November 18 2002

Over The Edge Page 13

Protesters Oppose Wal-Mart:

“Big Box Stores Will Destroy Our Town!”

By Jason Mann

A group of students, workers
and retired citizens gathered
outside Wal-Mart to protest the
opening of this new big box

store in College Heights on
Thursday. After being

removed from the invitation
only opening event at 7:00 AM
attended by the Mayor, City

Councilors and others, the
protesters unveiled a coffin
and staged a mock funeral for
the death of small business
and community outside the

main doors.

As_ lined-up customers
looked on, short eulogy was
read. “Wal-Mart is an attack on
small business and workers

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rights,” remarked eulogy read-
er Stephen Von Sychowski.
Von Sychowski also alluded to
the fact that much of Wal-
Mart’s merchandise comes
from sweatshops in the so-
called Third World.

Wal-Mart is now the world’s
largest corporation, having
passed Exxon-Mobil for the
top slot. The American busi-
ness’s profits are larger than
the entire GDP of Israel,
Greece and Poland combined.

However, according to some
statistics, despite these enor-
mous profit rates, Wal-Mart
gives very little back to the
communities it is based in.
Studies show that for every
two jobs created by a Wal-
Mart store, the community
loses three.

Small protests raising

awareness about the negative
impacts of the store are
planned to continue outside
the front entrance of the store
for the rest of this week.