The Green Files > NEWS: Wal-mart smarts
[City Hippy: The diary of our struggle to live a green and fair life.] Am very excited to hear (via BoingBoing) about a critical documentary about Wal-Mart which is going to be shown in the US, in places of Worship no less, after its debut in theatres in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles next week.
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