PHM releases the first list of products, aimed for boycott in India.
Urgent press Release: Bangalore (India) - 20th March
2003
"Boycott US and UK Campaign" -
Drop their shops and STOP THE WAR!
The People's Health Movement (PHM) today launched "BOYCOTT US AND UK CAMPAIGN" that marks the beginning of a series of global campaigns to stop the American and British War against Iraq.
PHM calls upon its member organizations, health workers and medical professionals and people around the world to contribute individually and collectively to put pressure on the governments of US and UK to STOP THE WAR!
Denouncing the US and British aggression as the beginning of a new colonialism being waged on behalf of their oil and weapons corporations, the PHM calls all those against this war to Boycott all American and British products! (This may include any food, drink, cosmetics, petroleum products etc. Harmful products like cigarettes etc. also may be targeted. In the case of pharmaceuticals, the list may have to be selective and may follow the boycott wherever alternatives are available).
The first list of products, aimed for boycott in India, include:
(more products will be added to this)
Coca cola (soft drinks)
PepsiCo (soft drinks)
Johnson & Johnson (Baby soap and other products)
Colgate (tooth paste and other products)
Cadbury's (chocolate and other products)
Eveready (dry cells -'batteries')
Kellogg's (biscuits, corn flakes and other products)
Levi's (jeans)
Wrangler (jeans)
Reebok (sports items)
General Electric (bulbs and other products)
Benson & Hedges tobacco products (Health groups are always against any tobacco products)
555 (State Express) tobacco products
Signed, For the People’s Health Movement
Dr. Ravi Narayan, Co-ordinator, PHM Secretariat
For media enquiries:
India: Dr. Unnikrishnan PV,
+91 (0) 98450 91319
E-mail: unni@phmovement.org
UK: Andrew Chetley, London
+44 20 7539 1591
E-mail:chetley.a@healthlink.org.uk
Thailand: Satya Sivaraman
E-mail: satyasagar@yahoo.com
