Drink of the Death Squads - David Rovics

[KaelMacKenneth]

I never did like Coke. Now I have a good reason.



[Cyallaire]

I recall the opening ad from probably 42 years ago. Fascinating how Coke could project such a gentle and nurturing image while they engage in murderous union busting. They had plenty of political intrigue in national elections here.

[DJpopel]

@tsayad1986

yeah something thats pretty close to socialism is probably the answer, but i reject all of these ridiculous political constructs, since they have all long since been co-opted and perverted by the powers that be.

what we need first are strong, MILITANT unions that are capable of acting. and we need to put the bankster manipulators on trial and then lock em up.

oh and we need to reenact Glass-Steagel, but good luck with that.

anyhoo, im basically agreeing with ya...

peace

[DJpopel]

Drink BEER and SMASH THE STATE, fuckin A!

ACAB. KlassenKampf

LONG LIVE THE MOTHERFUCKING RESISTANCE

[tsayad1986]

@DJpopel

Socialism is the way! Freiheit und Gleichheit, Grüße aus den Niederlanden!

[decompoiq]

hells to the yeah. I love you Rovics man. Big love.

[mairemc1916]

David Rovics in playing in Belfast on 26th April, in the Roddy McCorley Club Glen Road Belfast

[ProNorden]

Cider  ,'hard' or otherwise,... it's the real 'Real Thing' of New England, traditionally.

Go BNP. Go Nationalist.

'Pro-Family, Stewardship, & Fair Trade'

[MidgarSlumz]

Pepsi ftw

[margot980]

Love this, the perfect song to be sung/blared/shared against the Coke sponsored 2010 Olympics.

[Truegret]

Does anyone remember how to drink water? Oh.. right... it's polluted. OK... everyone stand up for beer

[talmonster]

ha ha another lost group of mush head liberals looking for a cause. Oh no the big bad soda pop company! you sad stupid asses, lol I'll have to buy an extra case of diet coke next week ha ha ha

[phelan84]

never heard of david rovics til 2 days ago and for the music ive heard im well impressed, his music is a bit like christy moore's

[bart1989]

They have been convicted for killing union members, this is a known fact!

[drigerf6]

Not gonna stop me from drinking it,,,

[tminhla]

So I should take your word on this?

[187cisoULcRUNcHER]

U are a real NIGGER!

[leandersukov]

I know David. Your statement is rubbish.

[blu3vibration]

@JusDuckie Why the fuck have you been flagged? Is it because nice little radicals don't like having their nonthreatening white male songsters challenged? I don't know if your allegations are true are not, but I get sick of activist communities who silence criticism of their own. I've seen too many "progressive" men clamor to protect one another when called out on their sexism to discard this accusation as not potentially having a grain of truth.

[decompoiq]

this is brilliant. I am thinking about heading a campaign at Reading Uni to try and get it banned from campus, and I will use this! thank you Mr David Rovics, for your inspirational work. If you're reading this, keep it up!

[patzilla2000]

I remember hearing a story that along the border of the US & Mexico, the water can be so undrinkable, newborns are forced to drink Coke. =o

[JRCN84]

The Lancet & OBR studies are the most reliable estimates available. With any disaster on the scale of Iraq it is difficult to know the true numbers.

Even if the numbers are much lower that would hardly justify the deaths that have been caused by these wars.

& this is without even mentioning the refugees, the destitute, the wounded, maimed & disabled, the people contaminated with depleted uranium, or those who have been imprisoned, raped, tortured, or have lost family & friends.

[JRCN84]

& what is different about the situation in Afghanistan?

The Afghans "want" the occupation there? Not according to RAWA, the main democracy & woman's/human rights organisation in the country. Or Malalai Joya. Or the Afghans interviewed by journalists & writers such as Robert Fisk or Sonali Kolhatkar & James Ingalls.

The US/NATO occupation is no more popular than the Soviet 1 was.

[margot980]

Keep bringing up Afghanistan, anywhere you can, great. Obama and Clinton don't.

Caspian Sea oil and gas, dare the CBC to say that.

[JRCN84]

The involvement of the CIA in drugs, terrorism, torture, coups & proxy wars is well established & documented.

The FARC may well be guilty of terrorism (I don't know) & they certainly profit from drugs, but no more so than the Columbian state.

[PzykoOli]

Freedom fighting isn't terroism (or thats just what I think) .. If FARC stopped the production of coca, half of the farmers would lose there jobs

[fatkidinabucket]

yes, and if they grew hemp, they'd be working again wouldn't they? coca-cola is the drink of the death squads

[rapoesiastradale]

unido!

[XxHartfieldxX]

Gracias David.

Arriba el pueblo!

[jcagle31337]

so wait....because coke decided that hey...if we higher union workers we will probably go out of business because no one in there right mind would buy a $15 20 oz bottle of coke? Come on, its been proving that unions only do bad for the economy and drive up prices and ruin businesses across america

[saikotikgunman]

The unions, at least once upon a time, were founded on good principles. Of course, as with any organization, over time it may become subject to corruption, and in fact, yes, some unions have been turned into cash cows for their organizers over the years. Not always the case, however.

[jcagle31337]

this is true and understandable, but it should have been predictable that if you give one person or group of people power, they will most likely abuse it.

[saikotikgunman]

The government and trans-national corporations, for example.

[gth666]

Coca-Cola is the REAL THING!

[simonbarnes12345]

David Rovics. Too Right

[mst3k4evur]

What makes you think the AUC needed Coke's permission to kill someone in Colombia? Even the Colombian National Police don't stand against FARC. It's not like they needed money or some ther form of inducement, trade unionists are often targeted by South American Militants.

[Staalvonsteelblade]

FARC and AUC are two different groups- FARC fight for a free comlumbia and AUC is just guns-for-hire

[mst3k4evur]

"FARC fight for a free comlumbia"

Is that how you justify FARC's indiscriminate car bombings, growing drugs and use of child soldiers?

[ensure87]

Hey! if you can Justify the murder of hundreds OF thousands IN Irack with "freedom". Why would he not be capable of justifing car bombings?

[mst3k4evur]

What makes you think hundreds of thousands died? Show me a reliable study, like counting the dead people.

[JRCN84]

How many reliable studies do you want???

The Lancet- 655,000

Opinion Business Research- 1,220,000

Those are estimated most probable figures, of course. Might be lower. But then again might be higher as well.

Do you want to play the fucking numbers GAME?

Even if the numbers were much lower that would in no way justify these illegal, evil & murderous wars in Afghanistan & Iraq.

Or the long history that precedes the actual invasions.

[JRCN84]

& how reliable is your information about FARC?

When have they used car bombs?

As for drugs, they TAX cocaine production. They don't actually produce it themselves.

Other organisations involved in the drugs trade in Columbia include the government, the army, para-military groups like AUC

& of course the good old CIA, no strangers to drug dealing & terrorism, not to mention orchestrating coups & setting up proxy armies.

[mst3k4evur]

"When have they used car bombs?"

Feb 7 2003 El Nogal nightclub bombing which killed 36 people and injured 200.

"As for drugs, they TAX cocaine production. They don't actually produce it themselves."

They actually fight troops and police that come to burn coca crops.

"of course the good old CIA, no strangers to drug dealing & terrorism"

And I would love to see you prove that.

[mst3k4evur]

The Lancet and OPR studies basically asked people for word of mouth info about killings, which is why the fist study couldn't narrow it any more than *9,000-168,000* So I can't trust that.

"Even if the numbers were much lower that would in no way justify these illegal, evil & murderous wars in Afghanistan & Iraq."

What is illegal about the War in Afganistan? So far this is the easiest invasion of Afganistan in the nation's history-THEY WANT US THERE!

[margot980]

Great work, David and Chris, and thanks for the printed lyrics, more and more people are losing their hearing. Cherney's eardrums recovered, some of ours don't.

[michelle1688]

international day of action against coca-cola. not sure what else is going on, but will try find out, but in london on 22nd july we meet in picadilly circus at 6pm.

get off the internet and on the streets, we need to use both means. see you there

[michelle1688]

pukka video. i used to proper love the taste of coke, drank 15 cans a day at least, till i found out this a few years ago plus what they're doing in Ireland.

kl vid

[OhHen]

i hate acoustic guitar music. but i hate coke even more.

[surfergirlCali]

David, you rock! :)

[aronnyc]

Great video. Is he saying "Coke is the drink of the death squads" or "Coke is the drink of the despot"? Both works, I guess. :)

[katiebnl]

Well done

[rayakalaldeh]

Death to Coca Cola

[gothoverdrive]

Die coke

[tgrimaldi]

You should post a video of "Robbing Banks."

-The Park Street T Stop Cafe

[Kingofyoursoul]

Really nicely done!

[mav333]

Thank you for this video...