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Dear friends,

Please find below our most recent action alert, combining local, organic,
and
fair prices for farmers/universal access to safe, local food under one
roof.
We¹ve developed a ³buying guide² for folks looking to combine all of
the
above. Please contact me if you would like a copy.
Solidarity,
Ryan
Organic Consumers Association


  Nov.  13-Dec. 31, 2005: Buy Local, Organic, and Fair Made--Boycott
Wal-Mart and the Chains


 The  time has come to Break the Chains! The Organic  Consumers Association
<http://www.organicconsumers.org is launching the next stage of our most
ambitious campaign to date, Breaking the Chains: Buy Local, Organic,  and
Fair
Made. Between November 13 and December 31 the OCA will  mobilize from
Alaska
to Argentina, working with a critical mass of  global citizens to regain
control of our communities, our food and  commerce, and our future. Dozens
of
leading activists, organizations  and networks have already endorsed OCA's
International Call to Action.  (Find independently owned businesses near
you
and sign  the Breaking the Chains pledge:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm)

Starting  during the week of November 13-19, the OCA and allies will be
mobilizing  across the continent to draw attention to the devastating
impact
Wal-Mart  and other Big Box chains are having on local economies. At the
same
time local activists will be highlighting opportunities and alternatives
for
consumers to buy local, organic, and Fair Made products and services.  Our
goal is to have 500 actions and events for the Breaking the  Chains
Kick-off
week. Actions will include boycotts and pickets  of Wal-Mart, Starbucks and
other chains; recommended "buycotts"  of local green, organic, and
sustainable
products from independent  grocers, restaurants, coffee houses, bookstores,
and farms; House  Parties, community film screenings, and public education
events. OCA  staff will help you organize your event and promote it to the
media.  (Sign up to get involved in an event near you:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd-btc.htm)

Wal-Mart  and the multinational chains are colonizing our communities and
our
minds, North & South, East & West, rural and urban, killing  off small
businesses, exploiting workers and farmers, devastating  the environment,
and
sowing a toxic culture of cheap goods and social  unaccountability. Unless
we
stop this Wal-Martization of our communities,  and pollution of our minds,
we
can say goodbye to Fair Trade, family  farms, independent businesses,
workers
rights, and environmental sustainability.

November  25-December 31, 2005, the busiest shopping season of the year, we
call on ethically responsible people across the world to "Break  the
Chains"
of self-destructive consumerism by boycotting Wal-Mart  and other national
and
international chain stores, fast food restaurants,  corporate coffeehouses,
and products bearing the logos of the multinational  Brand Name Bullies.
Hoping to generate the largest impact possible,  during the main shopping
season of the year, we call upon the global  grassroots to Buy Local, Buy
Organic and Buy Fair Trade/Fair Made.  Help  us make Buy Local Month 2005
the
beginning of the end for Wal-Mart  and the Corporate Chains. Please join us
as
we step up the pace to  re-localize and green a just global economy.
Consumers  of the world unite! We have nothing to lose but our chains!

* Find independently owned businesses near you and sign the Breaking the
Chains pledge:
*  http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm
<http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm>
* Learn more about getting involved in an event near you:
*  http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd-btc.htm
* Donate to the OCA:
*  http://www.organicconsumers.org/donations.htm
 Please  forward this message to interested friends and colleagues!



Please note new contact information!
********************

Ryan Zinn
National Campaign Coordinator
Organic Consumers Association
PO Box 770183
Eagle River, AK 99577
916-529-4121
www.organicconsumers.org
ryan@organicconsumers.org

Campaigning for food safety, organic agriculture, sustainability, and fair
trade.