The Ironies and Contradictions of Walmart and China

ACORN International WalMart

            New Orleans               The action by the Indian government to modify the standards for foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail to 51% ownership is something that ACORN International and the India FDI Watch Campaign (www.indiafdiwatch.org) that founded and continue to support have long opposed.  We have done so in no small manner because of …

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Assange is Right about Internet Archives

International

            New Orleans               The much maligned Julian Assange of Wikileaks on his forced sabbatical in England where he is “to the manor” adopted while awaiting extradition to Sweden to confront the errors of his ways with women, revealed an important insight in an interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist that was excerpted in the recent issue …

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Indian Government Deals Small Businesses a Hard Blow

ACORN International Financial Justice International Protests

            New Orleans               For years the India FDI Watch Campaign supported by ACORN International has campaigned to make sure that any modification in foreign direct investment would protect the 20,000,000 small retailers, birani shop keepers, brokers, and others would be done responsibly.  Working to build a large, diverse national coalition, the …

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