Really Really Free Market (Perth): Free Store in New York

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Free Store in New York

The gift economy has even infiltrated the heart of western capitalism, not far from Wall Street where the whole global economic crisis started.

See video at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7956346.stm

This is a unique movement at a unique period in history: These are the seeds of a new economy based on sharing, rather than on buying and selling. Indeed, a new kind of society is being built within the shell of the old; one based on mutual aid and solidarity rather than on greed, competition and exploitation. Everything we need is already right here between us!

Meanwhile, more locally, the Really Really Free Market in Perth is back this Sunday!

Details here:
http://rrfmperth.blogspot.com/2009/03/rrfm-is-back.html

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Why a Really Really Free Market?

~ Because there is enough for everyone.
~ Because sharing is more fufilling than owning.
~ Because corporations would rather see landfills overflow than anyone get anything for free.
~ Because scarcity is a myth constructed to keep us at the mercy of the economy.
~ Because a sunny day outside is better than anything money can buy.
~ Because "free trade" is a contradiction of terms.
~ Because no one should have to do without food, shelter, entertainment, and community.
~ Because life should be a picnic, but it only will be if we make it happen.
~ Because there's no such thing as a free lunch under capitalism — for anarchists, there’s no other kind!

What is a Really Really Free Market?

Have you ever picked up something you found on the sidewalk? Or saved your neighbor from throwing away something useful?

A Really Really Free Market is like a potluck for whatever you want to give or take away. Have you ever brought one dish to a group dinner and gone away with a full belly and a balanced meal? Everybody brings something and goes away with more.

We all have skills, ideas, objects, culture, smiles, talents, friendship, excitement, discussions, and many other things to share. If we bring them all together at the Really Really Free Market, we can provide more balanced and full lives for everyone.

As a community we have many more resources than we do as individuals. If we share our resources we won't need to buy as many new ones. This uses fewer of the Earth's resources, and fewer of our working hours, leaving us more time to devote to ourselves and our communities.

Would we all work forty hours a week at one job if we didn't feel we had to? What if instead we worked at improving our individual skills and talents and shared them with each other? We would all spend more time doing things we enjoyed.

The Really Really Free Market (RRFM) movement is a non-hierarchical collective of individuals who form a temporary market based on an alternative gift economy. The RRFM movement aims to counteract capitalism in a non-reactionary way. It holds as a major goal to build a community based on sharing resources, caring for one another and improving the collective lives of all.

Really Really Free Market (Perth)