So today is Buy Nothing Day. Started by Adbusters magazine out in Vancouver. It’s an international day where you “participate without participating” – in this case, by not participating in the consumer economy. It’s cool, Octopus Books supports it, in fact we shut down every BND and put something our window saying, hey, it’s Buy Nothing Day, don’t buy anything.
Not even a book.
Location: Raw Sugar Cafe (692 Somerset W)
FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/366318873501447/
With Stephanie Ross & Larry Savage
In recent years, the intensity of state-led attacks against public sector workers has reached a fevered pitch, raising the question of the role of public sector unions in protecting their members and the broader public interest.
