Residents Told They Can’t Speak Against Wal-Mart
This week, residents in Yelm, Washington, which calls itself “The Pride of the Prairie”, got their first taste of Wal-Mart battle — but they couldn’t
This week, residents in Yelm, Washington, which calls itself “The Pride of the Prairie”, got their first taste of Wal-Mart battle — but they couldn’t
One down, and two to go. That’s the victory this week in Deptford, New Jersey, where residents are celebrating the township’s rejection of a Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart will go to great lengths to build their stores. They will even build them over dead bodies — literally. During the construction stage of
The strategies written here were produced by Sprawl-Busters in 2006 at the request of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), mainly for citizen groups that were fighting Walmart. But the tips for fighting unwanted development apply to any project—whether its fighting Dollar General, an Amazon warehouse, or a Home Depot.
Big projects, or small, these BATTLEMART TIPS will help you better understand what you are up against, and how to win your battle.