Drink this at Oberlin, and you’re supporting murder
With its ultra-liberalism and eco-consciousness, it’s sometimes hard to keep track of all the things that Oberlin College is officially against. Take Coca-Cola.
Since 2004, the school has officially banned all Coke products from campus due to the soda company’s alleged human rights violations in Colombia. In 2001, the International Labor Rights Fund filed suit against the company, claiming it hired death squads to murder, torture, and kidnap union leaders at its South American bottling plants…
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2008.
I’m shocked Oberlin even has vending machines. Those things use electricity. Didn’t you read the ridiculous NYTimes article “How Green Is the College? Time the Showers.”