Coca Cola, the world’s number one beverage brand name, was the target of criticisms by AIDS activists last Thursday at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona. Activists from the advocacy group ACT UP! led a shutdown of the beverage manufacturer’s stand at the conference, in protest against the company’s policy of restricting access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment only to 1500 of its direct employees, completely ignoring 100,000 other workers in Africa who help bottle the product.