University Students Protest Wal-Mart Exec’s Visit

When Wal-Mart’s Vice President for Ethical Sourcing, Rajan Kamalanathan, came to speak at Georgetown University yesterday, the students didn’t take it sitting down. Georgetown Solidarity Committee rallied in the campus square to set the record straight about Wal-Mart’s ethical standards. Georgetown’s student paper, the Georgetown Voice, has more on the rally.

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Thursday, September 06, 2007

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Ethical sourcing; that would lead one to believe that WM is somehow ethical.

Ethical Wal-Mart, it goes together like Jumbo-Shrimp, military intelligence, and compassionate conservatives, wouldn’t that be considered an oxymoron

Big D in
Thursday, September 06 at 07:45 PM

Sorry, there should have been a question mark after oxymoron.

Big D in
Thursday, September 06 at 07:48 PM

Oh, my! A group of pampered, spoiled, shelter Trust Fund babies from Georgetown protested against Wal-Mart! It’s the end of the world!

Have these students ever been to Wal-Mart? Or do they protest to pick up bonus points from their liberal professors?

I am a graduate of a Jesuit school. I find it hard to believe that another Jesuit school could be so liberal. Apparently, these brats feel that poor people would be better off with fewer jobs and higher prices.

This proves the old saying: “If you’re not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative at 40, you have no brain”.

Go to class, trust funders. While you’re at it, take a closer look at the practices of Starbucks, Target, Apple & Nike just to name a few.

Nick in
Thursday, September 06 at 08:22 PM

Do I Detect a Little of That “Class Envy,” Nick?

A group of pampered, spoiled, shelter Trust Fund babies… these brats...

Take that wannabe whine out of your “voice,” Nick. Those “brats” are someday going to be the future capitalists of America and the world. We all know how you worship and adore capitalism. It’s not their fault you didn’t have the brains or the bucks to go to a school like Georgetown.

ScrewedbyWal-Mart in Anytwon, America
Thursday, September 06 at 11:39 PM

Shouldn’t the addition of campus protests be seen as a major escalation in the war against Wal-mart?

A group of pampered, spoiled, shelter Trust Fund babies...

If we substituted ‘old people’ for ‘babies’, wouldn’t that quote apply to the Walton’s? Like George Bush, they were born on third base but think they hit a triple.

I am a graduate of a Jesuit school.

You strip me of my admiration for the Jesuits, Nick.

Ken V in Texas
Friday, September 07 at 02:13 AM

ken v,what a terrific comeback about the baseball analogy-love it and spot on! ID SAY THE JESUITS WOULD HAVE BEEN PLEASED TO HAVE YOU AS A STUDENT.

ddrb in
Friday, September 07 at 08:33 PM

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