Chicago Daily Observer

Loyola University-Chicago has been treated to left-wing student drive called “The Campaign to Stop Killer Coke.” Since universities grant beverages access in return for financial concessions as a regular part of their activities—the money going to worthwhile student activities—the “Campaign to Stop Killer Coke” has mounted a media campaign to influence business decisions by the university. But the “Killer Coke” campaign has egg on its face when the facts are examined. .

The hyperbolic campaign insists certain facts are “undisputed.” Such is not the case. It claims Columbian Coca-Cola bottlers, with the help of “death squads” trained by the United States military, are murdering union organizers…that eight bottler employees were killed between 1990 and 2002; all were targeted by right-wing paramilitary groups funded by Coca-Cola bottlers…and finally that Coca-Cola’s bottlers provide poor working conditions, poor wages, and work aggressively to abridge freedom of association. All of this might justify a ... Read More...

Eighty years ago a prophet came to the south side and drew thousands of followers. Today the remaining few face an uncertain future.

Very early on a Monday morning in September, Reuben Johnson-Bey left his home in Washington Heights to pick up the buffalo fish. As he’s done nearly every September for the last 50 years, he drove north through the south side hunting for deals. He spotted a sale at Fish #1 on Stony Island. “If you see a bargain, capitalize on it,” he likes to say. He bought 30 pounds, taking his time to look for a razorback variety that’s pulled from the Mississippi down in Arkansas and piling them into coolers. “I’m not the only person who’s acquired the buffalo fish over the years, but usually the members do like for me to get it,” he says. “I have a pick for the right type.”