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Wal-Mart, the new southern plantation

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

Oak Alley Plantation, Louisiana, built in 1839

A Wal-Mart, Arkansas, contemporary
Wal-Mart, the new southern plantation
“Throughout its career, at home and abroad, Wal-Mart has maintained two key policies: a paternalistic attitude and a powerful aversion to trade unions…Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, was only slightly exaggerating when he said that Wal-Mart was […]

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Virtualised urban space

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

New Scientist: The speedy way to capture a city
“Imagine if the first soldiers to enter an enemy city could map it street by street, recording every window and doorway of the urban battlefield in an accurate 3D model that could instantly be relayed to their comrades at base…The concept is similar to building a virtual […]

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