Buy Nothing Day

On 'Buy Nothing Day,' It's the Occupiers vs. the Masses

Nathalie Rothschild | Posted 01.25.2012

Nathalie Rothschild

Adbusters and their fellow Occupiers see Americans -- or, in their own lingo, 'the 99%' -- as gluttonous, obese pigs. What a joyful holiday message.

Alexander Eichler

Occupy Wall Street Takes On Black Friday Amid Skepticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.24.2011

With Black Friday heralding the start of the shopping season, a bevy of groups identified with the Occupy Wall Street movement are asking consumers to...

David Sands

Detroit Occupy Movement Makes Most Of Thanksgiving Season

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 11.24.2011

Those involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement plan to spice up the Thanksgiving season in Detroit, with a series of actions focused around holid...

Ask the Readers: Black Friday Shopping Secrets?

J.D. Roth | Posted 01.23.2012

J.D. Roth

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, the holiday shopping season is about to move into high gear. In the past, I've consciously steered clear of h...

The Earth-Buster Sale

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

Reverend Billy

Consumerism keeps this economy going, which is destroying life. This Christmas is selling everything.

The Tombs from the Air

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

Reverend Billy

In The Tombs, the grandfathers and brothers could burst into laughter, a shouted story always flamboyantly unfolding. Here my transcendence and human contact is my letter to you.

Happy Buy Nothing Day!

Waylon Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Waylon Lewis

13 Posters: Buy Nothing Day. 13 Things to Do instead of "Black Friday." Here are three things I suggest you do on Buy Nothing Day/Black Friday. It'...

Buy Nothing Day: Battling Consumerism On Black Friday

GOOD | By Liz Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

There are some pretty good deals on Black Friday. That's partly why, and partly because, it's the biggest shopping day of the year--when Americans wri...

Braving Black Friday: Risking Life And Limb For A Deal?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Judith Rich

With Black Friday shopping now a national sport, will most shoppers come away having bagged those great "doorbuster" deals? Probably not and here's why.

Wal-Mart On Black Friday: Who Done It?

Reverend Billy | Posted 11.17.2011

Reverend Billy

Jdimytai Damour's death in Valley Stream, Long Island did not come from Wal-Mart, or from Black Friday -- it was not just negligence. It was murder. ...

Black Friday: What Would Jesus Buy?

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 11.17.2011

Olivia Zaleski

As consumers we need to question the products we buy and challenge the companies who produce them.