA) ; International Gay And Lesbian Human Rights Commission (Iglhrc) (USA) ; International Labor Rights Fund (USA) ; Jubilee Northwest Coalition (Usa) ; Kaippg/International, Barrington, Ri (USA) ; Kenya Association Of Forest Users (Kenya) ; Kenya Association Of Forest Users, Nairobi(Kenya) ; Lironga Eparu (Namibia) ; Lungujja WomenÌs Association (Uganda) ; Lonlonyo de Togo (Togo) ; Management Communication (Germany) ; MÈdecins Sans FrontiËres, Luxembourg ; Michigan Pwa Task Force (USA) ; Middle East Childrens Alliance, (USA) ; Millsaps College Cmt Aids Awareness Task Group (USA) ; Mother Africa And Child Care Org/Ghanet/Plwhas (Ghana) ; Nadir Hiv Treatment Group, Italian Community Advisory Board, Bologna (Italy) ; Northwest Coalition For Aids Treatment In Africa(USA) ; Nyc Aids Housing Network, Ny (USA) ; Philadelphia Chapter, Coalition Of Labor Union Women (Cluw) (USA) ; Prakritajan. (Bangladesh) ; Project Teach, (USA) ; Que Choisir, (Benin) ; Queer Youth Training Collaborative (USA) ; Resources For Survival, (USA) ; San Francisco Bay View, (USA) ; Sf Bay Area Jubilee Debt Cancellation Coalition (USA) ; SF Supervisor Tom Ammiano, USA ; Soja - Students Organizing For Justice In The Americas, Oakland, Ca (USA) ; Student Global Aids Campaign,(USA) ; Students For Global Public Health (USA) ; Survive Aids, San Francisco, Ca (USA) ; The Center (Zimbabwe) ; The Thai Network Of People Living With Hiv (Tnp+), (Thailand) ; Treatment Action Campaign (South Africa), ; University Of The Witwatersrand Faculty Of Health Sciences, (South Africa) ; University of Vermont : Students for Peace and Global Justice, USA ; Ursuline of Tildonk for Justice and Peace, USA ; Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk, US Province, USA ; Vote Health, Oakland, Ca (USA) ; Vso Mozambique, Maputo (Mozambique) ; World-Women Organized To Respond To Life Threatening Diseases, Oakland, Ca ; (USA) ; Yale Aids Network (USA) ; Zimbabwe Aids Network (Zan) (Zimbabwe) ;

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– October 16-17 : a global protest movement against Coca-Cola
– AIDS in Africa : Coca-Cola Lets Its Workers Die
– Problems with the Coke’s Initiative
– Coca-Cola is Making Big Profits Thanks to African Workers
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