Buy Nothing Day! November 27/28(everyday!!!)

Below is a short description/depiction of Buy nothing Day!, which i copy and pasted from wildcat General strike site...


Buy Nothing Day was a radical concept when we first introduced it 20 years ago. It struck a blow against the very heart of our consumer culture. For the first decade of its existence it had a profound and sweeping effect, shining a light on the dark side of consumerism at a time when the world was largely oblivious to its insidious effects. Year after year it fired up the world’s imagination – inspiring its fair share of sympathy and solidarity, resistance and mockery. I remember people laughing their heads off at the sight of my BND button. But somehow, as the years wore on (and despite the fact that last year it was celebrated in 65 countries around the world), the day seems to be losing its edge. Now, as humanity faces crises of ecology, psychology and faith, the time has come to rethink the day, to reanimate it with new intensity, purpose and scale.

This year we’re calling for a wildcat general strike. On November 27/28 we’re asking tens of millions of people around the world to bring the capitalist consumption machine to a grinding – if only momentary – halt. We want you to shut off your lights, your televisions and other nonessential appliances. We want you to park your car, turn off your phones and log off your computer for the day. We’re calling for a Ramadan-like fast. From sunrise to sunset, we abstain en masse. Not only from shopping but from all the temptations of our five-planet lifestyles.

Instead we’ll feed our spirits and minds with a feast of subversive activities: pranks, shenanigans, credit card cut-ups, bicycle swarms, mall invasions and all manner of culture jams and creative détournements … and some of us will take things even further with sit-ins, demonstrations, passive resistance and acts of nonviolent defiance, anarchy and civil disobedience. If we can create a big enough ruckus on November 27/28, then we may be able to catalyze what the Situationists tried to set in motion half a century ago: a chain reaction of refusal against consumer capitalism … a sudden, unexpected moment of truth … the first ever global revolution.

yeah lets stop keeping up with the joneses!tama ba sir?when you buy,you deplete earths resources and also you are supporting big businesses who are of course the instigators of 3rd world exploitation.ewan ko kung tama pag kainitindi ko.

Buy nothing but a second rate trying hard copycat!!!

pweeeee!!!

ukinam1978 wrote:

yeah lets stop keeping up with the joneses!tama ba sir?when you buy,you deplete earths resources and also you are supporting big businesses who are of course the instigators of 3rd world exploitation.ewan ko kung tama pag kainitindi ko.

well said ...

rupert wrote:

ukinam1978 wrote:

yeah lets stop keeping up with the joneses!tama ba sir?when you buy,you deplete earths resources and also you are supporting big businesses who are of course the instigators of 3rd world exploitation.ewan ko kung tama pag kainitindi ko.

well said ...

akala ko di ko na matandaan.i remember this concept from way back collecge as we were assigned to do a research on global warming.isa ito sa mga naka tawag pansin sa akin na konsepto.actually dapat naman talaga gawin to e.need not greed concept etc.

Manghihingi nalang ako sa BUY NOTHING DAY!