Recent revelations in Wall Street Journal cast new light on dangerous, anti-democratic ideology behind friendly facade of “Florida’s hometown grocer”… Farmworkers and their allies fast outside Publix headquarters in Lakeland, Florida, during a week-long, non-violent protest in March of 2012, calling on Publix to join the leading human rights program in the field of social responsibility, the Fair Food Program. Recent revelations in Wall Street Journal cast new light on dangerous, anti-democratic ideology behind friendly facade of “Florida’s hometown grocer”… Real reasons for Publix’s stubborn refusal to join award-winning human rights program may only now be coming into focus… Before we get to the disturbing news about Publix from the Wall Street Journal this week, it is worth remembering, one more time, what actually happened on January 6th in our nation’s capital. The details of that day — which, painful as they are, we will all re-live again this week through the impeachment trial — are important to fully understanding both the news that follows, and, as you read on, the distant echoes of that news from Publix’s Campaign for Fair Food past. On January 6th, in a park behind the White House known as the Ellipse, supporters of then-president Donald Trump held a rally dedicated to the proposition — the thoroughly debunked proposition — that an elaborate, multi-state conspiracy of voter fraud, corrupt elections officials, and “fake news” combined to steal the 2020 presidential election from their candidate. Organized around the slogan “Stop the Steal,” thousands of rally-goers were whipped into a frenzy by speakers, including President Trump himself, urging those gathered to “fight like hell,” to impose their will through “trial by combat,” and to march straight from the rally to the Capitol building, where lawmakers were certifying President Biden’s electoral victory, to demand a stop to the certification and the confirmation of President Trump’s re-election instead. The rally-goers proceeded to march up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol, where a mob formed and stormed the seat of Congress in a sea of Trump banners and Confederate flags. They overwhelmed the Capitol Police, beat one officer to death and injured countless more, broke windows and destroyed property throughout the building, defecated inside and smeared their feces on the walls, rifled through key leaders’ desks and stole laptops with sensitive information, and eventually walked out hours later, freely into the night, declaring that they would be back — only next time with more violence — as they left a trail of destruction and death in their wake. Two more police officers ultimately took their own lives in the days following the stunning mob violence at the Capitol. In short, some of our country’s most ill-informed citizens — egged on by some of our most dishonest, and guided by some of our most evil — attacked and deeply wounded one of the most important symbols of our representative democracy, the US Congress, an institution that sits squarely at the heart of every pivotal moment in our nation’s history, from the American Revolution to the Civil Rights Movement. They did so in an attempt to seize the power of the Executive in the name of the losing presidential candidate and erase the votes of more than 80,000,000 of their fellow Americans. And the rally leading to that attack was paid for, in large part, by a member of the family that founded, and largely still controls, Publix. Yes, Publix. Read the CIW's full analysis post on the disturbing news about Publix from the Wall Street Journal! Coalition of Immokalee Workers (239) 657 8311 | [email protected] | www.ciw-online.org Connect with us ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Coalition of Immokalee Workers | 110 S 2nd St, Immokalee, FL 34142 Unsubscribe [email protected] Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!