Month January 2004

UFCW Local 770 President Ricardo Icaza Addressing the crowd minutes before being arrested for civil disobedience  

Civil disobedience arrests.

A family deposed by force A married couple, survivalists who sold surplus military equipment, were raided by police. They were eventually jailed on rather minor charges, their home was bulldozed (bulldozed!), and the husband forced to serve his full term…

Slotting fees: Crack cocaine for the supermarkets Oligopoly Watch details how slotting fees, which are kickbacks the big supermarket chains charge their vendors, are a primary reason these chains are losing out to Wal-Mart, who doesn’t charge these “fees”. You read…