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DESCRIPTION:***"Wizard of Oz" characters protest war, consumerism, & Gap***\nDorothy 
 entreats America to stop the war, become consumers of conscience!\nSat, Dec 
 14, 11:00 AM,  Union Square (Geary & Powell), San Francisco \n\nMeet 
 Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Glynda & Munchkins as they melt "The 
 Wicked Witch of Corporate Greed" Skits, songs, & lollipops to protest 
 Fisher logging, Gap sweatshops, and war-fueling consumerism "Wizard of Oz" 
 characters in full regalia will "follow the yellow brick road" from Gap 
 store to Gap store around Union Square, this Saturday, December 14, 
 starting at 11:00 a.m., with skits, songs, lollipops, and leaflets in 
 protest of corporate greed.  Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Good Witch 
 Glynda & Munchkins will entreat shoppers to patronize "munchkin" stores  
 ("Shop Mom & Pop, fair trade & green!  Don't feed corporate greed!"), and 
 to boycott "Wicked Witch" corporations such as Gap, whose practices are 
 destroying Emerald City (our redwood forests) and Munchkin Values 
 (democracy, the common good).  Oz further protests "Wicked Witch of the 
 West" war policies that seek to dominate the earth's remaining oil supplies 
 and all trade, fueled by greed and out-of-control consumerism. The "Wizard 
 of Oz" rap against the Gap:\n.  Gap's ruling Fisher family is destroying 
 California's redwood forests with clear-cutting and toxic herbicides, and, 
 not satisfied with that, recently applied for a "license to kill endangered 
 species" throughout their vast redwood forest holdings.\n.  Using 
 quantities of fuel, and polluting the oceans, Gap searches the globe for 
 cheap, unprotected labor--in 55 countries--and for cheap raw 
 products--cotton grown in places like Uzbekistan with horrendous pesticide 
 pollution and water depletion problems.\n"In Munchkinland businesses are 
 small, local, and responsible to the common good, the wealth is shared, no 
 one goes hungry or lacks shelter, friendship abounds, and general evils 
 (such as the Wicked Witch of the West, or Corporate Greed) are dealt with 
 stoutly and by consensus," said the Good Witch, Glinda.  "Think!" cried 
 the Scarecrow, "It takes brains to 'connect the dots' between consumerism 
 and war."  "Why don't they use Veggie Diesel!" cried the Tin Man, oiling 
 his joints. "It takes courage to fight the military-industrial complex!" 
 roared the Lion.  "Please have the heart, brains, and courage to protest 
 this war and become consumers of conscience!" said Dorothy, as she clicked 
 her heels.\n\n###\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/13793.php
SUMMARY:***"Wizard of Oz" characters protest war, consumerism, & Gap***
LOCATION:Union Square (Geary & Powell), San Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/13793.php
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