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Activists Prepare for Buy Nothing Day

HeadlineNov 26, 2008

And activists are planning to mark Buy Nothing Day on Friday. Here in New York, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping is organizing a Dance Your Debt Away Party in Union Square. The magazine Adbusters is promoting an event called “Credit Card Cut-Up.” Volunteers are planning to head to shopping malls with a pair of scissors and a sign offering to cut up people’s credit cards.

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