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Tuesday: If you shop in America, take the time to mourn in empathy with the people of Bangladesh

Posted on November 27, 2012 by kwilder

Full post at our kind shopping website: Peace Couple In Bangladesh, over 100 factory workers died in an unsafe clothing factory over the weekend. These factories exist to make the clothes that we purchase here in America. One of the factories made clothes which were ultimately sold to Walmart (through a complicated supply chain)[ADN]. Other [...]

Filed under: international politics, News, progressive politics, social & economic justice, US Politics | Tagged: apparel industry, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Day of Mourning, Bangladesh factory fire, Walmart | Leave a Comment »

Black Friday: Buy Nothing! Demand Peace! Support striking Wal-Mart workers!

Posted on November 17, 2012 by kwilder

See box below for “Occupy Walmart/Occupy Black Friday” on Long Island Great Live Streaming of a Walmart event in Maryland: here. Black Friday for some people means lining up for bargains at the doors of big corporations. Though, people who want our country to be more sustainable, and less dependent on war money, have often [...]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Anti-War, local, long island, Long Island news, Long Island Politics, News, Peace, progressive politics, social & economic justice, suffolk county, thanksgiving, US Politics, war | Tagged: Black Friday, Boycott Walmart, Buy Nothing Day, holiday shopping, Long Island events, Long Island protests, Occupy Long Island, Occupy Wall Street, shopping, Walmart, Walmart Strike | 1 Comment »

Wed. Feb 29th Occupy actions: 70 Cities Nationwide Stand up to Corporate Greed and ALEC (plus Long Island area events)

Posted on February 28, 2012 by kwilder

Listing for Occupy Long Island events in Shirley and Huntington on Friday afternoon are posted: here and below. Informative (and amusing) update about NYPD preparations for the occupy event in NYC today (Feb 29): here. LiveStream of events in Spain: here (Please watch if you can, action all over Spain. And, at Wed 10am EST, [...]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, grassroots democracy, local, long island, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, Occupy Wall Street, politics, progressive politics, social & economic justice, suffolk, suffolk county, US Politics | Tagged: #F29, 1%, 99%, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Bank of America, BP, corporate accountability, Debutant Ball, Debutante Ball, ExxonMobil, JPMorgan Chase, Koch brothers, labor issues, legislative agendas, Long Island activism, Long Island events, Matt Taibbi, Matt Taibi, model bills, Monsanto, nonprofit law, nonprofits, Occupy Ball, Occupy Debutant Ball, Occupy Long Island, Occupy Portland, Occupy Shirley, Occupy Wall Street, ows, Pfizer, Scott Walker, Shut Down The Corporations, unions, wal-mart, wall street, Wall Street crimes, Walmart, Wisconsin Act 10 | 1 Comment »

Don’t let Walmart hone in on East Patchogue

Posted on January 8, 2012 by kwilder

Public Hearing about a potential, new, East Patchogue location for Walmart to be held at the Town of Brookhaven Town Hall, in Farmingville January 9, 2012 at 4:00 pm Please attend, to give your input on development, land use, and the business community in your town. One civic group who is activated on this issue [...]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Environment, local, long island, Long Island Politics, News, progressive politics, social & economic justice | Tagged: Brookhaven news, Brookhaven politics, Brookhaven Town, East Patchogue, Land use in Patchogue, Patchogue New York, Patchogue news, Small business, Suffolk County politics, Town of Brookhaven, wal-mart, Walmart, Walmart in Patchogue | Leave a Comment »

“Keep DC Walmart Free” by Head-Roc

Posted on October 29, 2011 by wilderside

Walmart has plans to establish four stores in DC by 2012. Notorious for threatening small businesses, causing the loss of more jobs, and bringing lower wage standards for all workers to communities, concerned District of Columbia citizens and social justice advocates are coming together to spread the news and resist the potentially disastrous implication for the District. This [...]

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Corporations, Green Party, Labor, local, News | Tagged: activism, Anti-Corporation, District of Columbia, united states, wal-mart, Walmart, washington dc | 1 Comment »

Green Day censored by Wal-Mart (Green Day wins)

Posted on May 23, 2009 by kwilder

KW: I haven’t been in a Wal-Mart in years due to their labor practices and injustices. But, heck, if you know anyone who does shop there, tell them to avoid it… (excerpt from) Los Angeles Times/AP Wal-Mart: no Green Day / May 22, 2009 Green Day has the most popular CD in the country right [...]

Filed under: music, News, progressive politics, rants | Tagged: Censorship, Green Day, wal-mart, Walmart | Leave a Comment »

How Wal Mart (and the retail business, and government) can truly learn

Posted on December 1, 2008 by wilderside

Over at www.opednews.com, I posted my article about what Woody Guthrie would think about the death of the Wal Mart worker on Black Friday. I suggested that people should investigate what Wal Mart could have done, and what Wal Mart, and the government, should do now. An Op Ed News reader posted a great comment, [...]

Filed under: local, long island, Long Island Politics, Political Websites, US Politics | Tagged: Black Friday, concerts, management, safety, shopping, stampede, tragedy, wal-mart, Walmart | 1 Comment »

Wal-Mart Stampede: A union perspective

Posted on November 30, 2008 by wilderside

You can learn more about Wal Mart’s practices at: www.walmartcrimereport.com You can find several books chronicling problems at Wal Mart at our Onthewilderside/Powell’s Books bookstore: here. – News from _UFCW Local 1500_ (http://www.ufcw1500.org/) Union Responds To Death of Long Island Wal-Mart Worker, Demands Federal Safety Agency and Nassau County Prosecutor Investigate

Filed under: local, long island, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, Political Websites, progressive politics, social & economic justice | Tagged: Black Friday, Bruce Both, Damour, Jdimytai Damour, Local 1500, nassau, Retail, retailer, shopping, stampede, UFCW, unions, wal-mart, Walmart | 12 Comments »

Wal-Mart stampede: Where’s Woody Guthrie?

Posted on November 29, 2008 by wilderside

Condolences to the family of Jdimytai Damour. It is very sad that he was trampled while trying to make a living as a worker at a Wal-Mart store. Now, what can we learn from this? And, who is to blame?

Filed under: Holidays, local, long island, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, News, progressive politics, social & economic justice, thanksgiving, US Politics | Tagged: Arlo Guthrie, Black Friday, Carnegie Hall, District Attorney, folk music, Green Acres Mall, group dynamics, nassau, Nassau County, Retail, safety, Security, stampede, thanksgiving, unions, Valley Stream, wal-mart, Walmart, woody guthrie, workers | 4 Comments »

Newsday.com: LI Wal-Mart worker dies in Black Friday stampede

Posted on November 28, 2008 by wilderside

Link to Kimberly’s onthewilderside commentary is: here. WalMart Black Friday stampede kills greeter employed by Long Island Store — Newsday.com A 34-year-old Wal-Mart worker died Friday morning after “a throng of shoppers . . . physically broke down the doors” and knocked him to the ground as the crowd pushed its way into the store [...]

Filed under: Holidays, local, long island | Tagged: Walmart | 3 Comments »