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Page 220 casualties of a globalizing economy: See Klein, See Klein, No Logo No Logo.
Page 220 protests at the WTO meetings: For an activists' perspective on the event, see David Solnit and Rebecca Solnit, For an activists' perspective on the event, see David Solnit and Rebecca Solnit, The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle (Edinburgh, Scotland: AK Press, 2009). (Edinburgh, Scotland: AK Press, 2009).
Page 220 patchouli-scented caravan of activists: See Naomi Klein, See Naomi Klein, Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate (New York: Picador, 2002). (New York: Picador, 2002).
Page 220 removed c.o.ke from its campus: Lovell, ”Students Call for c.o.ke Boycott”; ”Boycott Killer c.o.ke!” Colombia Action Network. Lovell, ”Students Call for c.o.ke Boycott”; ”Boycott Killer c.o.ke!” Colombia Action Network.
Page 220 Bard College in upstate New York followed suit: Lovell, ”Students Call for c.o.ke Boycott”; Baran, ”Stop Killer c.o.ke!” Lovell, ”Students Call for c.o.ke Boycott”; Baran, ”Stop Killer c.o.ke!”
Page 221 ”Unfortunately, Bard College officials”: Lovell, ”Students Call for c.o.ke Boycott.” Lovell, ”Students Call for c.o.ke Boycott.”
Page 221 pa.s.sed by fewer than sixty votes: Shane Hegarty, ”Students Give c.o.ke the Push,” Shane Hegarty, ”Students Give c.o.ke the Push,” Irish Times Irish Times, October 18, 2003.
Page 221 won by an even higher margin: Lovell, ”Students Call for c.o.ke Boycott.” Lovell, ”Students Call for c.o.ke Boycott.”
Page 221 $100,000-a-year budget: Campaign to Stop Killer c.o.ke grant requests, 2006 and 2007; Rogers, interview by the author. Campaign to Stop Killer c.o.ke grant requests, 2006 and 2007; Rogers, interview by the author.
Page 221 c.o.ke's $30 billion: The Coca-Cola Company, Annual Report, 2010. The Coca-Cola Company, Annual Report, 2010.
Page 221 mentioned the situation in Colombia: Paul Klebnikov, ”c.o.ke's Sinful World,” Paul Klebnikov, ”c.o.ke's Sinful World,” Forbes Forbes, December 22, 2003.
Page 222 voted twelve to eight to remove Carleton's c.o.ke machines: The details of this account stem solely from Rogers; however, independent sources corroborate the fact that he attended the meeting and debated c.o.ke's representative. See Ian Werkheiser, ”Killer c.o.ke,” The details of this account stem solely from Rogers; however, independent sources corroborate the fact that he attended the meeting and debated c.o.ke's representative. See Ian Werkheiser, ”Killer c.o.ke,” Z Magazine Z Magazine, August 1, 2004, and Margaret Webb, ”Human Rights Charges Still Gnaw at Coca-Cola,” Was.h.i.+ngton Post Was.h.i.+ngton Post, April 22, 2004.
Page 222 next campus to sever its ties with c.o.ke: Avi Chomsky, interview by the author. Avi Chomsky, interview by the author.
Page 223 honored as a civil rights pioneer: Brian C. Mooney, ”Patrick's Path from Courtroom to Boardroom,” Brian C. Mooney, ”Patrick's Path from Courtroom to Boardroom,” Boston Globe Boston Globe, August 13, 2006.
Page 223 ”from human rights violations”: Letter from Terry Collingsworth to Equal Justice Works board members, October 2, 2003. Letter from Terry Collingsworth to Equal Justice Works board members, October 2, 2003.
Page 223 ”so we could see”: Webb, ”Human Rights Charges Still Gnaw at Coca-Cola.” Webb, ”Human Rights Charges Still Gnaw at Coca-Cola.”
Page 223 ”sources close to the situation”: Webb, ”Human Rights Changes Still Gnaw at Coca-Cola.” Webb, ”Human Rights Changes Still Gnaw at Coca-Cola.”
Page 223 ”confidence in the brand”: Joan Vennochi, ”Killer c.o.ke's Charges Go Flat,” Joan Vennochi, ”Killer c.o.ke's Charges Go Flat,” Boston Globe Boston Globe, August 10, 2006.
Page 223 ”either of two things”: Mooney, ”Patrick's Path from Courtroom to Boardroom.” Mooney, ”Patrick's Path from Courtroom to Boardroom.”
Page 223 The company refused: Vennochi, ”Killer c.o.ke's Charges Go Flat.” Vennochi, ”Killer c.o.ke's Charges Go Flat.”
Page 224 $2.1 million consulting contract: Mooney, ”Patrick's Path from Courtroom to Boardroom.” Mooney, ”Patrick's Path from Courtroom to Boardroom.”
Page 224 the campaign played a role in Daft's own retirement: Rogers, interview by the author. Rogers, interview by the author.
Page 224 Rogers had a love-hate relations.h.i.+p: Rogers, interview by the author. Rogers, interview by the author.
Page 224 ”c.o.ke has shown”: Final Report, ”An Investigation of Allegations of Murder and Violence in Coca-Cola's Bottling Plants,” NYC Fact-Finding Delegation on Coca-Cola in Colombia led by New York city councilman Hiram Monserrate, April 2004. Final Report, ”An Investigation of Allegations of Murder and Violence in Coca-Cola's Bottling Plants,” NYC Fact-Finding Delegation on Coca-Cola in Colombia led by New York city councilman Hiram Monserrate, April 2004.
Page 224 first-quarter profits of $1.13 billion: Scott Leith, ”c.o.ke's First-Quarter Profit Climbs 35 Percent,” Scott Leith, ”c.o.ke's First-Quarter Profit Climbs 35 Percent,” Atlanta Journal-Const.i.tution Atlanta Journal-Const.i.tution, April 22, 2004.
Page 225 Daft addressed the Colombia situation . . . call for an independent investigation: The account of the 2004 shareholders meeting draws on video shown on The account of the 2004 shareholders meeting draws on video shown on Democracy Now! Democracy Now!, April 27, 2004, ”Killer c.o.ke: Activist Disrupts Coca Cola Shareholders Meeting” (mon stock: The Coca-Cola Company, Proxy Statement, March 4, 2004; The Coca-Cola Company, ”Historical Price Lookup,” The Coca-Cola Company, Proxy Statement, March 4, 2004; The Coca-Cola Company, ”Historical Price Lookup,” ir.thecocacolacompany.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=94566&p=irol-stocklookup.
Page 226 $5,000 check to Corporate Campaign, Inc.: Note from B. Wardlaw to Ray Rogers, April 23, 2004. Note from B. Wardlaw to Ray Rogers, April 23, 2004.
Page 226 refusal to investigate in Colombia: Betsy Morris, ”The Real Story: How Did Coca-Cola's Management Go from First-Rate to Farcical in Six Short Years? Tommy the Barber Knows,” Betsy Morris, ”The Real Story: How Did Coca-Cola's Management Go from First-Rate to Farcical in Six Short Years? Tommy the Barber Knows,” Fortune Fortune, May 17, 2004.
CHAPTER 9 . ALL THE WATER IN INDIA.
Page 228 fecal coliform bacteria count of 600,000: ”Up to Their Necks in It,” ”Up to Their Necks in It,” The Economist The Economist, July 17, 2008.
Page 228 toxic soup of heavy metals: ”Hazardous Heavy Metals Polluting Ganga,” ”Hazardous Heavy Metals Polluting Ganga,” Times of India Times of India, June 4, 2009.
Page 228 ”a cloudy brown soup of excrement”: ”Up to Their Necks in It.” ”Up to Their Necks in It.”
Page 228 ambitious cleanup plan: Dipak Mishra, ”Clean Ganga Water Still a Dream,” Dipak Mishra, ”Clean Ganga Water Still a Dream,” Times of India, Times of India, March 22, 2010; Samanth Subramanian, ”The Monumental Decline of a Great River,” March 22, 2010; Samanth Subramanian, ”The Monumental Decline of a Great River,” MINT, MINT, September 1, 2009. September 1, 2009.
Page 228 Nearly half of those who bathe: ”India's Ganges River Brings Disease, Pollution; Believers Scarcely Notice,” a.s.sociated Press, May 9, 2002. ”India's Ganges River Brings Disease, Pollution; Believers Scarcely Notice,” a.s.sociated Press, May 9, 2002.
Page 229 ”Lok Samiti follows”: Nandlal Master, interview by the author. Nandlal Master, interview by the author.
Page 230 The plant here dates back to 1995: Nandlal, interview by the author; s.h.i.+ra Wolf, ”Thanda-Hearted Matlab: Coca-Cola in India,” University of Wisconsin College Year in India paper, 2003-2004. Nandlal, interview by the author; s.h.i.+ra Wolf, ”Thanda-Hearted Matlab: Coca-Cola in India,” University of Wisconsin College Year in India paper, 2003-2004.
Page 230 Coca-Cola India purchased the plant: Nandlal, interview by the author; Wolf, ”Thanda-Hearted Matlab”; Nandlal, interview by the author; Wolf, ”Thanda-Hearted Matlab”; Independent Third Party a.s.sessment of Coca-Cola Facilities in India, Independent Third Party a.s.sessment of Coca-Cola Facilities in India, Project Report No. 2006WM21 (New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Inst.i.tute, 2006), 219 (hereafter TERI report). Project Report No. 2006WM21 (New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Inst.i.tute, 2006), 219 (hereafter TERI report).
Page 230 clas.h.i.+ng with the company: Nandlal, interview by the author. Nandlal, interview by the author.
Page 230 short-term contracts: Kalyan Ranjan, interview by the author. Kalyan Ranjan, interview by the author.
Page 230 workers appealed to company management: Nandlal, interview by the author. Nandlal, interview by the author.