Radiohive, hosted by Danny Valdes, July 11, 2011. With its sweatshop products, town-killing megacenters, and anti-woman and anti-union policies, retail behemoth Walmart is no stranger to controversy. The company is a true capitalist juggernaught – in 2007, the IMF reported it’s sales revenue was greater than 144 economies in the world and it is the second-biggest contributer to the U.S. GDP – and the juggernaught now has its site fixed on New York City. Our guest is part of the David & Goliath struggle to keep Walmart out of New York City. He is Austin Guest and is leading the fight with Align against Walmart’s first New York City store.
Gotham Gazette,by Dan Steinberg, July 8, 2011. In the absence of leadership from the Bloomberg administration, the task of coordinating the city's economic development activities with its sustainability plan has largely been left to non-governmental organizations such as Urban Agenda (now the Alliance for a Greater New York), the Pratt Center for Community Development, NYC Apollo Alliance, and grassroots efforts such as Green Worker Cooperatives.
Union Edge, Hosted by Charles Showalter, July 8, 2011. Our first guest is Matt Ryan of Align: the Alliance for a Greater New York, which is part of the Walmart Free NYC Coalition. He discusses why and how they're trying to keep Walmart out of NYC.
NY1 Noticias, hosted by Philip Klint, July 8, 2011. Philip Klint dialoga con la activista Maritza Silva Farrell sobre su oposición a la presencia de Walmart en Nueva York.
Whatever your politics, this actor made a delightful fool of himself doing this 4-1/2 minute video. And some folks at the Capitol clearly had a good time playing along.