The High Cost of Low Prices Documentary film aimed at changing the largest company on earth. The film features the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to survive in a Wal-Mart world. "It's an emotional journey that will challenge the way you think, feel... and shop."

Our Town DVD
In the fall of 2005 Wal-Mart announced plans to build a SuperCenter in a small coastal Maine town. The range of citizen responses soon created a fissure that divided the community. On one side were those who wanted convenience, jobs, increased tax revenues, and rolled back prices. On the other side were those who sought to protect the local landscape and economy from out-of-scale development and out-of-town corporate colonization.

Ourtown follows the struggle of one community, challenged by the largest corporation in the world. Ultimately, the film asks the questions: what kind of town do you want to live in and who holds the power to determine the fate of your community?

This DVD is available via OWM on a week loan - email Lee to reserve it.

Sprawl-Busters
An International Clearinghouse on Big Box Anti-Sprawl Information.

Wake Up Wal-Mart
19 States, 35 Cities, 35 Days, 1 Mission: Change Wal-Mart, Change America.

Wal-Mart Watch
In Spring 2005, Wal-Mart Watch began its nationwide public education campaign to challenge the world's largest retailer to become a better employer, neighbor, and corporate citizen.

Wal-Mart Fact Checker
Takes what Wal-Mart says and checks it against the facts.

Big Box Toolkit
Concise and compelling information about the impacts of big-box stores. Download and distribute these fact sheets, or enlarge and display them as posters at meetings.

Boycott Wal-Mart
The Indy Post reports on why you should wipe that smiling yellow face off your shopping list.

Paying the Price at Wal-Mart
The AFL-CIO keeps tabs on Wal-Mart ."Looking to buy a low-cost TV at Wal-Mart? Better look again. That $60 TV may seem like a good deal, but ultimately, every taxpayer pays the price for Wal-Mart's cheap goods."

Articles, Studies and Resources on Wal-Mart
Reclaim Democracy has a treasure trove of articles, studies, and inside documents about how Wal-Mart operates.

The Case for Breaking Up Wal-Mart
For a historical perspective of Wal-Mart. Barry C. Lynn in Harper's Magazine, Monday 24 July 2006.

International Labor Rights Forum
ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide.

Living Wage Policies And Wal-Mart
How a higher wage standard would impact WM workers and shoppers.

List of Links
A downward push: the impact of Wal-Mart on retail wages and benefits

Michael Shuman on Alternative Radio today... on the 'small-mart revolution'
The end of the 20th century saw an extraordinary change in scale in world trade. Supply lines became ever longer. We get water from Fiji, grapes from Chile and almost everything else from China. Corporate chain stores proliferate. Globalization is constructed on a foundation of cheap and endless oil, gas and coal. The environmental consequences of this system are enormous. As a perfect storm of peak oil, climate change and economic instability looms, going local is making more and more sense. You can see shifts in the paradigm. For example, there is a rapid growth in and popularity of farmers' markets and CSAs, Community Supported Agriculture. The latter is a method for the public to create a relationship with a local farm and to receive a weekly basket of fresh food.

Arizona
Avondale: Arizonans Against Wal-Mart
Gilbert: No Downtown Wal-Mart
Flagstaff: Friends of Flagstaff's Future
Riggs: Riggs Residents for Retail Diversity

California
Elk Grove: Elk Grove Coalition Advocating Proper Planning
Fortuna: Fortuna First!
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Rosemead: Save Our Community
Ripon: Citizens Against Ripon Establishing Superstores (news)
In Santa Maria California, the City Council denied a request to rezone property to develop a Supercenter on the edge of town, finding that that the proposal would conflict with the City’s plans to revitalize its downtown business district.

Colorado
Colorado Springs: Soaring Eagles Community Coalition
Denver: Denver Boycott Wal-Mart meet up
Frisco: Frisco Business Alliance (defeated Home Depot- report)
Longmont: Longmont Residents for Responsible Development
Westminster: No72ndAveWalmart.com
Woodland Park: stopwoodlandwalmart.org

Conneticut
Stafford:Stafford First

Florida
St. Petersburg and Orlando: WARN

Georgia
Laka Allatoona: Friends of Lake Allatoona
Duluth: SMART Growth Gwinnett

Idaho
Moscow: Yes Moscow, No SuperWalmart

Illinois
Murphysboro: Friends for Fair Growth
Springfield: Southwest Springfield Neighbors Association

Kansas
West Lawrence: West Lawrence Neighborhood Association
Kansas City (see K.C., Missouri)

Maine
Damariscotta: Our Town Damariscotta
Thomaston: Contact--Daryl Hahn 354-6769
Westbrook: Citizen's Concerned for Westbrook's Future

Massachusetts
Hadley:Hadley Neighbors for Sensible Development
Raynham: Raynham First

Michigan
Independence: Citizens For Orderly Growth
Pittsfield: Pittsfield Community First

Missouri
Kansas City Area: ReclaimDemocracy.org, Kansas City Chapter
Baldwin: UFCW local 655
Boonville: Not So Super for Boonville

Montana
Polson: Lake County First

New Jersey
Statewide: StopWalmartNJ.com
Deptford: CCOdeptford.com
Edison: StopWalmart NJ - Edison page
Lacey: Concerned Citizens of Lacey(Home Depot)
Lumberton: StopWalmartNJ - Lumberton page
Voorhees: SaveVoorhees.org
Trenton area: LetsStopWalmart.org

New York
Ballston: Ballston Citizens for Sustainable Communities
Ballston Spa: Concerned Citizens for Smart Growth
Brunswick: Brunswick Smart Growth
Liverpool: Liverpool First
New York City: Wal-Mart Free NYC
New York City: Neighborhood Retail Alliance
New York City: Wal-Mart No Way!
Potsdam: Citizens for Responsible Growth
Rotterdam: Save Rotterdam
Tompkins County: Tompkins County Living Wage Coalition

Ohio
Cleveland: No Cleveland Wal-Mart
Fairfax: Fairfax First
Liberty Township: Liberty Township Powell Neighborhood Watch Foundation

Oregon
Statewide: Democracy for Oregon
Beaverton/Cedar Hills: Save Cedar Mill
Cedar Mill: SaveCedarMill.com
Cornelius: Cornelius First
Gresham: Onward Oregon, Gresham First, NoWalMart in Gresham
Hood River: Hood River Citizens for Responsible Growth
Portland (Sellwood/Ardenwald): Neighbors Against A Sellwood/Ardenwald Walmart
In Bend Oregon, a City hearing officer denied Wal-Mart’s superstore application on the grounds that it had failed to show that Bend could accommodate the "enormous amount of additional traffic" the store would generate.

Pennsylvania
Dillsburg: Carroll Citizens for Sensible Growth
Lebanon County/North Cornwall Township: Lebanon County Citizens for Responsible Growth
Penn Hills: Citizens of Penn Hills
Slate Belt: Slatebelt Concerned Citizens

Texas
Austin: Responsible Growth for Northcross
Austin: Austin Independent Business Alliance, ACRCLE
Highland Village: Highliand Village Unite
Lake Highlands: No Big Box, No Way

Utah
Logan: Stop Logan Walmart

Vermont
Statewide: Vermont Wal-Mart Watch, Preservation Trust of Vermont
Bennington: Keep the Cap
St. Albans: NW Citizens for Responsible Growth

Washington
Gig Harbor: Peninsula Neighborhood Association
North Snohomish: North Snohomish Community Matters
Pullman: Pullman Alliance for Responsible Development
Spokane: No South Hill Wal-Mart
Tumwater: ReclaimDemocracy.org, Olympia Chapter
Yelm: Yelm Commerce Group

Wisconsin
Monona: A Better Monona
Spooner: Washburn County First