Economics - Burp Pepsi vs Coke

This documentary made by John Pilger in 1982 traces the history of these brands against the backdrop of global politics. The second world war was the perfect vehicle for Coca-Cola distribution (including to the Nazis), bottling plants on frontlines paid for by the US war department. Nixon got Kremlin supremo, Khrushchev, to pose drinking Pepsi, which became the first US product made in the Soviet Union. In 1949, Mao kicked Coca-Cola out of China, but President Carter got it back in 1978. In Chile, Pepsi Colas boss ran a daily paper which was used by the CIA to help Pinochets bloody coup. This film is a study of the links between corporate and political power.