Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Lab Section Exercise: Technology & Social Resistance

The general theme of this website is real change- to benefit Wal-Mart communities.

This site aims to resist:

Discrimination
Health Care
Environment
Labor Relations
Political Influence
Community Impact
Corporate Culture
Supply Chain

This website belongs to Polanyi's Counter Movement because its resistance to free market economy and social institutions

On the control side Walmart controls the Structural Power- power over decision-making, rules and laws

On the resistance side Walmart watch also controls the Structural Power- this makes for a bigger more influential battle

ICT's are used to make resistance?

To enforce idea via the internet

Taylor Neagli
Danielle Storseth

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