Today, we refuse to participate in the capitalist spectacle that exploits workers, devastates the planet, and prioritizes corporate profits over human dignity. Black Friday represents everything that's wrong with a system that demands endless consumption while people in our community lack basic necessities.

This is resistance, not just personal choice. Every dollar we don't spend at mega-corporations is a dollar that can support our neighbors, local businesses, and mutual aid efforts. While Amazon executives get richer, their warehouse workers collapse from exhaustion. While fast fashion brands profit, garment workers face unsafe conditions and poverty wages.

Todays Action:

• Commit to buying nothing today from major retailers and online platforms

• Instead, spend time with loved ones or engage in community care

• Research where your regular purchases come from, who profits and who is impacted?

• Share your commitment with others and explain why you're choosing resistance over consumption

Our grief for a system that values profit over people connects us to workers fighting for living wages, Indigenous communities whose lands are strip-mined for raw materials, and families choosing between rent and groceries while billionaires compete for space trips.

Keep dollars local when you do spend: Support worker-owned cooperatives, Indigenous-owned businesses, and community enterprises that reinvest in our neighborhoods rather than extracting wealth.

This isn't about individual purity, it's about collective power. When we organize our consumption, we organize our resistance.