Activists in Fairbanks, Alaska are engaging in a little Saul Alinsky type organizing. To show their true feelings about Wal-Mart, Fairbanks residents are going to shop at Wal-Mart-—but instead of picking something up, they’re leaving something behind. While other activists have taken up the idea of just pushing around an empty cart at Wal-Mart, in Alaska they’re filling those carts up with merchandise. Here’s their report: “A modification of the 'shop 'till you drop' action is to not push around empty carts, but to stuff them full of hard-to-reshelve items and then simply leave the cart in the aisle. This...
