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Occupy Ann Arbor mic checks Wal-Mart on Black Friday
Posted in Economics, Other, Politics Also tagged Black Friday, mic check, Occupy Ann Arbor, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, protests, Wal-Mart 20 Comments
Feeding the consumerbots a holiday meal of pepper spray
Last night, I wrote something here on the site about the various Black Friday-related Occupy actions planned for today. At the time, it occurred to me that, if protesters really wanted to convey to people what’s at stake at this moment in American history, as they wait all night outside of stores like Best Buy, […]
Occupy Black Friday actions planned in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Detroit
I’m torn on the concept of Buy Nothing Day. I love the idea of taking a day to remind ourselves that there’s more to life than blind consumption, but, at the same time, I sympathize with our small, locally owned retailers, who could really use the business. At any rate, I thought that I should […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Politics, Ypsilanti Also tagged Black Friday, blood funnel, Buy Nothing Day, Christmas, Christmas shopping, commercialism, Dearborn, Johari Uhuru, malls, Occupy Ann Arbor, Occupy Christmas, Occupy Detroit, Occupy the Hood, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, OWS, protests, retails, Shop Local for the Holidays, Troy 10 Comments
