An Appeal to all Citizens of the World
As citizens of our individual countries, we at times become
extremely frustrated by the policies of our governments that we deem
unjust. We oftentimes feel powerless to change them as more and more
of the governments and the politicians who run them become
increasingly subservient to global corporate and banking interests.
There is, however, one powerful weapon that if utilized collectively
can accomplish far greater positive change than marches, protests and
demonstrations. The weapon is the boycott of well targeted products.
Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez utilized this weapon with
great success against the greedy grape growers of Alta California and
managed to win many concessions for the exploited farmworkers. The
boycott of grapes would not have been successful, however, if the
world community did not support it.
Today, as the world community begins to see evidence of the
barbaric massacre of Palestinians that took place in Jenin by the
Butcher Ariel Sharon and his murderous Zionist Army, one is compelled
to just and moral action. Here in Aztlan, we have become extremely
frustrated at President George Bush and his inability or unwillingness
to stop the horrible slaughter that is occurring in the Holy Land and
that may culminate in the genocide of the Palestinian people. We
individually have the power of choice to buy one product over another
or to simply forgo a purchase entirely. If more and more people around
the world do the same, the pressure will become powerful enough to
force a positive change. We each can also help by asking our family
members and friends to do the same.
Below are products and brands of corporations and businesses that
are helping Ariel Sharon and Zionist Israel to continue their racist
apartheid policies and illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. We are
asking you to boycott these products. The products and brands have
been well researched. Each of the companies have ties to Israel and
support their policies against the Palestinian people. As an example,
Estée Lauder's chairman, Ronald Lauder, served as the Chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and is
the current President of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) - a
quasi-governmental agency whose main function is to legitimize Israeli
occupation of Palestinian land. Ronald Lauder is a hardcore Zionist
and his views are often more extreme then those of the Israeli
government.
Other examples are:
KIMBERLY-CLARK
In 1998 Mr. Robert P. Van der Merwe, chairman of
Kimberly-Clark Europe received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime
Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the
"State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and
organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships,
have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.
COCA-COLA
From 1966 onward Coca-Cola has been a staunch
supporter of Israel. Recently the Government of Israel Economic
Mission honored Coca-Cola at the Israel Trade Award Dinner for its
continued support of Israel for the last 30 years and for refusing to
abide by the Arab League boycott of Israel.
NESTLE
Swiss food giant Nestle will set up a global research and
development center for snack foods next year in Sderot, a town in
Israel's Negev desert, the Maariv newspaper reported on Sunday. Nestle
owns 50.1 percent of Israeli food maker Osem Investments and the two
together produce snack foods at a plant in Sderot.
INTEL
Intel is one of the biggest supporters of Israel. Their
very first development center outside the US was opened in Haifa in
1974. Since then they have continued pouring investment in to Israel.
By year 2000 they employed over 4000 Israelis. Exports from their
Lachish-Qiryat Gat plant in israel total $3 million a day at peak
capacity - approximately $ 1 billion a year. The Intel plant at
"Qiryat Gat" is built on land Israel confiscated from the Palestinian
villages of Iraq al Manshiya. Iraq al Manshiya was a village of 2000
people living in 300 houses with two mosques and one school. The
original Palestinian inhabitants were terrorized out of the village
and then the whole village was razed to the ground to prepare the way
for the new Israeli settlement of Qiryat Gat. Today the remaining
population from Iraq al Manshiya is still not allowed to return.
SARA LEE
In 1998, Mr. Lucien Nessim of Sara Lee Personal
Products received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister
Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of
Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that
through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most
to strengthen the Israeli economy
DISNEY
The Disney Company is owned by Jewish Mogul Michael
Eisner. He owns a vast media empire that includes the ABC television
network, numerous news dailies, national magazines, Hollywood film
companies and a large number of radio stations. One radio station in
Los Angeles, KABC 790 AM recently broadcast comments by Jewess Gloria
Alred to the effect that the Islamic prisoners at Guantanamo should be
tortured by having their "balls" extracted with pliers in order to
make them talk. The news and commentaries made through Michael
Eisner's media octopus are extremely Islamophobic and
anti-Palestinian.
