Yes indeed, in this week’s top ‘believe it or not’ story (here on Al Jazeera), capitalist running pig-dog lackeys Wal-Mart are now trading in China. Apparently it’s going well, and they’ve even celebrated by setting up their own branch of the Communist Party for staff.

Yes, you read that right - Wal-Mart are digging into their pocket to do their bit in helping spread Communism. We know from the US that they’re keen on state provision when it means they can avoid paying themselves for little extras like their healthcare obligations to staff, but this is a pretty hefty about turn
And it doesn’t stop there. There’s a Chinese Wal-Mart union too. The firm that does so much to avoid unions at home hasn’t been able to get around Chinese laws requiring employers to let employees form a union if there are more than 25 of them that wish to. Let’s hope that’s one more ‘made in China’ that makes it back to Wal-Mart’s shelves in the States.

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