Part 22 (2/2)
Page 250 ”This kind of action”: ”Anti-c.o.ke Lobby Rebukes US Statement on Cola Ban in India.” ”Anti-c.o.ke Lobby Rebukes US Statement on Cola Ban in India.”
Page 250 no authority to ban imported products: ”Kerala High Court Stays Government Ban on Sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi,” ”Kerala High Court Stays Government Ban on Sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi,” Hindustan Times Hindustan Times, September 22, 2006.
Page 250 ”Whatever the technical reasons”: Ajayan and Bijoy, interviews by the author. Ajayan and Bijoy, interviews by the author.
Page 250 When Neville Isdell took charge: Banerjee, 223-225; ”c.o.ke May Hive Off Bottling Business,” Banerjee, 223-225; ”c.o.ke May Hive Off Bottling Business,” Times of India Times of India, June 25, 2004.
Page 251 half of Rajasthan is fed by rivers: M.S. Rath.o.r.e, Inst.i.tute for Development Studies, Jaipur, interview by the author. M.S. Rath.o.r.e, Inst.i.tute for Development Studies, Jaipur, interview by the author.
Page 251 built a bottling plant here: TERI report, 138. TERI report, 138.
Page 251 ”Rajasthan is an important market”: Ranjan, interview by the author. Ranjan, interview by the author.
Page 251 ”I have been on roads”: Sunil Sharma, interview by the author. Sunil Sharma, interview by the author.
Page 252 less than 1 percent of water use: Ranjan, interview by the author. Ranjan, interview by the author.
Page 252 The system can recharge 1.3 million liters: Ranjan and Sharma, interviews by the author. Ranjan and Sharma, interviews by the author.
Page 253 upgraded Kala Dera's general hospital: ”Coca-Cola India Helps to Restore Sarai Bawari,” ”Coca-Cola India Helps to Restore Sarai Bawari,” Hindustan Times Hindustan Times, August 20, 2005.
Page 253 methods that use 70 percent less water: Ranjan, interview by the author; farmers at Farm Education Center, interviews by the author. Ranjan, interview by the author; farmers at Farm Education Center, interviews by the author.
Page 253 protesters are ”day laborers”: Farmer and school princ.i.p.al, Kala Dera, interviews by the author. Farmer and school princ.i.p.al, Kala Dera, interviews by the author.
Page 254 manipulating public opinion: Srivastava, interview by the author. Srivastava, interview by the author.
Page 254 loan of 150,000 rupees . . . for a new 225-foot bore well: Mahesh Yogi, interview by the author. Mahesh Yogi, interview by the author.
Page 255 every one of them raises a hand: Farmers, Kala Dera, interviews by the author. Farmers, Kala Dera, interviews by the author.
Page 255 has owned this farm for five generations: Rameshwar Prasad Kuri, interview by the author. Rameshwar Prasad Kuri, interview by the author.
Page 255 water level has gone down eight to ten feet a year: Kuri, interview by the author; this is consistent with data from India's Central Ground Water Department showing a decrease of 3.13 meters (10 feet) post-monsoon to 5.83 meters (19 feet) pre-monsoon in Kala Dera between 2007 and 2008, and 22 meters (73 feet) overall in the nine years between 2000 and 2009. Kuri, interview by the author; this is consistent with data from India's Central Ground Water Department showing a decrease of 3.13 meters (10 feet) post-monsoon to 5.83 meters (19 feet) pre-monsoon in Kala Dera between 2007 and 2008, and 22 meters (73 feet) overall in the nine years between 2000 and 2009.
Page 256 two thousand people came to see Indian environmentalist Medha Patkar: ”Protest March Against Coca-Cola Plant in Rajasthan,” Indo-Asian News Service, September 25, 2004. ”Protest March Against Coca-Cola Plant in Rajasthan,” Indo-Asian News Service, September 25, 2004.
Page 256 local people had the right to groundwater: Sawai Singh, interview by the author. Sawai Singh, interview by the author.
Page 256 three hundred rainwater-harvesting structures: The Coca-Cola Company, ”The Coca-Cola Company Pledges to Replace the Water It Uses in Its Beverages and Their Production,” June 5, 2007. The Coca-Cola Company, ”The Coca-Cola Company Pledges to Replace the Water It Uses in Its Beverages and Their Production,” June 5, 2007.
Page 257 able to recharge 46,933 cubic meters per year: Coca-Cola India, ”RWH Projects at Various Locations,” doc.u.ment provided by Kalyan Ranjan. Coca-Cola India, ”RWH Projects at Various Locations,” doc.u.ment provided by Kalyan Ranjan.
Page 257 twenty-eight feet to nineteen feet belowground: Ranjan, interview by the author. Ranjan, interview by the author.
Page 257 level at the plant was eighty feet belowground: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited ground water report, Annexure and Table A. Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited ground water report, Annexure and Table A.
Page 257 average rainfall of 1,000 millimeters a year: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited ground water report, Table A. Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited ground water report, Table A.
Page 257 half of the rain fell on one day: Nandlal and other activists, interviews by the author. Nandlal and other activists, interviews by the author.
Page 257 more than ten feet between 2007 and 2008: Central Ground Water Department, Government of India. Central Ground Water Department, Government of India.
Page 257 half of the prior year's total: Rath.o.r.e, interview by the author. Rath.o.r.e, interview by the author.
Page 258 two or three rainy days total . . . recharging seventeen times: Rath.o.r.e, interview by the author. Rath.o.r.e, interview by the author.
Page 258 groundwater gauge called a piezometer: Ranjan, interview by the author. Ranjan, interview by the author.
Page 258 lists Hindustan Coca-Cola among its clients: Integrated Geo Instruments & Services client list, Integrated Geo Instruments & Services client list, /clientele_nongovt.htm.
Page 258 a representative confirms . . . $1,800 each: E-mail from Madhusudan Integrated Geo Instruments & Services to the author, April 10, 2010. E-mail from Madhusudan Integrated Geo Instruments & Services to the author, April 10, 2010.
Page 259 $10 million it recently bequeathed: The Coca-Cola Company, ”Local and Regional Foundations,” The Coca-Cola Company, ”Local and Regional Foundations,” pany.com/citizens.h.i.+p/foundation_local.html.
CHAPTER 10 . THE CASE AGAINST ”KILLER c.o.kE”.
Page 260 ”The Coca-Cola Company”: Recording of Killer c.o.ke address to UMa.s.s Radical Student Union, April 28, 2004, Recording of Killer c.o.ke address to UMa.s.s Radical Student Union, April 28, 2004, pany.com/presscenter/company_statements.html. Also see Dispatches: Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola Dispatches: Mark Thomas on Coca-Cola (London: Vera Films, 2007), part of a series produced for Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom, in which children are filmed cutting sugarcane for a c.o.ke supplier. (London: Vera Films, 2007), part of a series produced for Channel 4 television in the United Kingdom, in which children are filmed cutting sugarcane for a c.o.ke supplier.
Page 261 strike-busting in Russia and the Philippines: There have been only scattered news reports on c.o.ke's union practices in Russia. See, for example, ”Russian Coca-Cola Workers Demand Pay Hike, Fair Labour Rules,” There have been only scattered news reports on c.o.ke's union practices in Russia. See, for example, ”Russian Coca-Cola Workers Demand Pay Hike, Fair Labour Rules,” Toronto Star Toronto Star, May 21, 2005, and Boris Kagalitsky, ”A New Era for Labor Unions,” Moscow Times Moscow Times, December 6, 2007. In the Philippines, the union's battle against c.o.ke has been led by an affiliate of the International Union of Food and Allied Workers (IUF); for more information, see for instance ”Outsourced Coca-Cola Philippines Workers Fight for Regularization” (May 28, 2008), on the IUF website, /doc/20050411/blanding.
Page 264 ”It certainly catches your eye”: Romero, interview by the author. Romero, interview by the author.
Page 264 ”Maybe you don't like it”: Rogers, interview by the author. Rogers, interview by the author.
Page 264 ten-year, $17 million contract: Tarbous, ”Rutgers to Join the Pepsi Generation”; Kelly Heybour, ”At Rutgers, Pepsi's $17 Million Deal Is the Real Thing,” Tarbous, ”Rutgers to Join the Pepsi Generation”; Kelly Heybour, ”At Rutgers, Pepsi's $17 Million Deal Is the Real Thing,” Star-Ledger Star-Ledger (Newark), May 14, 2005. (Newark), May 14, 2005.
Page 264 ”big blow to the company”: Rogers, interview by the author; Heybour, ”At Rutgers, Pepsi's $17 Million Deal Is the Real Thing.” Rogers, interview by the author; Heybour, ”At Rutgers, Pepsi's $17 Million Deal Is the Real Thing.”
Page 264 about a hundred vending machines: Crystal Yakacki, former organizer with anti-c.o.ke campaign at NYU, interview by the author; Victoria Foltz and Barbara Leonard, ”NYU Senate Bans c.o.ke from Campus,” Crystal Yakacki, former organizer with anti-c.o.ke campaign at NYU, interview by the author; Victoria Foltz and Barbara Leonard, ”NYU Senate Bans c.o.ke from Campus,” Was.h.i.+ngton Square News Was.h.i.+ngton Square News, December 9, 2005; Brittani Manzo, ”Possible c.o.ke Ban to Take Effect at NYU,” Was.h.i.+ngton Square News Was.h.i.+ngton Square News, November 28, 2005.
Page 264 USAS led the way: Romero, interview by the author; Barbara Leonard, ”c.o.ke Refuses NYU Request to Audit Workers' Rights Practices,” Romero, interview by the author; Barbara Leonard, ”c.o.ke Refuses NYU Request to Audit Workers' Rights Practices,” Was.h.i.+ngton Square News Was.h.i.+ngton Square News,” April 21, 2005.
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