The NYU Coalition To Keep Coca-Cola Off Campus

April 26, 2010:  The NYC Premiere of “The Coca-Cola Case” at NYU School of Law

Please join us for the New York City premiere screening of:

The Coca-Cola Case

Monday April 26 at 7:00PM – Doors open 6:30PM

Tishman Auditorium, NYU School of Law – 40 Washington Sq South, New York, NY 10012

The Coca-Cola Case, an award-winning documentary, focuses on the Coca-Cola Company’s human rights abuses and the powerful legal and organizing efforts to hold Coke accountable for its assassination of union activists in Colombia.

Coke has tried to censor this film and suppress its distribution.  Barry Diller, a prominent NYU Trustee, is a member of Coke’s board of directors.

The film will be followed by a reception with filmmakers Germán Gutiérrez and Carmen Garcia, Corporate Campaign boycott activist Ray Rogers, SINALTRAINAL de Colombia union member Camilo Romero, and NYU student activists working to reinstate the Coke ban at NYU.

Please RSVP at our facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=114104688613831&ref=ts

Sponsored by: The NYU Coalition To Keep Coca-Cola Off Campus in conjunction with Campaign to Stop Killer Coke; Coalition for Legal Recruiting (CoLR); Earth Matters; Graduate Student Organizing Committee — GSOC/UAW Local 2110; Law Students for Economic Justice (LawSEJ); North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA); Students Creating Radical Change; Trade Unionists in Solidarity with Colombia; The Union of Clerical, Administrative and Technical Staff at NYU — UCATS/AFT Local 2882; National Lawyers Guild; Oxfam NYU; LUCHA; Law Students for Human Rights; Por Colombia NYU.  As of 4/18/10.  List in formation.

Film Trailer:  Coca Cola Case

Free admission.  Public attendance is welcome.  For more information on this and future events: boycottcokenyu@gmail.com

April 18, 2010
Op-Ed Contributor

Cows on Drugs

By DONALD KENNEDY
Stanford, Calif.

NOW that Congress has pushed through its complicated legislation to reform the health insurance system, it could take one more simple step to protect the health of all Americans. This one wouldn’t raise any taxes or make any further changes to our health insurance system, so it could be quickly passed by Congress with an outpouring of bipartisan support. Or could it?

More than 30 years ago, when I was commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, we proposed eliminating the use of penicillin and two other antibiotics to promote growth in animals raised for food. When agribusiness interests persuaded Congress not to approve that regulation, we saw firsthand how strong politics can trump wise policy and good science.

Even back then, this nontherapeutic use of antibiotics was being linked to the evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria that infect humans. To the leading microbiologists on the F.D.A.’s advisory committee, it was clearly a very bad idea to fatten animals with the same antibiotics used to treat people. But the American Meat Institute and its lobbyists in Washington blocked the F.D.A. proposal.

In 2005, one class of antibiotics, fluoroquinolones, was banned in the production of poultry in the United States. But the total number of antibiotics used in agriculture is continuing to grow. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, 70 percent of this use is in animals that are healthy but are vulnerable to transmissible diseases because they live in crowded and unsanitary conditions.

In testimony to Congress last summer, Joshua Sharfstein, the principal deputy commissioner of the F.D.A., estimated that 90,000 Americans die each year from bacterial infections they acquire in hospitals. About 70 percent of those infections are caused by bacteria that are resistant to at least one powerful antibiotic.

That’s why the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Pharmacists Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Public Health Association and the National Association of County and City Health Officials are urging Congress to phase out the nontherapeutic use in livestock of antibiotics that are important to humans.

Antibiotic resistance is an expensive problem. A person who cannot be treated with ordinary antibiotics is at risk of having a large number of bacterial infections, and of needing to be treated in the hospital for weeks or even months. The extra costs to the American health care system are as much as $26 billion a year, according to estimates by Cook County Hospital in Chicago and the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, a health policy advocacy group.

Agribusiness argues — as it has for 30 years — that livestock need to be given antibiotics to help them grow properly and keep them free of disease. But consider what has happened in Denmark since the late 1990s, when that country banned the use of antibiotics in farm animals except for therapeutic purposes. The reservoir of resistant bacteria in Danish livestock shrank considerably, a World Health Organization report found. And although some animals lost weight, and some developed infections that needed to be treated with antimicrobial drugs, the benefits of the rule exceeded those costs.

It’s 30 years late, but Congress should now pass the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, which would ban industrial farms from using seven classes of antibiotics that are important to human health unless animals or herds are ill, or pharmaceutical companies can prove the drugs’ use in livestock does not harm human health.

The pharmaceutical industry and agribusiness face the difficult challenge of developing antimicrobials that work specifically against animal infections without undermining the fight against bacteria that cause disease in humans. But we don’t have the luxury of waiting any longer to protect those at risk of increasing antibiotic resistance.

Donald Kennedy, a former commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, is a professor emeritus of environmental science at Stanford.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18kennedy.html

This is a bit of a re-post but, i think its helpful for our next activity

—->   You know what would be cool and we could do it on the move but it may be pricey so its just an idea for the future. http://www.andymartinentertainments.co.uk/

and i never used the makeshift signs after our Times square meet so I think next time i make another bunch we should leave them in strategic places. Also other than the laser thing, there is a way to project light image form vehicles but the device may be pricey as well I forgot what its called but its dope as hell. I think the cheapest thing to do is a roll of drawing paper it can be as long as you need and then just tape it on something and when are we meeting again…like in person? You know thats what im all about.

Also if we chip in for big ass boards like i used at my event (http://www.youtube.com/myscanner), I already bought some fresh markers – we just walk around with while the rest of the group gives out cards flyers movies etc and take turns. We would be come a moving interactive billboard on a budget.

AS A MATTER OF FACT … After we do the NYU thing

Diego lets make that the next project. I’ll do more of the coordinating on that one. Let me know your thoughts. Make change and have fun when you can

For those who couldn’t make it and everyone else who may wish to share the experience, I got a few pics of the event on the Zeitgeist tab of my site.

Here’s the link http://redforyou.yolasite.com/zeitgeist-movement.php and below is the embed code. Thank you all for making this a great event and an interesting movement overall. Peace.

For all the new members and others who missed the first time I posted this up…this gives you access to tons of useful media links to help get the word out.

—> Media Links

The Complete Guide to Radio Programming in New York City
New York Radio Guide

http://www.nyradioguide.com/

On The Radio.Net

http://www.ontheradio.net/Index.aspx

Videouniversity.com

Public Access Television Stations and Media Centers

http://www.videouniversity.com/pubaccess.shtml

Mondo Times

http://www.mondotimes.com/world/usa/tv.html

ABYZ News Links

http://www.abyznewslinks.com/

Zona Latina

Latin American Media & Marketing

http://www.zonalatina.com/index.htm

Dear Friends,

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND…The End of Poverty? is now playing in NYC thru Feb 11th!

If you missed it the first time, this powerful documentary will open at Cinema Village starting January 29 for at least two weeks!  As some you may know, we had capacity crowds and sold out shows with people sneaking in and sitting on the ground to listen to the Q&As!

“****…Excellent”

-          Kam Williams, NewsBlaze.com

“POWERFUL”

-          Andrew O’Hehir, Salon.com

“A blistering probe into historical and enduring capitalistic manipulation and the type of systemic exploitation and subjugation that most Americans consider ancient past.” – Wayne Trujillo, Huffington Post

“…for all of the film’s sober analysis, Diaz never loses sight of the human cost

of global capitalism.”

-          Andrew Schenker, The Village Voice

“…should be required viewing by every politician in the world.”

- Eric Monder, Film Journal International

As we return to New York, we hope that you will help us spread the word to encourage people to see the film and start thinking, talking then acting on true reasons for poverty.  Global poverty will only end once solutions based on economic justice, and not charity, become the mandate.

Organize a group over opening weekend (showtimes listed below).  Director Philippe Diaz plus other guests will be at the main evening shows on Fri (1/29), Sat 1/30 and the matinee on Sun (1/31):
Tickets must be bought at least 2 business days in advance and are non refundable.

(Groups of 30 to 39 = $8/ticket, Groups of 40 or more = $6/ticket). To purchase group tickets, visit the box office during normal operating hours or email the manager at cvmanager@cinemartcinemas.com with the following information:

1. Name of Film
2. Quantity of tickets
3. Date & Showtime
4. Phone Number (optional)

The manager will call/email to confirm and schedule payment.

Please help us sell out all the show times in NYC again:

-          Download, print and distribute the NYC Flyer (download here)

-          Send an email blast to any email lists that you run

-          Post about the film on Facebook and Twitter

-          Place a banner on your website (click here)

-          Forward this email to your friends, family, and co-workers

If you would like to get more involved, please email Lindsey Salls atlsalls@cinemalibrestudio.com

The End of Poverty? will also be playing in Phoenix, AZ starting February 5th.

Thank you again for all of your support.

Narrated by Martin Sheen, The End of Poverty? is a daring, thought-provoking and very timely documentary by award-winning filmmaker, Philippe Diaz, revealing that poverty is not an accident. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization that resulted in forced labor and the seizure of land and minerals. Today, global poverty has reached new levels because of unfair debt, trade and tax policies — in other words, wealthy countries exploiting the weaknesses of poor, developing countries.

The End of Poverty? asks why today 20% of the planet’s population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate? Can we really end poverty within our current economic system? Think again.

At Cinema Village thru Feb 11!

Cinema Village

22 East 12th Street

New York, NY 10003

(212) 924-3363

http://www.cinemavillage.com/

Showtimes

Daily:  12:45pm, 2:55pm, 5:05pm, 7:20pm, 10:00pm

General Admission: $11.00/Students (with valid ID): $8.00/Seniors (65 & older, with ID): $6.00

Purchase Tickets Online Here

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In my last search for important films, I came across www.sprword.com…definitely worth checking out. Today I noticed the were promoting Zeitgeist on their home page. They have many documentaries on the site. I would say this is an awesome online collection of info worth spreading and going through to post on TZM website.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm4v2Mfslyo&feature=player_embedded

Hey hugyourbank.net, how about giving away in debt we trust (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9016886482738598023#). I think it may hold on to the viewers interest longer than the animation “Money as Debt”. Whats your take on that.