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Black Friday strikes back with ‘freedom to shop’

By Erik Curren | December 2, 2013

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If you're rooting for humanity to survive much into the future, then you'll surely find yourself on the opposite side of the holiday shopping season from America's big retailers. If they're rooting for more sales, you may be rooting for consumers to buy less. People who care about climate change and peak oil want industry to stop trashing the planet. But industries that make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: Black Friday, Buy Nothing Day, Christmas, Occupy Wall Street, Pope Francis, Reverend Billy

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