An international coalition of AIDS activists, from Harare to Paris, from Casablanca to Atlanta, from Bangkok to New York, is organizing a global protest movement against Coca-Cola on October 16 and 17, 2002. This coalition has been demanding that Coca-Cola and other multinational corporations in developing countries provide medical treatment for all their workers living with HIV/AIDS.
– AIDS in Africa : Coca-Cola Lets Its Workers Die
– Problems with the Coke’s Initiative
– Coca-Cola is (...)
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October 16-17 : a global protest movement against Coca-Cola
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post Doha
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Death of Éric Ohena Lembembe
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Christmas at WTO : 15 million people died in 2002
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