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(2/11/2004)

Alternative US Presidential elections call for boycott of US corporations


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Since this morning non-US citizens have been voting at polling stations in Belgium, Brazil, England, Finland, France, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan and Spain. In Brussels and Ghent (Belgium) a polling station was set up, and many people have been enthusiastically voting. According to the first exit polls, neither Bush nor Kerry "Mr. Bush Light" can count on much public support. People are voting by a great majority for an end to the US occupation of Iraq, for the Kyoto protocol and for an end to the American support for Israel. Almost all of the votes have been cast in favour of an international boycott of US products that have a great influence on the policies of Washington: Esso, Texaco, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kraft/Philip Morris and McDonalds. The campaign is coordinated by For Mother Earth, and is supported by 141 groups and organisations in 39 countries. The ballot paper can also be found online at www.boycottbush.org

The first results from:

BELGIUM

  • University of Liege (Belgium) - organised by the Students Union
    687 votes for a boycott of Esso, Texaco, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kraft/Philip Morris and McDonalds)
    5 votes for Bush and Kerry
  • Brussels (with Rencontres pour la Paix, AYNI, Bruxelles Capitale pour la Paix, MCP, ...)
    326 votes for a boycott of Esso, Texaco, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kraft/Philip Morris and McDonalds)
    12 votes for Bush and Kerry (Bush Light)
  • Ghent in front of McDonalds
    280 votes for a boycott of Esso, Texaco, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kraft/Philip Morris and McDonalds)
    3 votes for Bush and Kerry

    UK

  • University of London - London
    38 votes for a boycott of Esso, Texaco, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kraft/Philip Morris and McDonalds

    We look forward to more results from Brazil, England, Finland, France, Hungary, Kyrgistan and Spain

    For more information: www.boycottbush.org

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  • Friends of the Earth Flanders & Brussels (formerly For Mother Earth) is a member of Friends of the Earth International