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PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Vancouver, B.C.-based anti-corporate activist group is taking on sneaker giant Nike, with plans to market $60 pairs of plain canvas shoes that are a long way from Nike's signature showy athletic footwear. Adbusters Media Foundation says it hopes to "transform capitalism" with its $1 million campaign, with funding from investors and sales of its magazine. The group plans to take out a full page ad in The New York Times within the next two months to promote its blackSpot sneaker campaign, designed to "show that we have the power to un-cool megabrands," said Kalle Lasn, the...