FW: ACTION ALERT: BREAKING THE CHAINS (International Call to Action)

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Nov. 13-Dec. 31, 2005: Buy Local, Organic, and Fair Made--Boycott Wal-Mart
and the Chains
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The time has come to Break the Chains! The Organic Consumers Association
<http://www.organicconsumers.org>  is launching the next stage of our most
ambitious campaign to date, Breaking the Chains: Buy Local, Organic, and
Fair Made. Between November 13 and December 31 the OCA will mobilize from
Alaska to Argentina, working with a critical mass of global citizens to
regain control of our communities, our food and commerce, and our future.
Dozens of leading activists, organizations and networks have already
endorsed OCA's International Call to Action. (Find independently owned
businesses near you and sign the Breaking the Chains pledge:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm)

Starting during the week of November 13-19, the OCA and allies will be
mobilizing across the continent to draw attention to the devastating impact
Wal-Mart and other Big Box chains are having on local economies. At the sam=
e
time local activists will be highlighting opportunities and alternatives fo=
r
consumers to buy local, organic, and Fair Made products and services. Our
goal is to have 500 actions and events for the Breaking the Chains Kick-off
week. Actions will include boycotts and pickets of Wal-Mart, Starbucks and
other chains; recommended "buycotts" of local green, organic, and
sustainable products from independent grocers, restaurants, coffee houses,
bookstores, and farms; House Parties, community film screenings, and public
education events. OCA staff will help you organize your event and promote i=
t
to the media. (Sign up to get involved in an event near you:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd-btc.htm)

Wal-Mart and the multinational chains are colonizing our communities and ou=
r
minds, North & South, East & West, rural and urban, killing off small
businesses, exploiting workers and farmers, devastating the environment, an=
d
sowing a toxic culture of cheap goods and social unaccountability. Unless w=
e
stop this Wal-Martization of our communities, and pollution of our minds, w=
e
can say goodbye to Fair Trade, family farms, independent businesses, worker=
s
rights, and environmental sustainability.

November 25-December 31, 2005, the busiest shopping season of the year, we
call on ethically responsible people across the world to "Break the Chains"
of self-destructive consumerism by boycotting Wal-Mart and other national
and international chain stores, fast food restaurants, corporate
coffeehouses, and products bearing the logos of the multinational Brand Nam=
e
Bullies. Hoping to generate the largest impact possible, during the main
shopping season of the year, we call upon the global grassroots to Buy
Local, Buy Organic and Buy Fair Trade/Fair Made.

Help us make Buy Local Month 2005 the beginning of the end for Wal-Mart and
the Corporate Chains. Please join us as we step up the pace to re-localize
and green a just global economy.

Consumers of the world unite! We have nothing to lose but our chains!

In Solidarity,=20

Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association (USA)
Find independently owned businesses near you and sign the Breaking the
Chains pledge:=20
http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm
<http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm>
Learn more about getting involved in an event near you:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd-btc.htm

Donate to the OCA:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/donations.htm
Please forward this message to interested friends and colleagues!
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