One of the events that motivated the boycott was a lawsuit suit in  
Germany, in which Nestle sued the "Third World Action Group" for  
libel over a book called The Baby Killer, which, when published in  
German was titles "Nestle Kills Babies". Timeline of the boycott is  
available at: http://www.babymilkaction.org/pages/history.html

A number of years ago, I wrote an article on the boycott for  
Mothering Magazine (Winter 1995). Judith Richter's book "Holding  
Corporations Accountable: Corporate Conduct, International Codes, and  
Citizen Action" (2001) is also an excellent book on this topic.  
Another good book on the history of the boycott and the Code is: "The  
Politics of Baby Foods: Successful Challenges to an INternational  
Marketing Strategy," 1986 by Andrew Chetley. It's probably no longer  
in print, but libraries may have it


Hope this helps.

Naomi

On Dec 16, 2007, at 3:57 PM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> I may not be remembering correctly, but I thought the Nestle  
> boycott began
> in Canada.  Pat in SNJ, USA

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Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

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