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Aside from post-finals 30 packs of Milwaukee’s Best, the most popular beverage on campus is undoubtedly the Coca-Cola that flows like wine during exam period. But if campaigners at this week’s World Social Forum in Mumbai, formerly Bombay, India have their way, more people might be looking elsewhere for their caffeine fix. Delegates at the forum, a left-leaning alternative to the World Economic Forum taking place at Davos, Switzerland, are looking to globalize a series of smaller boycotts against the soft-drink giant...
...Indian activists—or as Coke’s P.R. people have called them, “a handful of extremist protesters”—have had some limited success in protesting Coke, but they are hoping the Bombay forum will provide a chance to join forces with a union boycott of Coke led by Sinaltrainal, Colombia’s largest food and bottling union, the AFL-CIO and Service Employees International Union. The protesters allege collusion between Coca-Cola and a right-wing paramilitary group, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, which the U.S. State...
...four roommates met through Christian Impact, a group that provides a forum for Christians to discuss their beliefs and to socialize with each other, and are now leaders of the group...
...wasn’t from President Summers. It didn’t respond to our requests,” he said. “We requested a public forum to discuss whether these payments reflect the values of the Harvard community and whether it’s acceptable to Harvard...
...only way to improve your sex life, Friday argued, is by being honest and open. So I figured Cassandra and I would boldly seek advice in a public forum. We called in to Playboy TV's Night Calls Live, whose hosts are former adult-film star Juli Ashton and formerly less-well-endowed Tiffany Granath. About halfway into our call, when Ashton looked into the camera and asked Cassandra and me what kind of sex toys we owned, I realized that people usually use pseudonyms when they call in to sex shows. Not only was I stuttering...