buy nothing november 25th!!
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This is the latest from the front: It's that time of the year again: BUY NOTHING DAY!!!!! In less than a month, millions of people around the world will ask for the ultimate refund -- by opting out of consumer culture. For 24 hours on Buy Nothing Day, November 25, we remember that no one was born to shop, we pause, make a small choice to participate by not participating, and we regain some calm. What will you do to tell Nike, McDonald's, Walmart and the rest that enough is enough? Why not run with some ideas dreamt up by the more than 3,500 jammers who took part in last year's biggest ever Buy Nothing Day? Set up credit card cut ups, don white coats and vaccinate against affluenza, give out free samples of nothing - anything to show that the best things in life are free. You can find more ideas and tools in the Action Pyramid at: www.adbusters.org/bnd If you haven't done so already, join your local jammergroup to coordinate with like-minded individuals: www.adbusters.org/bndjammergroups As your plans come together,let us know at: bnd@adbusters.org The catalyst for change: TRUE COST ECONOMICS Before economics can progress it must abandon its suicidal formalism. - Robert Heilbroner The neoclassical economics paradigm is ripe for the picking and we're due for an entirely new way of measuring progress. This mindshift could be pulled off by a small number of economics students in a few prominent universities around the world triggering visceral debates within their departments. And to help catalyze this process, we've come up with an exciting experiment -- campus jammergroups -- that allows students to come together and harmonize their efforts. Discussions have already begun at hundreds of campuses. Now we just need to energize them. So encourage any economics students you know to check out , find their local campus jammergroup and start organizing. Before you know it, economics students everywhere will move from arguing with their professors in class, to nailing manifestoes on their doors, to shaming them at teach ins, and eventually grabbing them by the scruffs of their necks and tossing them out of power. www.truecosteconomics.org Adbusters vs. Big Broadcasters: MEDIA CARTA Here's the latest in our legal action to blast open the doors that prevent grassroots access to the airwaves. We've taken the government and Canada's biggest television broadcasters -- CTV, CanWest Global, CBC and CHUM -- to court because they've denied us the right to buy airtime for our advocacy TV messages. The defendants are ganging up to have the case dismissed -- what are they afraid of? -- but we're not going away. The airwaves belong to the public, and we want them back. By January, their stall tactics should be exhausted and the broadcasting fraternity will be back on the defensive. Look for updates and background and sign up for the Media Carta at: www.mediacarta.org ------------------- Get this from a friend? Want to join the Culture Jammers Network? Visit: adbusters.org/network/ - DRC , posted 11/01/05 |
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