Black Friday is Buy Nothing Day (Here are 10 Films to Spread the Shopping-Free Cheer!) By Tim Hjersted Since 1997, the biggest shopping day of the year in North America has also been known as Buy Nothing Day - a playful protest against the cultural and commercial pressures that compel us to consume more every year, grow more in debt to prove our love to our loved ones and find temporary happiness in that euphoric moment of purchase. It's a movement that has been growing internationally every year, despite the commercial pressures now enveloping even Thanksgiving in the holiday madness. More and more people have had enough and are choosing to celebrate with their loved ones a different way - by not buying anything! In the spirit of the shopping-free holiday, here are 10 of the best documentaries that give inspiration to the day (click the links to watch online): Explore more films on consumerism here. What will you be doing on Buy Nothing Day?
Occupy Wall Street | September 17th | #OCCUPYWALLSTREET The joyous freedom of possibility. Dissent can be personal, collective, creative — whatever you want it to be. Revolt can be physical or spectral, a blackspot on a corporate logo or a digital mindbomb posted online. Edit a billboard, speak to a friend. There are no limits, no minimum or maximum. The revolutionary spark is the same one that lit human existence. Print & Post If you only do one thing today and during the heady days of climate protest that follow, print out as many copies of this #WORLDREVOLUTION poster as you can and tape them up on bus stops, bank and shop windows, cash machines, government buildings, everywhere in your city where people will see them. Download September 11, 2014 What will you do on the September 17th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street? September 16, 2013 Revolution is a Rhizome September 19, 2012 Tactical Briefing #38. September 12, 2012 Where do we stand? July 23, 2012 Tactical Briefing #36 June 5, 2012 Occupy morphs into a new model! May 24, 2012 May 16, 2012
Mais qui ramassera les poubelles? J’ai obtenu l’autorisation de traduire et de diffuser un article qui m’a beaucoup parlé. Il s’agit d’un texte de Charles Eisenstein, un chercheur en “Economie Sacrée” (j’adore), qui répond à une question que j’ai entendu de nombreuses fois dès que j’évoque le modèle de société vers lequel l’humanité va évoluer: Mais qui ramassera les poubelles (dans ta société idéale)? Il est rafraîchissant de lire ainsi sa réponse, et de s’initier à sa vision des choses, qui me bouleverse, tellement elle répond à une aspiration profonde. Permettez-moi tout d’abord d’introduire Charles en incluant la bande annonce du film Occupy Love, par lequel j’ai découvert ses propositions. Pour voir la vidéo avec sous titres français,allez ici. (Pour soutenir la production du film, vous pouvez verser un montant de votre choix sur le site de Crowdfunding Indiegogo) Voici l’article: Qui ramassera les poubelles? Réfléchissez un peu aux présupposés de cette expression “temps libre”. Ma réponse sera également globale.
Shut Down the Corporations - The Dill Pickle Club | Portland, Oregon On Monday, November 14, the Dill Pickle Club hosted The 99%: A Teach-in on Occupy Portland to objectively bring together various perspectives on the economic, political and social factors that have led to the emergence of occupations throughout the country, and more specifically the movement’s impact on a localized level. As part of our mission to make this information freely available, we are posting the entirety of the talks online. Special thanks to Bernardo Pantoja and NW Documentary for making this video documentation possible. If you would like to help us continue to make these types of programs available to both the Portland community, as well as make content available online, please consider making a donation below. All donations are tax-deductible. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged activism, denis therialt, Dill Pickle Club, John Coghlan, Michael Moore, Nina Reierson, occupy porland, Portland, randy bluffstone, teach-in, the 99%, veronica dujon.
Interview La crise financière est en train de dévoiler un long processus de re-exploration d’idées anciennes et de valeurs oubliées, explique Charles Eisenstein dans cette interview. Pour ce penseur, la réponse à la crise se trouve dans la magie du don et la narration d’une nouvelle histoire. Charles Eisenstein est probablement l’un des auteurs les plus avancés dans la catégorie de la pensée intégrale avec sa spécialité : l’économie du don et la monnaie. Un article traduit de l’anglais par Marianne Souliez. Cela fait cinq ans que la crise des subprimes a commencé et a fait s’effondrer le système financier… Et on dirait que rien n’a changé depuis ! Charles Eisenstein: Tu as raison. Vous pouvez ponctionner les fonds de retraites, les salaires des enseignants, privatiser des actifs… Il y a beaucoup de moyens de faire ce genre de chose mais il faut l’extraire des poches des gens, presque l’extraire de leur chair. Charles: Oui, en fait je ne suis pas quelqu’un de pessimiste.
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