Description targetboycott.org ----Learn more---Take Action---Sign the Petition---- In January, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations can spend unlimited $$ in our elections. In July, Target gave $150000 to the anti-gay, anti-worker candidate for Gov. of MN. Last week, a quarter million people pledged to boycott Target Yesterday . . . "Paid for by MoveOn.org Political Action, http Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. MoveOn.org Civic Action is a 501(c)(4) organization which primarily focuses on nonpartisan education and advocacy on important national issues. MoveOn.org Political Action is a federal political committee which primarily helps members elect candidates who reflect our values through a variety of activities aimed at influencing the outcome of the next election. MoveOn.org Political Action and MoveOn.org Civic Action are separate organizations"agit-pop, other 98%, Target, boycott, moveon, Backbone Campaign, Stop Washington Corruption, Tom Emmer Gregg SteinhafelTarget Ain't Peoplehttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/DOXiY2T8oLo2010-08-22T23:54:32.000Z2010-11-09T04:53:06.000ZTRUTalk: Sow 2 : Target Boycott ("Target Ain't People")Last weekend a group of activists gave a public demonstration in a Minnesota Target store (The Company's home state) in response to Target contributing 150000$ to Ultra-Conservative MN Republican Tom Emmer, who is a racist and bigot. While Target at first defended the donation, Target CEO Greg Steinhafel later apologized about it's intent for the donation (newsoxy.com/politics/target-apologizes-political-donation-14137.html) siting that it was intended to support Emmer's economic issues, such as job creation, and not his social issues, such as his hatred of homosexuals and non-whites. The video for the MoveOn.org Boycott demonstration is here: youtube.com/watch?v=9FhMMmqzbD8 Here is my general response to the matter.EBTL0947http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/EBTL0947NewsLast weekend a group of activists gave a public demonstration in a Minnesota Target store (The Company's home state) in response to Target contributing 150000$ to Ultra-Conservative MN Republican Tom Emmer, who is a racist and bigot. While Target at first defended the donation, Target CEO Greg Steinhafel later apologized about it's intent for the donation (newsoxy.com/politics/target-apologizes-political-donation-14137.html) siting that it was intended to support Emmer's economic issues, such as job creation, and not his social issues, such as his hatred of homosexuals and non-whites. The video for the MoveOn.org Boycott demonstration is here: youtube.com/watch?v=9FhMMmqzbD8 Here is my general response to the matter.
