{"id":660,"date":"2007-05-23T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2007\/05\/the-coca-cola-wars\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T15:52:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T15:52:02","slug":"the-coca-cola-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theothersideofeverything.com\/flip\/2007\/05\/the-coca-cola-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coca-Cola Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Water, water everywhere, but the Israelis get three to five times more of it than their Palestinian neighbours. I can vouch for this inequality which I observed when I was in Jericho.<\/a> I saw the ancient orange groves dying from lack of water, which was being diverted for intense cash-crop agriculture by armed Israelis beyond the city boundaries. Here’s the BBC background coverage<\/a> of the fight for this most precious resource in the middle east.<\/p>\n

One reason I never drink Coca-Cola, aside from the fact it’s tooth-rotting, stomach-dissolving carcinogenic muck, and the company has a history of vicious suppression of its workers, is that it takes 2.72 litres of water to make 1 litre of all-American fizzy brown kaka. <\/p>\n

Did you know that Fanta Orange was invented by nazi-owned and run Coca-Cola GMBH, which used slave labour between 1939-45? Read about<\/a> how crap Coca-Cola is here.<\/p>\n

Recommended reading:<\/p>\n\n\n