People in Solidarity with Colombia Stop the Bush/Uribe State Terrorism in Colombia! Boycott Killer Coke! No to Plan Colombia!
EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION Wednesday, May 25 5-7pm @ the offices of Coca-Cola 771 5th Ave. b/t 55th & 56th Streets
On Wednesday, May 25th. The Troops Out Now Coalition along with other organizations will hold an emergency demonstration in front of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in order to show their outrage at the massive torture and murder of children, women, and union leaders sweeping the besieged country of Colombia.
As the U.S. government negotiates with bombs, major U.S. multinational corporations are following suit: The Coca-Cola bottler, Pan American Beverages (Panamco) has been hiring terrorist paramilitary groups such as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to murder union leaders that fight for better living standards: Some of the atrocities include:
§ From 1989 to 2002, Coca-Cola, via the paramilitaries, was behind the assassinations of 13 union leaders
§ On September 11, 2003 a 10 year old boy was kidnapped, tortured, decapitated, and his small arms cut-off, later to be used to silence people; as the paramilitaries promised
U.S.'s plan of creating another Israel on the Latin American continent is clear:
§ On Tuesday, May 10th. U.S. soldiers tried selling 40,000 rounds of ammunition to a paramilitary group. This is not an isolated incident, but a common practice due to U.S. imperialism's interest in Colombia: natural resources and its' long term plan of destabilizing and terrorizing neighboring Venezuela
§ On March 29, five U.S. soldiers were arrested after 35 pounds of cocaine were found aboard a U.S. military plane that flew to El Paso, Texas, from the Apiay air base east of Bogotá. One suspect has been released, and the rest may be released later without any charges.
§ The United States has provided more than $3 billion OF OUR TAX DOLLARS in "aid" during the past four years to supposedly "help' Colombia battle leftist rebels and the drug trafficking that fuels a 40-year-old war. However, there is sufficient proof that 80-90% of the atrocities in Colombia come from the right wing paramilitary and AUC armies. The U.S. is essentially fighting the same armies that they fund. At the same time, more drugs are entering the U.S. than ever. Meanwhile, our children receive less education, our elderly are without Medicaid, and there are more people of color and poor white families homeless, hungry and without any help!
Please come join us say NO to Coca-Cola's Corporate Terror STOP U.S. TERRORISM IN COLOMBIA
For more information: www.TroopsOutNow.org or call 212.633.6646 39 West 14th St. Room 206 New York, NY 10011
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