MoveOn.org is going after Wal-Mart

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This is from an email sent out by MoveOn.org


This week, the director of "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" and "Outfoxed"
released his latest film, "Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices." It's a
powerful expose on the toll the Wal-Mart behemoth has taken on workers and
communities across the country, and how we can help turn the tide.

Wal-Mart is going into attack mode. The company has literally created a
war room, staffed with political consultants who are working day and night
to undermine the movie and spread pro-Wal-Mart propaganda [1]. But it's not
working: thanks to the questions raised by the film, national media are
tuning in to Wal-Mart's high cost to American families--and last week the
movie was featured on page 1 of the New York Times [2].

Next week, a coalition of hundreds of unions, churches, small business
associations and citizens' groups [3] are taking this fight to thousands of
living rooms around the country, holding viewing parties to watch the
movie and get organized. They've invited us to join them.

Can you host a Wal-Mart movie screening party next Tuesday, November 15th?
Sign up today:

http://www.walmartmovie.com/host.php?track=moveon ;

We'll make sure you get the movie before the 15th if you order by Tuesday,
November 8th.

If you can't host a party, you can still buy an advance copy of the
powerful new film online at:

http://www.walmartmovie.com/watch.php?track=moveon

These viewing parties are all part of the national "Wal-Mart Week of
Action." This week is a great opportunity for MoveOn members to work
directly with the members of our partner groups. If you choose to make
your screening party public, it will be added to the central pool and
local folks from the Service Employees International Union, (SEIU), the
Independent Business Association, or any of our hundreds of other partners
will be invited to join you.

Once you sign up, you'll receive a special screening packet with
everything you need and some easy next steps that your group can take to
become part of the solution.

In its debut week the Wal-Mart movie was featured on The Today Show, [4] on
the front page of the New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly gave the
film an "A-" rating [5]. Salon wrote this glowing review:

"What makes the movie so powerful is the totality of the portrait, both
in its details and its sweep. Most of these people are entirely
unexceptional Americans from the working class or lower-middle class,
believers in flag and country and God and capitalism, not left-wing
activists or academics with some theoretical critique. Most of them
believed in Wal-Mart, too, and were genuinely horrified to learn that
its low prices depended on enforced poverty, whether theirs or somebody
else's." [6]

MoveOn is sponsoring screenings of the film on Tuesday, November 15th, but you can also choose to host another day that week if it works better for you.

After Katrina, we committed to work together to help rebuild a middle
class America. It's critical to examine why so many hard working families
are watching the American Dream slip away. Wal-Mart, the world's largest
corporation and nation's largest employer, is a major piece of that
puzzle.

Wal-Mart is owned by the nation's wealthiest family, [7] but its average
salary is below the poverty line [8]--leaving over half of it's full time
employees without health care or dependent on Medicaid [9]. It drives down
labor standards at home and around the world [10]. It has destroyed
countless small businesses in thousands of communities [11]. And it does it
all by absorbing billions of dollars in corporate welfare every year [12].

We hope you'll be able to join the national Wal-Mart Week of Action and
host a screening Tuesday, November 15th (or another day that week that
works better for you). When you sign up to host, you'll get an advance
copy of the movie, and later an action packet to help your group plan some
easy next steps.

Please sign up to host right now at:

http://www.walmartmovie.com/host.php?track=moveon ;

And if you can't host a screening, you're still invited to purchase an
advance personal copy of the new film at:

http://www.walmartmovie.com/watch.php?track=moveon

Thanks for all that you do,


PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION


It looks like they're looking to strike at the heart of Wal-Mart.
Which, as we all know, is located behind the tv's.