Buy Nothing Day 2004. 
For 24 hours, millions of people around the world do not participate --
in the doomsday economy, the marketing mind-games, and the frantic
consumer-binge that's become our culture. We pause. We make a small
choice not to shop. We shrink our footprint and gain some calm.
Together we say to Exxon, Nike, Coke and the rest: enough is enough.
And we help build this movement to rethink our unsustainable course.
In its 13 years, BND has become a flashpoint, a day when people of all
stripes come together in symbolic protest. Visit the new BND Action
Pyramid for a sample of great ways to celebrate. Victoria s
Dirty Secret - In New York activists will be dressed up as Angels with
Chain Saws to protest the deforestation of the Boreal Forest for the
production of glossy catalogues. It's a spoof of Victoria's Secret's
recent ad campaign: Angels Across America . Jammer Radios -
Imagine rush hour commuters bombarded with BND anti-ads. In L.A.
Culture Jammers are reclaiming radio with low-power FM transmitters.
BND Japan - Become a Zenta: put on a Santa costume and meditate in
front of HANKYU department store, Kyoto, 2pm - 6pm. Trade coffee
fairly: one cup costs 100g of rice, 5 sheets of seaweed or 200g of
flour.Enjoy a free meal and some conversation at one of Japan's
"biggest and most colorful homeless communities" in Kamagasaki.
BND UK - Throw a temper tantrum in a shopping mall. Visit a fast food
chain in a chicken or cow costume with a banner proclaiming things like
"You're not having my chicken wings." Stage a classic conga to finish
off the festivities. (ADBUSTERS)
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