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= Black Friday Mourning March, November 25, 2011 =
= Black Friday "Buy Nothing" March, November 25, 2011 =
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; We propose a Silent March and a day of mourning on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, November 25.
Marchers will wear black, carry candles appropriate for a vigil, and remain silent.


For decades our leaders have guided Americans towards destructive emotions. We were taught to FEAR terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. We were taught that GREED was the core value of the American dream. We were taught
; Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists.  
to '''TRUST''' in our financial systems, that they were '''“too big to fail”'''. We see now that we were cold-heartedly manipulated.


As we began to understand the illusion of these emotions imposed upon us, we reacted with an emotion of our own. '''That anger took us to the streets. It created the Occupy movement.''' It’s been several weeks now, and our anger
Typically celebrated the Friday after American Thanksgiving in North America and the following day internationally, in 2011 the dates are November 25 and 26 respectively. It was founded by Vancouver artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by Adbusters magazine, based in Canada.
still lives, but as we move forward in our efforts towards action, we must first process another necessary emotion that we all share, '''BETRAYAL.'''
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Whether we in the 99% participate in the movement actively, or quietly observe from home, we share a feeling of utter betrayal from the very government and financial institutions which were supposed to protect us. Let's make that real. It’s time to express our sense of BETRAYAL and allow ourselves to mourn together. This will be an opportunity for us to unite in a very real and powerful sense. Once we acknowledge our pain, we'll be better equipped to personally recover and to take our nation back from those who betrayed us.
The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Vancouver in September 1992 "as a day for society to examine the issue of over-consumption." In 1997, it was moved to the Friday after American Thanksgiving, also called "Black Friday", which is one of the 10 busiest shopping days in the United States. Outside North America and Israel, Buy Nothing Day is the following Saturday. Adbusters was denied advertising time by almost all major television networks except for CNN, which was the only one to air their ads. Soon, campaigns started appearing in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, France, and Norway. Participation now includes more than 65 nations.<br />


; Apart from the resonance of the name "Black" Friday, this march is not a comment on the commercialism associated with this day.  
    1 Activities
    2 Criticism
    3 See also
    4 References
    5 External links
 
; Activities
 
* Various gatherings, shenanigans, and forms of protest have been used on Buy Nothing Day to draw attention to the problem of over-consumption:
* Credit card cut up: Participants stand in a shopping mall, shopping center, or store with a pair of scissors and a poster that advertises help for people who want to put an end to mounting debt and extortionate interest rates with one simple cut.
* Free, non-commercial street parties
* Sit-ins
* Zombie Walk: Participant ‘zombies’ wander around shopping malls or other consumer havens with a blank stare. When asked what they are doing participants describe Buy Nothing Day.
* Whirl-mart: Participants silently steer their shopping carts around a shopping mall or store in a long, baffling conga line without putting anything in the carts or actually making any purchases.
* Public protests
* Wildcat General Strike: A strategy used for the 2009 Buy Nothing Day where participants not only do not buy anything for twenty-four hours but also keep their lights, televisions, computers and other non-essential appliances turned off, their cars parked, and their phones turned off or unplugged from sunrise to sunset.
* Buy Nothing Day hike: Rather than celebrating consumerism by shopping, participants celebrate the earth and nature.
* Buy Nothing Critical Mass: As the monthly Critical Mass bike ride often falls on this day or near, rides in some cities acknowledge and celebrate Buy Nothing Day.
* Buy Nothing Day paddle along the San Francisco waterfront. This event is promoted by the Bay Area Sea Kayakers to kayak along the notoriously consumptive San Francisco waterfront.
* The Winter Coat Exchanges that started in Rhode Island and now have locations in Rhode Island, Kentucky, Utah and Oregon in which coats are collected from anyone who wants to donate, and anyone who needs a winter coat is welcome to take one.
 
; Criticism
 
While critics of the day charge that Buy Nothing Day simply causes participants to buy the next day, Adbusters states that it "isn't just about changing your habits for one day" but "about starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste."
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A group in Montreal promoted "Steal Something Day" as an alternative.[6] In their words, "The geniuses at Adbusters have managed to create the perfect feel-good, liberal, middle-class activist non-happening. A day when the more money you make, the more influence you have (like every other day). A day which, by definition, is insulting to the millions of people worldwide who are too poor or marginalized to be considered 'consumers'."
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


'''The route and times of the Black Friday march in Portland are yet to be determined.'''
'''The route and times of the Black Friday march in Portland are yet to be determined.'''
 
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Revision as of 03:32, 8 November 2011

Black Friday "Buy Nothing" March, November 25, 2011


Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists.

Typically celebrated the Friday after American Thanksgiving in North America and the following day internationally, in 2011 the dates are November 25 and 26 respectively. It was founded by Vancouver artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by Adbusters magazine, based in Canada.

The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Vancouver in September 1992 "as a day for society to examine the issue of over-consumption." In 1997, it was moved to the Friday after American Thanksgiving, also called "Black Friday", which is one of the 10 busiest shopping days in the United States. Outside North America and Israel, Buy Nothing Day is the following Saturday. Adbusters was denied advertising time by almost all major television networks except for CNN, which was the only one to air their ads. Soon, campaigns started appearing in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, France, and Norway. Participation now includes more than 65 nations.

   1 Activities
   2 Criticism
   3 See also
   4 References
   5 External links
Activities
  • Various gatherings, shenanigans, and forms of protest have been used on Buy Nothing Day to draw attention to the problem of over-consumption:
  • Credit card cut up: Participants stand in a shopping mall, shopping center, or store with a pair of scissors and a poster that advertises help for people who want to put an end to mounting debt and extortionate interest rates with one simple cut.
  • Free, non-commercial street parties
  • Sit-ins
  • Zombie Walk: Participant ‘zombies’ wander around shopping malls or other consumer havens with a blank stare. When asked what they are doing participants describe Buy Nothing Day.
  • Whirl-mart: Participants silently steer their shopping carts around a shopping mall or store in a long, baffling conga line without putting anything in the carts or actually making any purchases.
  • Public protests
  • Wildcat General Strike: A strategy used for the 2009 Buy Nothing Day where participants not only do not buy anything for twenty-four hours but also keep their lights, televisions, computers and other non-essential appliances turned off, their cars parked, and their phones turned off or unplugged from sunrise to sunset.
  • Buy Nothing Day hike: Rather than celebrating consumerism by shopping, participants celebrate the earth and nature.
  • Buy Nothing Critical Mass: As the monthly Critical Mass bike ride often falls on this day or near, rides in some cities acknowledge and celebrate Buy Nothing Day.
  • Buy Nothing Day paddle along the San Francisco waterfront. This event is promoted by the Bay Area Sea Kayakers to kayak along the notoriously consumptive San Francisco waterfront.
  • The Winter Coat Exchanges that started in Rhode Island and now have locations in Rhode Island, Kentucky, Utah and Oregon in which coats are collected from anyone who wants to donate, and anyone who needs a winter coat is welcome to take one.
Criticism

While critics of the day charge that Buy Nothing Day simply causes participants to buy the next day, Adbusters states that it "isn't just about changing your habits for one day" but "about starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste."
A group in Montreal promoted "Steal Something Day" as an alternative.[6] In their words, "The geniuses at Adbusters have managed to create the perfect feel-good, liberal, middle-class activist non-happening. A day when the more money you make, the more influence you have (like every other day). A day which, by definition, is insulting to the millions of people worldwide who are too poor or marginalized to be considered 'consumers'."

 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The route and times of the Black Friday march in Portland are yet to be determined.