Coca-Cola vs. the People in India
Reviewed by Charlene Jones
After drying wells, poisoning drinking water, and distributing toxic sludge as fertilizer, a Coca-Cola bottling plant in a remote village of India was shut down. The Kerala State Pollution Control Board order was the latest episode in a battle between Coca-Cola and impoverished residents since the company began its $25 million operation in 2001. Pollution control authorities, political parties, the High Court system, and environmental groups became involved as the dispute grew into a global symbol of peoples' resistance to powerful trans-national corporations trying to snatch water rights. "Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola," D. Rajeev, IPS, 7/21/05 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29973
Peter Phillips Ph.D.
Professor Sociology/Director Project Censored
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Office: 707-664-2588
http://www.projectcensored.org
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Coca-Cola: STOP Destroying Lives, Livelihoods and Communities in India
http://tinyurl.com/f6pah
After drying wells, poisoning drinking water, and distributing toxic sludge as fertilizer, a Coca-Cola bottling plant in a remote village of India was shut down. The Kerala State Pollution Control Board order was the latest episode in a battle between Coca-Cola and impoverished residents since the company began its $25 million operation in 2001. Pollution control authorities, political parties, the High Court system, and environmental groups became involved as the dispute grew into a global symbol of peoples' resistance to powerful trans-national corporations trying to snatch water rights. "Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola," D. Rajeev, IPS, 7/21/05 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29973
Peter Phillips Ph.D.
Professor Sociology/Director Project Censored
Sonoma State University
1801 East Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Office: 707-664-2588
http://www.projectcensored.org
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Coca-Cola: STOP Destroying Lives, Livelihoods and Communities in India
http://tinyurl.com/f6pah
rudkla - 29. Apr, 13:54
