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Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Break the Chains – Buy Local
Wal-Mart and the multinational chains are colonizing our communities and our minds, North and South, East and West, rural and urban, killing off small businesses, exploiting workers and farmers, devastating the environment, and sowing a toxic culture of cheap goods and social unaccountability. Unless we stop this Wal-Martization of our communities, and pollution of our minds, we can say goodbye to Fair Trade, family farms, independent businesses, workers rights, and environmental sustainability.
The time has come to Break the Chains! The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is launching the next stage of its most ambitious campaign to date, "Breaking the Chains: Buy Local, Organic, and Fair Made." Between Nov. 13 and Dec. 31 the OCA will mobilize from Alaska to Argentina, working to regain control of our communities, food, commerce and future. Dozens of leading activists, organizations and networks have already endorsed OCA's International Call to Action.
A search on the Wal-Mart website listed 20 stores surrounding Washington. You can help plan creative actions at a local organizing meeting where people from a variety of backgrounds, including consumers, organized labor, environmentalists, organic businesses and others will band together to fundamentally change the way people think and act when it comes to where they spend and what they buy. At the meeting, we will brainstorm and plan creative actions for the week of Nov. 13. All ideas will be on the table so please try to come and bring a friend.
When: Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. Where: The Flemming Center (1426 Ninth St., 2nd floor, Mt. Vernon/Shaw Metro More Info: RSVP to Adam Eidinger at 202/232-8997.
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