Film: "Store Wars"

In the U.S., Wal-Mart opens a new mega-store every two business days. This is the story of the impact of discount chain stores on American towns and cities, and on our society as a whole. "Store Wars" follows events in Ashland, VA, over a one-year period, from the first stormy public hearing that galvanizes residents’ opposition through the Town Council’s final vote on a proposed Wal-Mart store. Arguments for the store (tax revenues, low prices, jobs) and against it (destroys small town character, traffic, low-end jobs) are articulated and hotly debated.

The film will be followed by an open discussion.

Suggested donation $5 - $10. Sponsored by World Centric, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, and Peace Umbrella of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto.