| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
...12 protests throughout
the state of Florida in one day!
From Tallahassee to Miami, and just about everywhere in between
(including West Palm Beach, Orlando, Ft. Myers, Naples, Deland,
Winter Haven, Sarasota, and more),
students, workers, community, labor and church activists gathered
to
Boycott the
Bell!
But first, here are a few photos to get you started:
|
|
|
|
...BOYCOTT!
EXCERPT FROM CIW PRESS RELEASE on boycott announcement:
"When you look at the difference in power between us as farmworkers and Taco Bell as a billion dollar corporation ...," said Romeo Ramirez, also of the Coalition. "They have all the wealth and political power, and we have only one weapon. But that weapon -- the truth -- is the most powerful thing on earth," continued Ramirez, "so we are certain that we will prevail."
(click here to see the rest of the 3/28/01 press release)
"Eat
Taco Bell, Exploit Farmworkers", St. Petersburg, FL
(7/14/01)
Students
for Social Justice at PCC and the FSC at UC Berkeley protest
Taco Bell in Pasadena, CA (6/21/01)
Fordham
University students from New York City join workers in
a protest in Naples, FL (6/7/01) 
Berkeley, CA
students remind consumers to chose Justice over exploitation
(5/22/01)
Masks in Sarasota...
...
In West Palm Beach, Alice Jarvis, 92, told the Palm Beach Post,
"Till the day I die, I'll be marching... Seven thousand
dollars a year? What's that? As a human being you can't stand
by."
... and
in Gainesville, Taco Bell's tomatoes were revolting, as angry
Mr. Tomato-tron chained himself to the drive-thru lane, glared
menacingly at the window, and led the "Attack of the Killer
Tomatoes"