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Hey All,

The Sunday Night Sound System is show on WRFU-LP Urbana 104.5 FM that plays host to local electronic DJ's every Sunday night from 7PM till 10PM. Genres usually include house, drum n' bass, jungle, minimal, techno, disco, and if we are lucky polka.

Sunday SNSS will be broadcasting live outside on the U-C IMC's front steps.

Come support your local IMC, your community radio station, and the local electronic scene.

Regulators Slap Wal-Mart for Misleading Organic Consumers
by Cornucopia Institute

WISCONSIN - May 8 - Consumer fraud investigators in the state of Wisconsin released their findings this week after a three-month long investigation into allegations that Wal-Mart stores throughout the state of Wisconsin had misled consumers by misidentifying conventional food items as organic.

Security Cameras and HQ Squads: Wal-Mart’s Union-Busting Tactics
by Andrew Clark

NEW YORK - The world’s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, today stands accused of routinely flouting its workers’ human rights through a sophisticated strategy of harassing union organisers, discriminating against long-term staff and indoctrinating employees with misleading propaganda. In a forensic indictment based on two years’ research, the Washington-based pressure group Human Rights Watch lifts the lid on Wal-Mart’s aggressive tactic of stamping on the slightest sign that workers are organising representation.

Wal-Mart's Appeal denied
by http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/

Largest Gender Discrimination Lawsuit in U. S. History Moves Forward
Today, was a great victory for equal rights, women workers at Wal-Mart, and all Americans.

In a 2-1 decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2004 federal judge's decision to let the nation's largest class-action employment discrimination lawsuit go to trial. The suit, as the Associated Press reports, claims that as many as 1.5 million current and former female employees at Wal-Mart earned less than men and were bypassed for promotions.

Wal-Mart Abuses Female Employees
by Thalia Syracopoulous

As a mother, grandmother and now even great-grandmother I have lots of shopping I want to do for this holiday season. This is a busy time of year and there is much I'd love to buy. Like many others, I don't have enough money to do it all, so I have to think before I shop.

I have to think about what to buy and where to shop. Good quality and affordable price are major considerations but they are not the only important things. I want my choices to be for the good of my family and my community, and women are an incredibly important part of my community.

In case you didn't hear it, National Public Radio's All Things Considered (heard locally on WILL AM580) had a report Sunday evening on the court case that one observor said may be "the last straw...in resegregating our society" in America. The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether the use of race as a factor in assigning students to schools to fight segregation is legal. This is the sort of system that the Champaign schools have been using as a way to satisfy court-ordered remedies for the results of racially skewed educational outcomes for black students.

First, vote on November 7th!

Then, come celebrate with local Green Party candidates and volunteers!

Champaign county board candidate Joe Futrelle and his wife Bethany Cooper will be hosting an election night extravaganza at their home at 1205 S. Race Street in Urbana. The festivities begin at 8pm and there will be food, drink, and live updates from the vote count throughout the evening. All are welcome!