Industrial Workers of the World

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Quick Solidarity Notes Choir performance at a transit station in Vancouver of a song by David Rovics, in front of Coke advertising , just before transit police arrive. Coke is an official sponsor of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver beginning Feb. 12.

Lyrics to Drink Of The Death Squads :

Coca-Cola came to Colombia Seeking lower wages

They got just what they came for

But as we turn the pages

We find the workers didn't like the sound

Of their children's hungry cries

So they said we'll join the union

And they began to organize

So Coke called up a terrorist group

Called the AUC

They said "we've got some problems At the factory"

So these thugs went to the plant

Killed two union men

Told the rest, "you leave the union

Or we'll be back again"

Now Coke did not complain

About this dirty deed

Why give workers higher wages

When Coke is all they really need

They phoned the AUC

Said "thanks, without you we'd go broke

And to show our appreciation

Here's one hundred cases of Coke"

The baby drinks it in his bottle

When the water ain't no good

The dog drinks it

But he don't know if he should

Some folks say

It's the nectar of the Gods

But Coke is the drink of the Death Squads

Well the workers wouldn't take

This situation lying down

Some went up to Georgia

Said "look what's happened to our town

You American workers got downsized

And as for us we just get shot

And those of us who survive

Our teeth begin to rot"

The baby drinks it in his bottle

When the water ain't no good

The dog drinks it

But he don't know if he should

Some folks say

It's the nectar of the Gods

But Coke is the drink of the Death Squads

Well now that's the situation

What are you gonna do

'Cause death squads run

Colombia And they're paid by me and you

We can let Coke run the world

And see what future that will bring

Or we can drink juice and smash the state

Now that's the real thing

The baby drinks it in his bottle

When the water ain't no good

The dog drinks it

But he don't know if he should

Some folks say

It's the nectar of the Gods

But Coke is the drink of the Death Squads

"If we workers take a notion/ we can stop all speeding trains/

every ship upon the ocean/ we can tie with mighty chains/

every wheel in the creation/ every mine and evry mill/

fleets and armies of all nations/ will at our command stand still."

-Joe Hill

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