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PLEASE JOIN THE HORIZON INSTITUTE and the UCLA LABOR CENTER for a discussion with PROFESSOR NELSON LICHTENSTEIN, UC-Santa Barbara author of the just-released THE RETAIL REVOLUTION: HOW WAL-MART CREATED A BRAVE NEW WORLD OF BUSINESS When: Wednesday, September 2, Noon-2 pm Where: UCLA Downtown Labor Center, 675 S. Parkview, Los Angeles 90057 Please RSVP to kcandaele@sbcglobal.net <mailto:kcandaele@sbcglobal.net> . The event is free. Parking next door is available for five dollars. Light refreshments will be served. Note: the Labor Center is in downtown LA, not the main UCLA campus. Wal-Mart, the import/retail powerhouse has changed the American economic landscape. This is your chance for an in-depth talk with the scholar who knows how Wal-Mart works, where it comes from and what it means for today's labor movement and the hope for economic recovery. Nelson Lichtenstein is the author of The State of the Union: A Century of American Labor (Princeton University Press, 2002) and Walter Reuther: The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit (Basic Books, 1995). He is the winner of the Taft Prize for Best Book in Labor History This event is cosponsored by the Horizon Institute, a progressive think tank focusing on the role of government, business, and community. Learn more here: http://www.horizon-institute.com/index.html <http://www.horizon-institute.com/index.html> and the UCLA Labor Center http://www.labor.ucla.edu Peter Dreier Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics Chair, Urban & Environmental Policy Program Occidental College 1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041 Phone: (323) 259-2913 FAX: (323) 259-2734 Website: http://employees.oxy.edu/dreier "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality" - Dante ----- End forwarded message -----
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