THE LEEDS UNIVERSITY COKE BOYCOTT CONFERENCE.

boycott Coke | 18.02.2005 19:18 | Analysis | London

The International Campaign against Coca-Cola

Building the Network and Mobilising the Boycott

1-6.30pm, Saturday 26 February 2005

Leeds University Union.

THE LEEDS UNIVERSITY COKE BOYCOTT CONFERENCE.

Please register in advance.

Activist Conference.

Called by Student Green Action

The International Campaign against Coca-Cola

Building the Network and Mobilising the Boycott

1-6.30pm, Saturday 26 February 2005

Leeds University Union.

(Next to “Parkinson steps”, about 5 mins by taxi from the train station)

1-2.30pm, Introduction

Speakers:

Rosie Kane- Member of the Scottish Parliament for the SSP

Juan Pablo Ochoa- Colombian student activist

Leeds Social Forum Rep.- University of Leeds

Gearoid Oloingsigh- Latin America Solidarity Centre, Ireland

Amit Srivastava- India Resource Centre

Plus representatives from Universities in Ireland and the UK, COBAS in Italy and from the Colombia Solidarity Campaign.

2.45- 4.30pm, Workshops

(1) Boycott in the Universities:

Students and Universities in Colombia; How students can change NUS and NUSSL policy; The Coke boycott- a National University campaign.

(2) Linking with the Trade Union Week of Action

(3) Students and Mobilising in the Community

4.45-6.30pm, Final Session

Building the Networks and Uniting the Campaigns

There will be a party after the conference with music and dancing, and plenty of time for hard-core supporters to continue discussing tactics.

Supporters of the campaign in the area are offering accommodation on Saturday night; please bring a sleeping bag. To register for the conference, and to request overnight accommodation, please contact us ASAP at:

universities@colombiasolidarity.org.uk

boycott Coke

Comments

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coca-cola schweppes

19.02.2005 13:35

you could start by ridding your campus of all the coke vending machines and all your departmental or union cafes of coca-cola schweppes products. students seem to love that stuff. or is it that campus caterers are getting seduced by the corporate machine with inducements and giving people no choice? boycott. boycott. boycott.

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19.02.2005 14:59

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nick watson

Coke and apathy

22.02.2005 12:31

Sadly coke n apathy seem to go hand in hand. Whereas the appearance of such a obviously dodgy company in a university would once have caused ructions in student quarters now their is very little questioning of the dubious practises that are being endorsed by the continuing existence of the vending machines on campus and use within the bars. Coke is by no means the only unethical company doing the rounds (scratch the surface of any multinational and you'll find they're all up to their necks in arms dealing, pollution, oppressive work regimes etc) yet its insidious omnipresence borders on the sinister when they are now at the point of buying their way into being sole suppliers. BOYCOTT COKE!

And just a brief note that the Starbucks sponsorship of the University Refectory isn't anything to be proud of either.

BLACK N RED

black n red

Students boycott soft drinks!!!!

14.03.2005 00:17

I was at Leeds University 76-79, the heyday of punk (not in Leeds unfortunately -I had to go home to Manchester for that). Boycotting soft drinks never occured to us. In my day students were keen on alcoholic drinks. We never boycotted those. Even in those long ago days brewing was not a cottage industry. However, I'm pleased to see that today's clean living students are doing without one of their favourite tipples fo the sake of international fairness.

marc