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December 19 the Billion People March

http://www.billionpeoplemarch.org/ Denver https://www.facebook.com/events/1630747410519445/ New York FB http://unify.org/peacemap/web/events/2765?affiliate=1000019 LA Macarthur Park http://unify.org/peacemap/web/events/2775 Minneapois http://unify.org/peacemap/web/events/2767 Vancouver FB http://unify.org/peacemap/web/events/2768 Buenos Ayres http://unify.org/peacemap/web/events/2773 Oslo FB http://unify.org/peacemap/web/events/2781 Istanbul, Taksim Square FB http://unify.org/peacemap/web/events/2771

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The frequently cited St Paul Principles had their time and place: ST PAUL

In my circle they’re called “Saint Paul’s Principles” because my colleagues think the edicts are Catholic I guess. The St Paul Principles came from St Paul Minnesota, circa 2008, and were formally adopted by the varied groups organizing to disrupt … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street mentor Adbusters issues latest tactical briefing. Chicago. May. Occupy.

Vancouver’s Adbusters Magazine sent the initial callouts to occupy Wall Street, to be the natural successor to unfinished revolutions in Tahrir Square and Madrid. Quickly enough it escaped their grasp. Adusters has issued two dozen “Tactical Briefings” since before September … Continue reading

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Disney stop poisoning our children

OCCUPIED COLO. SPRINGS- Brianna saw the Adbusters flag with the corporate stars and stripes and was shocked to see the Disney logo in the multinational firmament. Do I have to hate Disney she asked?

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All in

When i first set out to write this blog i had no intention of writing about geopolitics, or anything any bigger than my own little world, or to develop any sort of readership at all, let alone to kick up … Continue reading

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Next Adbusters proposes a Robin Hood Tax, 1% on global banking transactions

Looking for the next big thing? ADBUSTERS hasn’t mislead you yet. An October 29 mobilization for OCCUPY WALL STREET to call for a Robin Hood Tax, a 1% tax on all global banking transaction. I know 1% from the 1% … Continue reading

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Reverend Billy on #OccupyWallStreet and “Necessity Defense.” Revolujah!

Reverend Billy and his post religious church are regular Adbusters cohorts with Buy Nothing Day, Wildcat Strikes, and now the meteoric #OCCUPYWALLSTREET!

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Make Wall Street pay for bankrupting, debasing & corrupting American dream

Yeah I know, it was SEPT 17, SEPT 17 and detractors laughed because the denizens of New York’s financial district are not there to see a weekend protest, but Saturday was to get a running start on the morning bell … Continue reading

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Where to stay on your next visit to NYC Sept 17 onward: Occupy Wall Street

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Wall Street Bankers: Y U NO IN JAIL?

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Adbusters says: let US Days Of Rage begin Sept 17, Occupy Wall Street!

IT’S ON. Street kitchens are set to roll into place September 17, one week after New York City observes its remembrance of the still suspiciously inexplicable, commercially branded, “9/11” foundational myth to launch the Global War On Terror, dose of … Continue reading

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Eduardo Galeano on students and their enthusiasm: keeping the Gods inside

Via Adbusters and AcampadaBCN: Eduardo Galeano interviewed in Plaza Catalunya, Madrid, in the midst of the student protests in Spain: I was in El Sol, and here I am seeing a reecounter.The same energy of dignity and the same enthusiasm. … Continue reading

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LOGORAMA takes McGrease primetime

I didn’t see this one coming. The Oscar for best animated short goes to the culture jam LOGORAMA whose clip featured a villainous Ronald McDonald tearing through a logoed metropolis on a grease-cycle. The French producer gave his thanks and … Continue reading

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Vancouver 2010 Olympic destinations

Amtrak Station 1150 Station Street Apple Store at Pacific Center, 701 West Georgia Street USA House at Level, 1022 Seymour Street Hilton Metrotown 6083 McKay Avenue Olympic Tent City protest encampment, 58 West Hastings Street Adbusters Magazine Culture Jammers, 1243 … Continue reading

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Super Bowl ad winners: Tebow soft-sell PR campaign and screaming chickens

Hands-down the best Super Bowl commercial was the Tebow mother and son soft-sell, where the advance PR hullabaloo delivered the anti-abortion message, leaving the TV-spot, an advocacy theme flag-planting placed at a celebrated cost of three million dollars, to ice … Continue reading

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Black Friday is Buy Nothing Day

The big day is upon us, the Black Friday meme is in full force, doorbuster deals are pitched to begin as early as 4am. Everyone wants to catch the early worm shopper, and NMT is no exception. We call your … Continue reading

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Buy Nothing Day 2009 now Wildcat Strike

Do you recognize the cat at right? It might be a child’s zoo animal rubber stamp if it didn’t look so angry. This is a stencil that dates to the Wobblies, when working men were angry. When labor organizers had … Continue reading

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Military drones mirror public retreat

CLOSE GUANTANAMO is being interpreted literally, meaning close just the facility, but move the detainees to illegal incarceration elsewhere. Likewise, BRING THE TROOPS HOME means pacing a withdrawal with an increased deployment of military drones to keep up the killing. … Continue reading

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Adbusters Digital Detox Week April 20-6

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A gift for a traitor

Adbusters: In the classic novel, Treasure Island, any pirate suspected of betrayal is handed a piece of paper with a black spot on it — a warning that the receiver has been marked for judgement. So dreaded is this mark … Continue reading

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Nobel Prize impostor to speak at CC

Colorado College, our evolving Neo-Liberal Arts school, has been inviting a slew of globalization advocates to intone on patriarchal economics. The latest, game theory “Cold Warrior” Thomas Schelling, will speak on Thursday, Feb. 21st. Schelling is being lauded as a … Continue reading

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International Buy Nothing Day

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Buy Nothing Day

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Buy Nothing Day 2004

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International Buy Nothing Day 2002

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