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Tag Archives: Walmart
National Bankruptcy as a Board Game
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov Most people are familiar with the game Monopoly. Its goal is to teach capitalist kiddies a valuable lesson about capitalism; namely, that in running a business it isn’t useful to shoot for some happy … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Bankruptcy, capitalism, Cartels, china, Economic Collapse, Economics, Energy, financial crisis, geopolitics, Interest Rates, Labor, military spending, Monopoly, national debt, Russia, Walmart, war
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DNC Caught Accepting Money from Union-Busting Companies in New Leak
By Tom Cahill Source: U.S. Uncut A new set of documents leaked by hacker Guccifer 2.0 allegedly shows the Democratic National Committee has no qualms about asking for donations from some of the most evil corporations in America — even the corporations … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, Economics, hacktivism, History, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Big Banks, Big Pharma, Clinton Email Hack, Clinton Emails, Clinton Server, Clinton Server Leak, Corporate Lobyists, corporatocracy, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee, DNC, Guccifer, Guccifer 2.0, Military Contractors, Oligarchy, PACs, Plutocracy, political corruption, SIFMA, wall street, Walmart, war profiteers
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Walmart Admits: ‘Our Profits’ Depend on ‘Their Poverty’
By Lauren McCauley Originally posted at CommonDreams.org Although a notorious recipient of “corporate welfare,” Walmart has now admitted that their massive profits also depend on the funding of food stamps and other public assistance programs. In their annual report, filed … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Economics, Financial Crisis, Labor, Recession, society, Work
Tagged CommonDreams.org, Corporate Welfare, Eat Drink Politics, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Lauren McCauley, Poverty, poverty wages, Public Assistance, SNAP benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Walmart, Welfare
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Buy Nothing Day
Via Adbusters: Freedom is having time to live! November 29 is Buy Nothing Day! Today, humanity faces a stark choice: save the planet and ditch capitalism, or save capitalism and ditch the planet. – Fawzi Ibrahim Freedom is having time … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, civil disobedience, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Environment, freedom of speech, Humor, Social Control, society
Tagged activism, Adbusters, Bed Bath & Beyond, Black Friday, Buy Nothing Day, Christmas and holiday season, consumer culture, Consumerism, Kwanzaa, Walmart, Whirl-Mart
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Origin of the Wal-Mart Workers’ Movement
Wal-Mart’s unfair labor policies have been a concern of workers’ rights activists for decades but they managed to avoid a retail strike until last year. On October 4th 2012, 60 Wal-Mart employees struck in Los Angeles followed by strikes at … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, History, Labor, news, society, Video
Tagged Black Friday, boycott, boycott Wal-Mart, Food & Water Watch, Labor, Mike Duke, National Labor Relations Board, New York City, Our Walmart, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, protest, strike, Wal-Mart, walk-out, Walmart
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Bangladeshi Workers Fight for Living Wage
Last Saturday, Garment Sramik Samannay Parishad, a federation of trade unions in garment sectors, organized a rally of over 50,000 workers to meet their different demands including raising minimum monthly salary to about $100. Bangladesh’s apparel industry, which supplies many … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Economics, Labor, news, society, Work
Tagged Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Workers, Demonstrations, income gap, Maximum Wage, Minimum Wage, protests, sweatshops, Walmart, Worker's Rights
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