Democracy Now! put together a lil segment on the Ethiopian coffee licensing initiative — a segment that would’ve been more timely if it aired BEFORE Starbucks and the Ethiopian government announced they’d come to an agreement, but an interesting show nonetheless.
The show features a choir performance directed by the cheeky anti-corporation activist Rev. Billy (covered here), a rundown of the similarities between the plight of Starbucks baristas and the plight of Ethiopian coffee farmers by Starbucks worker and union activist Sarah Bender, plus some analysis by Dean Cycon of Dean’s Beans and Wondwossen Mezlekia of the blog Coffee Politics. Starbucks declined to participate.
Watch it here (128k stream), or read the transcript here. (via Coffee Politics)
May 14th, 2007 at 7:15 am
Don’t help Bush buddy dictators that arrest, torture and kill their opponents. Boycott Ethiopian coffee. The farmers are never gonna see a dime either way.
June 21st, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Boycotting Ethiopian coffee won’t actually help the coffee farmers in Ethiopia.