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Related: About this forumPickets at Art Pope stores reach small-town North Carolina
Pickets at stores owned by conservative donor and North Carolina budget director Art Pope entered their third week, expanding into towns and cities with a more conservative political reputation.
The North Carolina NAACP, along with the state AFL-CIO and Democracy North Carolina, have organized pickets in 17 locations across the state in December, starting with events at Maxway and Roses stores owned by Pope in Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte.
In the last two weeks, pickets have rippled out to smaller towns and cities with a more conservative political history in response to requests from local activists, many inspired by the NAACP-led Moral Monday protests in North Carolina this year. Recent pickets have been held in Burlington, Dunn, Elizabeth City, Rocky Mount and Wilson.
The documentary group Story of America produced a short video about the picket in Burlington, a town with a population of 50,000 about a half-hour drive northwest of the Triangle area. Here's the video:
The North Carolina NAACP, along with the state AFL-CIO and Democracy North Carolina, have organized pickets in 17 locations across the state in December, starting with events at Maxway and Roses stores owned by Pope in Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte.
In the last two weeks, pickets have rippled out to smaller towns and cities with a more conservative political history in response to requests from local activists, many inspired by the NAACP-led Moral Monday protests in North Carolina this year. Recent pickets have been held in Burlington, Dunn, Elizabeth City, Rocky Mount and Wilson.
The documentary group Story of America produced a short video about the picket in Burlington, a town with a population of 50,000 about a half-hour drive northwest of the Triangle area. Here's the video:
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Pickets at Art Pope stores reach small-town North Carolina (Original Post)
octoberlib
Dec 2013
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Art Pope doesn't give a crap about anybody but millionaires and billionaires,
octoberlib
Dec 2013
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klook
(12,155 posts)1. Here's a list of this scumbag's crappy stores, in case you have any near you
Let's Go Shopping with Art Pope - Interesting profile of the Pope retail empire from a NC weekly
This guy could easily be the proprietor of Swillmart, the hilarious creation of the brilliant Bruce McCall:
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)2. Art Pope doesn't give a crap about anybody but millionaires and billionaires,
yet he's making all of his money off of the middle and lower classes.
littlemissmartypants
(22,656 posts)3. And the Klan. Don't forget the Klan. eom