We need to stand together and stop another one of Walmarts violations against our life. These are Ancient Aztec ruins that they plan on building over. Lets start by signing this and try to stop them..
A Wal-Mart Superstore opened in 2004 in Mexico, 1.9 miles away from the historic Teotihuacán archaeological site and Pyramid of the Moon. Although Wal-Mart's proposal received protest and media attention, the location was supported by Mexico's National Anthropology Institute, the United Nations, and the Paris-based International Council on Monuments and Sites.
Local merchants, helped by environmental groups and anti-globalization groups opposed the construction, and poet Homero Aridjis joined the protest characterizing the opening as "supremely symbolic" and "...like planting the staff of globalization in the heart of ancient Mexico."
Archaeologists oversaw construction and discovered a small clay and stone altar along with some other artifacts where the store's parking lot is now located.
In 1998, Wal-Mart proposed construction of a store off of Charlotte Pike near Nashville, Tennessee. The building site was home to both American Indian burial grounds and a Civil War battle site. Protests were mounted by American Indians and the Civil War interest groups, but the Wal-Mart was eventually constructed after moving graves and some modifications of the site so as not to interfere with the battlefield. Civil War relics were also discovered at the site. The project developers, JDN Realty of Atlanta, donated land to permit access to the Civil War historic site. The Indian burials were removed and re-buried.
We are boycotting your stores indefinitely!
