Ma waho o Trinidad, Colorado, i ka makahiki 1914, nā pūʻali koa, nā pūʻali koa ʻoihana a me nā mea paʻakikī o ke alanui i ka hana a John D. Rockefeller's Colorado Fuel and Oil Company i holoi i kahi hoʻomoana o ka miner. Ma 2005, ke holoi nei ka Wal-Mart o ka ʻohana Walton i nā kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa. Poina iā King Kong. ʻO ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni monster weliweli loa o kēia kau ʻo Robert Greenwald's Wal-Mart: ʻO ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mea hoʻoikaika loa.
Hoʻohilahila kēia hui iā Hurricane Katrina. Ke hoʻonohonoho nei i kahi hale kūʻai ma Middlefield, Ohio, hoʻomaka ka hale kūʻai mega e hoʻopau i kahi ʻoihana ʻohana kūpono e hoʻi ana i nā hanauna. Ua haʻi ʻo Patriarch Don Hunter iā Greenwald pehea ʻo ia "ʻike i ka nui o nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi i kau ʻia ma ke keʻa." ʻO ka H&H Hardware ponoʻī a Hunter e piʻi nui ana ma mua o ka wehe ʻana o Wal-Mart, i ka wā i manaʻo ʻia ai ka haʻahaʻa loa o kāna hale blocklong e lilo i mea hōʻaiʻē ma kahi hōʻaiʻē i manaʻo ʻia - no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Wal-Mart e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā waiwai waiwai. Ma Cathedral City, Kaleponi, haʻi ka mea nona ka hale kūʻai nui ʻo IGA ʻo Red Estry e pili ana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā ia a me ke kaona, me ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā lawelawe aupuni no ka mea ua hoʻonui ʻia ke kālā ma ka huki ʻana iā Wal-Mart. Ma Charlotte, North Carolina, mālama pono ʻole ʻia nā herbicides a me nā insecticides mai Wal-Mart leech i loko o nā ʻauwai a me nā kahawai a hiki i ka wai inu.
ʻO Wal-Mart kahi hui e hānai mau ana i kāna mau limahana. Ke hāʻawi aku ʻo CEO ʻo Wal-Mart ʻo Lee Scott i kāna hui e mālama maikaʻi ʻia nā "hoa" hale kūʻai a uku maikaʻi ʻia, ua pepehi ʻia nā limahana mua a i kēia manawa (ʻo ia ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma ke aka) e wehewehe i ke kumu o ka mahalo ʻole ʻia o ka hana a pehea ka kōkua pū ka hui i ka waiho ʻana i nā limahana manawa piha ma ke kōkua lehulehu, Medicaid a ma ka Pauku 8 hale e hoʻohui i nā uku liʻiliʻi a me nā pōmaikaʻi. ʻO nā luna hoʻomalu, ʻo kekahi me 17 mau makahiki ʻoihana ʻoihana, ʻōlelo lākou ua manaʻo ʻia lākou e kauka i nā puke e pale aku i ka uku ʻana i ka manawa ʻoi aku a koi aku i nā hoa hana e hana i nā puke. Ua ʻae lākou a pau ʻaʻole i kūkulu ʻia nā hale kūʻai e hana pono i ka hana.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā hoʻopiʻi papa e kūʻē i ka ʻoihana no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā limahana palapala ʻole a no ka hoʻokae ʻana i ka lāhui a me ke kāne ma nā hoʻolaha. Ua haʻi ʻia kahi wahine ʻeleʻele e kona haku "'ʻaʻohe wahi no ka poʻe e like me aʻu i ka hoʻokele." Nīnau ʻo ia inā he ʻeleʻele ʻo ia a he wahine paha. "ʻAʻole hewa ʻelua o ʻelua," i pane aku ai ka luna.
ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua hewa - ma nā helu i ʻike ʻole ʻia e nā mea kūʻai aku ʻē aʻe - ua nui nā kaukani kaʻa kaʻa a puni ka ʻāina no ka mea ʻoi loa ʻo Wal-Mart e hāʻawi i ka palekana. I kekahi mau hihia, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā kiu kiu, ʻaʻole no ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe kūʻai, akā no ka mālama ʻana i nā mea hana; i ka wā i manaʻo ʻole ʻia ai nā hana uniona, ua hoʻōki ka hui i nā limahana i nā mea nānā. ʻAʻole lākou e ʻae i nā kāmela e hana pālua.
Ke ulu nui nei ka hui ʻana, a hoʻopilikia ka ʻoihana i kekahi, wahi a kekahi hoa, "ka mea i ʻike ʻia e hana i kekahi mea."
ʻO Wal-Mart paha ka hui kūʻē i ka uniona ʻoi loa ma ka lāhui, no laila ua ʻeha loa ka lohe ʻana i kahi limahana Kelemania o kekahi o nā mea kūʻai aku ʻelua i moni ʻia e Wal-Mart akā ua pale mau ʻia e nā ʻaelike uniona e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu - ʻAʻohe ʻaha kūkā o nā limahana.
Ma kona alo, he ʻāpana kupanaha ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni - he hoʻolaha hoʻouka kaua 97 minuke e paʻakikī ke hōʻole. A hōʻike ia i nā hiʻohiʻona he nui o nā kaiāulu e ʻōlelo nei "ʻaʻole" iā Wal-Mart. Eia nō naʻe, me kēia ʻike a pau - a hiki ke hana me kahi ʻoki liʻiliʻi - he mea kupanaha ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni a pono ʻole hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole nui ka nānā ʻana i ka mea e pono ai e hoʻohui i ka Wal-Mart, a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana i nā hana i hala. ʻAʻohe mea liʻiliʻi ma ʻaneʻi e hoʻokaʻawale iā Wal-Mart mai kahi mea hoʻomake i ka pō ma kahi o kahi hui kanaka (ʻae ʻole ʻia) i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā ʻōlelo hoʻokele waiwai.
ʻO Wal-Mart he ʻelepani ʻoihana rogue, pono e lawe ʻia i ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae, a i ʻole, e like me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ka socialist, ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi a palahalaha o ka ʻoihana pono e hōʻiliʻili? E like me kā Marx i ʻike ai, “E hōʻiliʻili, e hōʻiliʻili! ʻO ia ʻo Mose a me nā kāula!, "a ʻo kahi luna a i ʻole ka papa capitalist pono e hana pono i mea e hoʻolilo ai i ka waiwai i ke kapikala.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, nui nā ʻano like ʻole o ka moʻomeheu ʻoihana a me ke ʻano o ka nohona. ʻO ke kila kila Andrew Carnegie, i inaina ʻia e kāna mau limahana ponoʻī i kona wā e ola ana, he kanaka philanthropist alakaʻi i hoʻokaʻawale i kāna waiwai e like me ka mea hana hulu hipa kaulana ʻo William Wood o Lawrence i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka hōʻino ʻana i nā dime āpau. I kēia lā, hoʻokani ʻo Wal-Mart a me ka ʻohana Walton iā Scrooge iā Bill Gates' Father Christmas. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā mea like ka mea e pono ai ke kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻaʻole wale nā ʻokoʻa.
Malia paha i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ʻike i ke kumuhana a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole, ua kālele ʻo Greenwald i kāna kukuna ma luna o ka manaʻo manaʻoʻiʻo o kahi hui. Ua haʻi ʻo Greenwald i kāna poʻe hoʻolohe - ma kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona bonus ma ka DVD, ʻo ka maikaʻi loa o ia mau mea he pūʻulu mordant spoofs ma nā hoʻolaha Wal-Mart maoli - ua manaʻo ʻo ia i kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni he "mea hana e kōkua ai e haʻi i ka moʻolelo pehea Hoʻopilikia ʻo Wal-Mart i nā kānaka a puni ka ʻāina a ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Hana maikaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka hewa i hoʻokahi pūʻulu o nā ʻoihana pōā. Akā me ka ʻulaʻula o Wal-Mart i ka niho a me ka maiuu, e lawe ia i kahi kūkākūkā ākea ākea - kahi mea i hiki i ka hema ke hiki ke hoʻomaka - e hōʻike i kēia holoholona predatory ma mua o nā mea like. He alakaʻi ia i ka lāhui hui honua a hiki i lalo, ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā ʻaʻohe ʻīlio pupule kaʻawale.
Pono e hōʻike nui ʻia kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni, akā me ka hopena o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā a me kāna mau hana hoʻomāinoino e like me ka mea maʻamau, a me ka hopena o ke kanaka. E like me kā Ambrose Bierce i ʻike ai, ʻo nā hui he "mea hana akamai no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka waiwai pilikino me ke kuleana ʻole." ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka paʻi ʻana i ka hewa ma kahi ʻōnaehana, e like me ka inoa ʻana i kāna poʻe ʻeli kupapaʻu. Akā, pono e hana kēia mau mea.
ʻO Michael Hirsch kahi mea kākau hana ma New York. Ua puka mua ʻia kēia ʻatikala ma ka pukana Fall 2005 o Hema Demokarata, ka puke pai o Democratic Socialists of America, a he ʻāpana o kahi ʻāpana kūikawā e pili ana i ke kaua kūʻē iā Wal-Mart. ʻIkepili ma ke kiʻi Wal-Mart: Loaʻa ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa online,.
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