From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Niels Freimann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [Fwd] Boycott Brand America Let's kill against the cheap moons, but don't like the poor tyrants Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:39:12 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200303281339.12331.nfreimann@firemail.de> Reply-To: nfreimann@firemail.de NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048855662 6250 80.91.224.249 (28 Mar 2003 12:47:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:47:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 28 13:47:40 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ytGm-0001ce-00 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:47:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ytER-0007hV-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:45:15 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ytE2-0007Qo-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:44:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ytCH-0005wW-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:43:08 -0500 Original-Received: from lmsmtp04.st1.spray.net ([212.78.202.114]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18yt9r-0003oW-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:40:31 -0500 Original-Received: from linux (p5081255B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [80.129.37.91]) by lmsmtp04.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23D8D47EB6 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:40:28 +0100 (MET) User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7969 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7969 This is a emacs related mailing list and not a political tribune. Abusing this mailing list for political reasons indeed is a slap in the face to democracy, a cold shoulder to liberty. Therefore I configured procmail to deliver such postings to /dev/null. On Friday 28 March 2003 08:01, Patricia Shaffer wrote: > How to Boycott a Global Bully > > In the face of intense opposition at home and abroad, the US government > is determined to fight a war that will be felt around the world. It's a > slap in the face to democracy, a cold shoulder to liberty - and it's > time to make a visible statement against American power gone wrong. > > Here is the one and only rule for the Brand America Boycott: this actio= n > belongs to you. You decide what brands and products stand as symbols of > America's new empire-building project, and you decide how you'll make > your statement. Above all else, this is a culture jam - personal, > spontaneous, unpredictable. > > Some people are planning a total Made-in-America boycott. Some will > boycott oil for the duration of the war. Others are planning public > activism against the greatest symbols of the Brand America warriors: > McDonald's, Philip Morris, Exxon Mobil, Texaco, the major automakers, > Tommy Hilfiger, Gap, Starbucks, Nike, Disneyland, the Hollywood cinemas > Media activists can launch TV Turnoff campaigns against Fox, CNN, ABC, > NBC, CBS and MTV. The limits to your participation are the limits of > imagination, and the brainstorming has already begun. > > When the bombs start falling, the boycott begins. Within days, we'll > launch the first days of action - targeted boycotts to make a visible > statement against the symbols of American power that we live with day t= o > day. Imagine a global action against American oil corporations, or a da= y > when McDonald's restaurants stand empty from Tokyo to Toronto, from > Berlin to Chicago. Imagine a 24-hour blackout of America's "big five" > media cheerleaders. > > Most importantly, keep in touch and let the world know how you're > getting involved in the Brand America Boycott. We'll post regular > updates and spread the word. It's a consumer strike against a corrupted > American dream. One final warning: be prepared to change the world! > > http://adbusters.org/campaigns/boycott_america/ -------------------------------------------------------