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	Wal-Mart Facts - http://www.walmartfacts.com/ Wal-Mart's official facts and news website, with current news and information about the company.
	Wal-Mart Watch - http://www.walmartwatch.com/ Wal-Mart's impact on local ways of living: Small businesses, people who know what they are selling, community relationships that all vanish when Wal-Mart moves in.
	WalMart Class - http://www.walmartclass.com Sex discrimination lawsuit alleging denial of advancement and training, lower wages, sexually hostile work environment and retaliation.
	Walmart Class - http://www.walmartclass.com/walmartclass94.pl 'Official' site of class action sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, the largest civil rights class action ever certified.
	The Wal-Mart You Don't Know - http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html Fast Company looks at Wal-Mart's pricing practices and their sometimes devastating pressures it exerts on the companies it does business with.

	AgainstTheWal.com - http://www.againstthewal.com/ Collection of news articles focused mainly on Wal-Mart labor practices.
	The Wal-Mart Effect - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-walmart-sg,1,1534896.storygallery A three-part series from the Los Angeles Times profiling the retail giant and its business practices. [Free registration required to view this content]
	The Huge Class Action Sex Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart - http://writ.news.findlaw.com/sebok/20040809.html Professor Anthony J. Sebok examines the issue of whether the discrimination suit against the retailer should proceed as a class action.
	Walocaust - http://www.walocaust.com/ Lampoons the company's own advertising to portray it as cruel and harmful to working people.
	Wal-Mart Litigation Project - http://www.wal-martlitigation.com/ Tracks information about litigation involving Wal-mart, and provides support services to attorneys who have already sued Wal-Mart.

	NPR : Wal-Mart Prices Put Onus on Suppliers - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1572652 Wal-Mart's low prices place severe demands on the discount chain's suppliers, according to a magazine report. A demand to cut prices 5 percent every year has forced some suppliers into bankruptcy and prompted others to shut down American factories for cheaper labor abroad. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and Charles Fishman of Fast Company magazine. [9-minute Realaudio streaming broadcast]
	WalMart is Bad for Business - http://webhost.bridgew.edu/jhayesboh/badbusiness.html An educator and activist worries about the effect of Wal-Mart on the economy, workers, taxpayers, the environment, and National Public Radio.
	Wal-Mart: The Facts - http://www.now.org/issues/wfw/wm-facts.html Part of the National Organization for Women's "Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign" that alleges unfair labor practices by Wal-mart.
	Fish Abuse by Walmart Stores - http://www.petlibrary.com/goldfish/walmart.htm Complaints by the Goldfish Sanctuary of alleged abuse of fish sold by Wal-mart. Local reports and suggestions for a letter-writing campaign.
	Wal-Mart Censorship - http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/01.09.97/walmart-music-9702.html Examines the issue of company's cultural censorship of rock and rap CDs by artists like Marilyn Manson, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Sheryl Crow. [MetroActive]

	Common Dreams - Sweet Victory: Maryland Stands Up To Wal-Mart - http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0417-28.htm Maryland approves a bill that would require all businesses there with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8% of their payroll on worker health benefits, directly affecting Walmart's low spending per worker.
	Blog Against the Wal - http://blogagainstthewal.blogspot.com A weblog designed to spread the anti Wal-Mart message through the internet.
	Wal-Mart Employee Abuse Forum - http://members.aol.com/walmopboy/abuse/ Reports of abuse and unfair tactics by Wal-Mart toward employees. Forum with names and examples.
	NPR : Slate's Michael Kinsley: Wal-Mart Love-Hate - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1578326 Slate founding editor Michael Kinsley shares his thoughts with NPR's Alex Chadwick about the retailing behemoth Wal-Mart, and how a company that generates so much antagonism can be so successful. [5:14 Realaudio streaming broadcast]
	WalmartSucks.org - http://walmartsucksorg.blogspot.com Complaint site.

	NPR : Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott on Being on Top - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1803960 NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Wal-Mart president and CEO Lee Scott about the benefits of being a top Fortune 500 company and the problems that come with the prestige. [13-minute Realaudio streaming broadcast]
	When Wal-Mart Comes to Town - http://www.inc.com/magazine/19930701/3644.html Inc. Magazine's article about how a small Maine town reacted to Wal-Mart's opening three stores in the area.
	Walmart Workers Canada - http://www.walmartworkerscanada.com Campaign by the UFCW to unionise Wal-Mart stores in Canada.

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