When Wal-Mart comes to town

Gary Younge, in the Guardian describes the immense cultural and economic power of Wal-Mart. In America, free speech is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, but that doesn't stop Wal-Mart from censoring CD lyrics, de-listing magazines, or broadcasting its support for the Gulf War on its in-store CCTV channel. Wal-Mart has more customers per day than the whole population of Britain, and more people in its uniform than the US Army has.