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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ACORN International Actions on Foreign Retail and on Small Retail in India

ACORN International Community Organizing International

New Orleans I love my job!  Given the differences in international time zones there are surprises all hours of the day and night, because good organizing is happening 24 hours a day.   We are about to celebrate this with the publication by Social Policy Press of Global Grassroots:  International Perspectives on Organizing this week, but …

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