STEAL SOMETHING DAY
a shameless 24-hour stealing spree!
November 26, 1999 - Participate by participating!
(from
http://tao.ca/~lombrenoire)
For the past eight years, a few self-described "culture jammers" from Adbusters Magazine have dubbed the last Friday in November "Buy Nothing Day."
From their stylish home base in Vancouver's upscale suburb of Kitsilano, the Adbusters' brain trust has encouraged conscientious citizens worldwide to "relish [their] power as a consumer to change the economic environment." In their words, Buy Nothing Day "proves how empowering it is to step out of the consumption stream for even a day."
The geniuses at Adbusters have managed to create the perfect feel-good, liberal, middle-class activist non-happening. A day when the more money you make, the more influence you have (like every other day). A day which, by definition, is insulting to the millions of people worldwide who are too poor or marginalized to be considered "consumers."
It's supposed to be a 24-hour moratorium on spending, but ends up being a moralistic false-debate about whether or not you should really buy that loaf of bread today or ... wait for it ... tomorrow!
Well, this year, while the Adbusters cult enjoys yet another Buy Nothing Day, accompanied by their fancy posters, stickers, TV and radio advertisements and slick webpages, a few self-described anarcho-situationists from Montreal's East End are inaugurating Steal Something Day.
November 26, 1999 - Participate by participating!
(from
http://tao.ca/~lombrenoire) For the past eight years, a few self-described "culture jammers" from Adbusters Magazine have dubbed the last Friday in November "Buy Nothing Day."
From their stylish home base in Vancouver's upscale suburb of Kitsilano, the Adbusters' brain trust has encouraged conscientious citizens worldwide to "relish [their] power as a consumer to change the economic environment." In their words, Buy Nothing Day "proves how empowering it is to step out of the consumption stream for even a day."
The geniuses at Adbusters have managed to create the perfect feel-good, liberal, middle-class activist non-happening. A day when the more money you make, the more influence you have (like every other day). A day which, by definition, is insulting to the millions of people worldwide who are too poor or marginalized to be considered "consumers."
It's supposed to be a 24-hour moratorium on spending, but ends up being a moralistic false-debate about whether or not you should really buy that loaf of bread today or ... wait for it ... tomorrow!
Well, this year, while the Adbusters cult enjoys yet another Buy Nothing Day, accompanied by their fancy posters, stickers, TV and radio advertisements and slick webpages, a few self-described anarcho-situationists from Montreal's East End are inaugurating Steal Something Day.
Unlike Buy Nothing Day, when people are asked to "participate by not participating," Steal Something Day demands that we "participate by participating." Instead of downplaying or ignoring the capitalists, CEOs, landlords, small business tyrants, bosses, PR hacks, yuppies, media lapdogs, corporate bureaucrats, politicians and cops who are primarily responsible for misery and exploitation in this world, Steal Something Day demands that we steal from them, without discrimination.
The Adbusters' intellegentsia tell us that they're neither "left nor right," and have proclaimed a non-ideological crusade against overconsumption. Steal Something Day, on the other hand, identifies with the historic and contemporary resistance against the causes of capitalist exploitation, not its symptoms. If you think overconsumption is scary, wait until you hear about capitalism and imperialism.
Unlike the misplaced Buy Nothing Day notion of consumer empowerment, Steal Something Day promotes empowerment by urging us to collectively identify the greedy bastards who are actually responsible for promoting misery and boredom in this world. Instead of ignoring them, Steal Something Day encourages us to make their lives as uncomfortable as possible.
As we like to say in Montreal: diranger les riches dans leurs niches!
And remember, we're talking about stealing, not theft. Stealing is just. Theft is exploitative. Stealing is when you take a yuppie's BMW for a joyride, and crash into a parked Mercedes just for the hell of it. Theft is when you take candy from a baby's mouth.
Stealing is the re-distribution of wealth from rich to poor Theft is making profits at the expense of the disadvantaged and the natural environment. Stealing is an unwritten a tax on the rich. Theft is taxing the poor to subsidize the rich. Stealing is nothing more than a tax on the rich. There is solidarity in stealing, but property is nothing but theft.
So, don't pay for that corporate newspaper, but steal all of them from the box. Get some friends together and go on a "shoplifting "spree at the local chain supermarket or upscale mall. With an even larger mob, get together and steal from the local chain book or record store. Pilfer purses and wallets from easily identified yuppies and business persons. Skip out on rent. Get a credit card under a fake name and don't pay. Keep what you can use, and give away everything else in the spirit of mutual aid that is the hallmark of Steal Something Day.
Download our detourned poster http://tao.ca/~lombrenoire, make copies and stick it up wherever you can. And don't forget, send your scamming and stealing tips to us at 
lombrenoire@tao.ca.
See you next Steal Something Day which, unlike Buy Nothing, happens every day of the year.
The Adbusters' intellegentsia tell us that they're neither "left nor right," and have proclaimed a non-ideological crusade against overconsumption. Steal Something Day, on the other hand, identifies with the historic and contemporary resistance against the causes of capitalist exploitation, not its symptoms. If you think overconsumption is scary, wait until you hear about capitalism and imperialism.
Unlike the misplaced Buy Nothing Day notion of consumer empowerment, Steal Something Day promotes empowerment by urging us to collectively identify the greedy bastards who are actually responsible for promoting misery and boredom in this world. Instead of ignoring them, Steal Something Day encourages us to make their lives as uncomfortable as possible.
As we like to say in Montreal: diranger les riches dans leurs niches!
And remember, we're talking about stealing, not theft. Stealing is just. Theft is exploitative. Stealing is when you take a yuppie's BMW for a joyride, and crash into a parked Mercedes just for the hell of it. Theft is when you take candy from a baby's mouth.
Stealing is the re-distribution of wealth from rich to poor Theft is making profits at the expense of the disadvantaged and the natural environment. Stealing is an unwritten a tax on the rich. Theft is taxing the poor to subsidize the rich. Stealing is nothing more than a tax on the rich. There is solidarity in stealing, but property is nothing but theft.
So, don't pay for that corporate newspaper, but steal all of them from the box. Get some friends together and go on a "shoplifting "spree at the local chain supermarket or upscale mall. With an even larger mob, get together and steal from the local chain book or record store. Pilfer purses and wallets from easily identified yuppies and business persons. Skip out on rent. Get a credit card under a fake name and don't pay. Keep what you can use, and give away everything else in the spirit of mutual aid that is the hallmark of Steal Something Day.
Download our detourned poster
http://tao.ca/~lombrenoire, make copies and stick it up wherever you can. And don't forget, send your scamming and stealing tips to us at lombrenoire@tao.ca. See you next Steal Something Day which, unlike Buy Nothing, happens every day of the year.
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Übersetzung
Der Buy Nothing Day wird als nicht emanzipatorisch kritisiert: Der
bürgerliche Mensch kann sich, obwohl er nichts tut, als liberaler
Aktivist wohlfühlen. Dabei steigt sein Einfluß auf andere durch den
Erwerb von Geld an diesem Tag wie an jedem anderem. Die Definition des
Tages beleidigt die Millionen Menschen, die zu arm gemacht oder zu
marginalisiert werden, um Verbraucher zu sein. Geplant als ein 24
stündiges Moratorium über das Kaufen führt die Aktion zu einer
moralistischen Debatte darüber, ob ich mein Brot heute kaufe oder
morgen. Eine Gruppe von Anarcho-Situationisten vom Montreal East-End
propagieren deshalb den Steal Something Day : Anders als beim
Buy Nothing Day, bei dem mensch durch nichtmitmachen mitmacht, propagiert
der Steal Something Day das tun durch tun. Anstatt die für das Elend der
Welt verantwortlichen (CEOs, landlords, small business tyrants, bosses, PR hacks,
yuppies, media lapdogs, corporate bureaucrats, politicians and cops )
zu unterschätzen oder zu ignorieren sollen diese bestohlen werden, ohne
zu diskriminieren. Die "Adbusters Inteligentsia", die zum Buy Nothing Day aufruft,
bezeichnet sich als weder links noch rechts. Sie will eine ideologie-Freie
Kritik des zu sehr Konsumierens. Dagegen identifiziert sich der
Steal Something Day mit dem Widerstand gegen die Ursachen des Kapitalismus,
nicht seinen Symptomen. Wenn Du glaubst zu viel Konsumieren ist abartig,
warte bis Du mehr über Kapitalismus und Imperialismus gehört hast ...
Anstelle der unglücklichen Forderung nach Emanzipation des Konsumenten
propagiert der Steal Nothing Day Emanzipation durch kollektive Identifikation
der gierigen Verursacher der Misere und des Stumpfinns in der Welt.
Anstelle diese zu ignorieren, fordert der Steal Something Day ihnen
das Leben so unbequem wie möglich zu machen.
Achtung: Wir meinen "stealing", nicht "theft". ....
discrimination heißt nicht Diskriminierung
Anders als der Kauf-Nichts-Tag, wo Leute aufgefordert werden, sich durch "Nicht-Beteiligung zu beteiligen", fordert der Klau-Was-Tag, dass wir und durch "Beteiligung beteiligen". Anstatt die KapitalistInnen, GeschäftsführerInnen/Vorstandsvorsitzenden, VermieterInnen, kleine Geschäftstyrannen, Chefs, Werbefuzzis, Yuppies, Medienschoßhündchen, KonzernbürokratInnen, PolitikerInnen und Bullen zu vernachlässigen oder zu ignorieren, die hauptsächlich für Elend und Ausbeutung auf dieser Welt verantwortlich sind, fordert der Klau-Was-Tag, dass wir von ihnen klauen, ohne Unterschied.
beides ist unemanzipatorisch
einen bmw in einen mercedes zu fahren entspricht nur dem konkurrenzprinzip beider konzerne, die versuchen sich gegenseitig niederzukonkurrieren.
ferner sind bei solchen crash-touren menschenleben gefährdet. wenn aber menschenleben gefährdet sind, hat das mit emanzipation nichts zu tun.
die boys sind krank !!!!!!!!!