Stop Shopping! Buy Nothing Day NYC 2008

Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping hit the streets today as early as 4am to meet shoppers in their annual Buy Nothing Day tradition (Celebrated Nov. 28th in the U.S. and Nov. 29th Internationally)...

Wal-Mart's Black Friday: the Tragic Death of Jdimypai Damour

The death of Jdimypai Damour is a tragedy that has been further compounded by the circumstances under which it occurred.Mr. Damour, 34, a temporary employee of the retail behemoth Wal-Mart who worked at a Long...

Retailers Move to Liquidate Stock With Early Sales

Most, if not all, retailers in the US will be throwing massive Black Friday sales this weekend and slashing their prices in an effort to draw shoppers into stores and inject some much-needed dollars into the...

The Father of Buy Nothing Day--Ted Dave

One day in 1991 artist Ted Dave gave birth to an international movement over a coffee and a muffin. Dave was working in downtown Vancouver when he realized that he was wasting $20 dollars a week on trifles such as...

What Does Buy Nothing Day Mean this Holiday Season?

When I was growing up my mother worked in a small local book and gift store. I would always go there after school and sit in the back room watching the employees dart about. This is where I learned about Black...

Buy Everything Day

this is not how buy nothing day was supposed to go down."NEW YORK - Shoppers — shrugging off a spate of lead-tainted toy recalls and higher prices for food and gas — jammed stores before dawn Friday to grab discounted TVs, toys and the hard-to-find Nintendo Wii, for the...

Buy Nothing Day aims to cut consumption rates

"Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. In 2007, Buy Nothing Day falls on November 23rd in North America and November 24th internationally.[1] It was...

Critical Mass Event to Celebrate Buy Nothing Day

Who doesn't love Velolove? Always something going on - kudos, bike folks!____ "Buy Nothing Highway-Busting Critical MassFriday, November 24Join fellow bicyclists, skaters, and bladers for a leisurely and spirited ride and roll through the streets of Vancouver recognizing Buy...

Buy Nothing Day : Adbusters

05 Days, 20 Hours, 14 Minutes, 25 Seconds to go! For 24 hours, millions of people around the world do not participate -- in the doomsday economy, the marketing mind-games, and the frantic consumer-binge that's...

Adbusters: Buy Nothing Day

Adbusters wants you to buy nothing.

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