Chris Macrae points out this article from The Guardian: Campaign aims to hit Coke where it hurts
An anti-capitalist former stockbroker and the son of Sir James Goldsmith have launched an audacious attempt to halve the value of Coca-Cola's shares.Wow, I don't quite know what to make of this. Is it a case of legitimately using a system against itself, or a case of indulging in the very sin that you're complaining about? Either way, take a look at the Karmabanque website for further evidence that we live in interesting times.The radical activist Max Keiser has joined forces with the editor of the Ecologist magazine, Zak Goldsmith, to launch a hedge fund that will donate the profits from short-sales in Coke's stock to the "victims of Coke's business model in places like India and Colombia".
The idea is that as a boycott spreads the money in the fund will increase as shares in the company drop.
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