Miami When you are on a losing streak, it shows and everyone knows, and that’s the story of Wal-Mart these days on many fronts. Several months ago the behemoth company was forced to pull up stakes in South Korea, and over the last week the news broke that Wal-Mart sold all of its stores in …
Category: International
The Bandar Station
Washington Through the magic of Google Talk which allows me to keep up with our international operation with the luxury of free internet calls, I spent a chunk of time with Reena Desai, our campaign director in India around blocking the expansion of foreign direct investment in retail for Wal-Mart and its pals (www.indiafdiwatch.org). I …
Why’s Adam Doing This?
New Orleans I met Adam Werbach over a bowl of noodles in Kyoto, when I was there for the World Water Forum some years ago as part of a delegation sponsored by the Panta Rhea Foundation telling the story of the New Orleans fight against water privatization. I met some great people on that …