Middle Class, Walmart Lies, Too Big to Indict or Fail, Altruism, and Stress

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New Orleans    You wouldn’t believe it, if it weren’t true! Second Walmart Supplier Found in Bangladesh Fire Tragedy:  Steven Greenhouse, NYT Scott Nova, executive director, of the Worker Rights Consortium, said the new documents raised additional questions about Walmart’s role at the factor.  ‘If Walmart’s claim that they were the victim of one rouge supplier …

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Foreign Direct Investment for Walmart and Friends Coming to Critical Vote in India

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Quito   Though I could find no information in the US-based press, the stalemate in the Parliament in India was finally broken yesterday after a week long stalemate centered on the parliamentarians’ opposition to the Government’s action to unilaterally modify foreign direct investment restrictions in multi-brand retail, allowing Walmart and other big box operations to enter …

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Tides Recognizes BP Environmental Warriors on Long Gulf Coast Marathon Fight

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New Orleans     Twenty-two years ago the Tides Foundation began giving the Jane Bagley Lehman Public Advocacy Awards on an almost annual basis to largely unrecognized local grassroots organizers and activists making a huge difference on major issues in what I have always called “the vineyards.”  During my more than 30 years on the board of …

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