I don't like posing the 'really really free market' (or FnB or anything else) as charity. The real power of these events isn't that they have free food or clothes.. the power is social. It's a space and time where people can get together and relate to each other without mediating those relationships with money.
I was worth it in the sense that about 25 people called me today, (more probably tomorrow). We got a tone of stuff donated.
Look, corporate media isn't going to help us in our cause, we contacted the Bee because we knew that we would people to donate to the RFM, not spread the gospel of anarchism, that's something that will have to do in a community, and on the street level.
It seems like better publicity than anarchists usually get. At least it's about something other than a black bloc. The article highlights the idea of building community (for a couple hours, but, hey it's a start), and by implication points out the waste and inequality inherent in our consumption-oriented economy and materialistic society
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A corporate journalist doesn't know the difference between a benefactor and a beneficiary. She wound up saying the opposite of what she meant. Oh, sweet irony.
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I don't think this will do anything more than get about 5 people to call me with clothes to give us - which is what we wanted.
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Look, corporate media isn't going to help us in our cause, we contacted the Bee because we knew that we would people to donate to the RFM, not spread the gospel of anarchism, that's something that will have to do in a community, and on the street level.
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