The Drink of the Death Squads

Quick Solidarity Notes Choir performance at a transit station in Vancouver of a song by David Rovics, in front of Coke advertising , just before transit police arrive.
Coke is an official sponsor of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver beginning Feb. 12.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• coke
• columbia
• repression
• murder
• solidarity
• olympics
• winter
• vancouver
• 5-ring-circus
• rovics
• choir
• solidarity notes
• olympic resistance

[paulmercy]

Thanks for this message. I had no idea. No more Coca Cola for me & I will try to inform myself about subsidiary brands so I can avoid those as well.

[omcp]

The conductor's sweater is badass.

[Cyallaire]

I think this is great, and it's wonderful when someone hears the lyric and decides to change purchasing habits.  I noticed the word "agitate" was used instead of David Rovic's phrase "smash the state" - now that's the real thing.

[Ladieslovmarcies]

Stfu

[juanchodt]

Ridiculously stupid people. Americans-Canadians are a big bunch of ignorants. We all feel irritated by you here in germany. Please, read about colombia and the conflict, then sing whatever you want (thanks god it's 25 old people in a train station looking very stupid...thanks god it's nothing convincing)

[MrElmoProduction]

good singin xD

[earlepeach]

@rocknathancool interestingly a recent international human rights investigation into political prisoners in Cuba determined that of the 100 or so who had been described as political prisoners, as many as 70 didn't fit the description because they were in jail for serious crimes of violence, including bombings, torture etc. Unlike the Cuban 5, who are in jail because they presented the FBI with evidence of a bombing plot by Jose Carilles

[earlepeach]

@RafaleC77th. For what it's worth, on February 25th, 2010, Coca Cola was charged in a NY lawsuit with torture, murder, abduction and rape in factories in Guatemala. I'm unable to post a link to the article, but you can find it on the Organic Consumers' Association website (you can also download the complaint there). The plaintiffs are Jose Palacio and several others. I like the singing too

[RafaleC77th]

People actually believe this bs political stuff? But as for the singing... very good harmonizing. Very little dissonance in it actually.

[rocknathancool]

I hope you guys sleep well after slandering the good name of the people of Colombia so that misery and poverty can prevail over the desires to succeed as a society, because that's exactly what you're doing!

[rocknathancool]

Or how about the fact that many of those union leaders would work together with certain companies when they were about to go bankrupt so that only they "Union Leaders" would get a good piece of the cake like education, placement in new companies....etc, while they rest would only end up with a small check without retirement plans or benefits, thanks to those so called "union leaders".... And if you don't believe me just google "Coltejer" or "Flota mercante grancolombiana" instead of lying!

[rocknathancool]

Why don't you do the same with Cuba?!? they violate people's rights on a daily basis! how about Venezuela?!? people have been robbed the right to private property?!? Oh and why don't you bother to explain that many union group leaders in Colombia made alliances with the illegal groups in arms to get benefits from them... both the AUC as well as FARC, and ELN?!? Wouldn't it be better if you told the whole story, instead of this biased version of the story?!?