Czech activists opposing the planned U.S. radar base on Czech soil are trying to boycott products made by U.S. companies, the daily Hospodarske Noviny (HN) said on Friday.
"We have selected the firms that are funding the U.S. government. When the companies start feeling the losses, they will have to do something with it," said Jan Bednar, one of the leading activists of the No to Bases group who recently went on an anti-radar hunger strike with his colleague.
Moreover, the radar opponents must also boycott the products that are traditionally considered Czech, such as the Sparta and Start cigarettes, as their producer is the Philip Morris company, and the Siesta biscuits, made by U.S. Kraft Foods, HN pointed out.
The logos of all the banned products have been released on the anti-radar websites.
The radar opponents expect their step to annoy the U.S. administration and, in the ideal case, make the companies persuade U.S. President George W. Bush to give up the radar base project.
The United States wants to build the radar base on the Brdy military grounds, 90 kilometers southwest of Prague, and a base with ten interceptor missiles in Poland within its missile shield.
About two-thirds of Czechs disagree with the project, according to a poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency in July.
Source:Xinhua
|
Comment
Tell A Friend
Print Format
Save Article