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14. Yesterday, I was party to a conversation where my friend proudly announced that

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 06:44 AM

Oct 2012

her son went to Walmart for the first time. (He was visiting Virginia from NYC.) You'd think it was his first trip to Disneyland as a kid! He drank the consumer Walmart Koolaid, the whole pitcher.

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A picture Wal Mart wishes was not on the net. [View all] Whovian Oct 2012 OP

Woah, when was that? Zalatix Oct 2012 #1

Last Wednesday. Whovian Oct 2012 #3

My in-laws can't find much about the Wal Mart strikes. I'd love to show them links and stuff Zalatix Oct 2012 #5

Google walmart strike. Whovian Oct 2012 #7

Something I never thought I'd see Cha Oct 2012 #2

knr leveymg Oct 2012 #4

KnR !!! sarchasm Oct 2012 #6

wow!! Swagman Oct 2012 #8

Huge K&R. nt DLevine Oct 2012 #9

Wal-Mart is the leading edge of the "evil empire" TahitiNut Oct 2012 #10

Jackson Stephens of BCCI fame also brought Waltons great fortune... Octafish Oct 2012 #20

Wow. Corporate media (R) did a great job of ignoring this Berlum Oct 2012 #11

+1,000,000. A Wal-Mart strike is an obvious lead story. reformist2 Oct 2012 #19

Good people are starting to wake up. aandegoons Oct 2012 #12

This was in protest to a Walmart grocery opening glowing Oct 2012 #13

Yesterday, I was party to a conversation where my friend proudly announced that no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #14

I'm Former UAW, and I Get It, But... Iggy Oct 2012 #15

Better late than never, don't you think? n/t MadHound Oct 2012 #16

Uh, No Iggy Oct 2012 #17

So what do you propose? MadHound Oct 2012 #21

There's this thing called: Collaboration.... Iggy Oct 2012 #23

Ummm iamthebandfanman Oct 2012 #28

I like your thinking if it was an AND not an "instead of" proposition. Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #29

Not a business person, are you. MadHound Oct 2012 #30

Eloquently & effectively stated Sherman A1 Oct 2012 #41

That's not the original question posed by the Poster Iggy Oct 2012 #42

the fist step will be to stop blaming the victims reusrename Oct 2012 #50

we shop at a lot of mom and pop convenience stores grantcart Oct 2012 #32

This is a great idea and this underthematrix Oct 2012 #44

You say, "learn from history". Javaman Oct 2012 #33

lol. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #38

If only... 99Forever Oct 2012 #31

Wow! Glimmer of Hope Oct 2012 #18

Is the strike still going on? nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #22

I really don't know but hope so. Whovian Oct 2012 #25

That photo gives hope lunatica Oct 2012 #24

Is there a Facebook link for this picture? LongTomH Oct 2012 #26

The relationship with poverty is BOTH cause and effect BlueStreak Oct 2012 #27

Yep. there are underthematrix Oct 2012 #45

Every Walmart shopper should be forced to watch "Walmart the High Cost of Low Price" ceile Oct 2012 #34

YES! Here's the whole movie: progressoid Oct 2012 #35

hey Wal Mart warrprayer Oct 2012 #36

thank you LittleGirl Oct 2012 #37

Walton family: You don't make enough money importing cheap junk, you have to screw employees too? 1-Old-Man Oct 2012 #39

Wow, what a great picture! nt valerief Oct 2012 #40

The big question is wny are we still shopping at WALMART? underthematrix Oct 2012 #43

heard the same song in the 1990s. the only change that came is walmart is even bigger. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #46

"Vote with your consumer dollar" may seem a 'fail' IF Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #47

i don't shop there for the same reasons. under no illusion that unorganized individual consumer HiPointDem Oct 2012 #48

You are certainly right about 'vote with your dollars' against Wal-Mart Lifelong Protester Oct 2012 #49

I rarely shop there anyway and never knowlingly cross a picket line. TBF Oct 2012 #51