Tag Archives: Buy Nothing Day

Why we have to support the workers of Walmart on Black Friday… and beyond

By Mark | November 22, 2012

Last night, Walmart warehouse and retail employees in Southern California walked off their jobs and began picketing. They were joined this morning by Walmart employees in Seattle. And, if all goes according to plan, a great many more will join them tomorrow, on Black Friday, when employees from over 1,000 Walmart stores are expected to [...]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-consumerism, consumerism, Corporate Action Network, food stamps, labor, labor movement, Making Change at Walmart, Rob Walton, Stand Up Live Better Fund, strikes, UFCW, unions, United Food & Commercial Workers, Wal-Mart, Walmart, welfare, Winning Words Project | 37 Comments

Feeding the consumerbots a holiday meal of pepper spray

By Mark | November 25, 2011

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, [...]

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Best Buy, big box retail, Black Friday, consumerism, food products, FOX News, John Pike, Megyn Kelly, Occupy Christmas, pepper spray, pepper spray as a food product, protests, Retail, Shop Local for the Holidays, Wal-Mart | 7 Comments

Occupy Black Friday actions planned in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Detroit

By Mark | November 24, 2011

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 big box retail, Black Friday, blood funnel, 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

Happy Buy Nothing Day

By Mark | November 27, 2009

Happy Buy Nothing Day…. Or as we call it in the Maynard-Lao household, Buy Nothing but a Chick-fil-A Sandwich and a Movie Ticket Day. Seriously, however far along the anti-Black Friday continuum you are, here’s hoping you have a wonderful day, not being trampled with your family. [See also Reverend Billy and the Church of [...]