John O. Andersen

Dear Parents,

Here's a great way for you and your children to get involved in an issue
which affects the local community, the nation, and ultimately the planet.
Now, less than 3 weeks away (Friday, November 24th--the day after
Thanksgiving) is the annual "Buy Nothing Day." All over the world there
will be events at malls, city centers, and other shopping precincts. The
idea is to demonstrate against zombie-like obedience to the directives of
consumer culture.

For those of you in Portland who would like to demonstrate, please contact
me privately and we'll see what we can organize. For others, be sure to
read the following message, and go to the Adbusters link. It will lead you
to people in your own area who are planning demonstrations on "Buy Nothing
Day."

John Andersen
Uncoventional Ideas at http://www.unconventionalideas.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Culture Jammers Network <jammers@...>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 4:15 PM
Subject: [voluntary-simplicity] 21 Shopping Days to Go...


> 'TIS THE SEASON TO BUY NOTHING
>
> Attention, K-Mart shoppers...
>
> Only three weeks remain until the most sacred day of the jamming
> calendar. Buy Nothing Day 2000 promises to be the biggest
> consumerism-awareness party ever. In the last two months, 250 Buy
> Nothing Day organizers from 38 countries have signed on using our
> http://adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/toolbox/contacts.jhtml
>
> Spread the word! Over the years, we've found the most powerful way to
> hype the day is to buy airtime for the Buy Nothing Day TV
> "uncommercial" across North America on CNN Headline News. That
> burping pig just seems to stoke the fire of everyone involved, and to
> bring the issues home to the mainstream.
>
> View the spot in Quicktime at:
> http://adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/toolbox/uncommercial.html
>
> You can help get the spot into millions of living rooms this year.
> Any amount you can donate to our airtime fund we'll put to use buying
> as many spots as we can, right up until November 24th.
>
> To let the pig out, contact Campaigns Manager Tom Liacas
tom@....
>
> Happy Planning!
>
> Staff and Volunteers of Adbusters.
>
>
>