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As retails workers brace themselves for the shopping frenzy called \u201cBlack Friday\u201d, some social activists are preparing for \u201cBuy Nothing Day\u201d. Organized as a time to examine the issue of over-consumption, the informal day of protest falls on one of the busiest shopping days in the United States. Nevertheless, shoppers in the US are still expected to hit stores in droves, searching for holiday deals. Grassroots efforts to make people aware of mass consumption and its consequences include the Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping. The Church employs a sort of revival meeting mixed with street theater, performed at chain stores and sidewalks, which begs consumers to question the broader issues of economic justice behind the products they are purchasing. A new film from producer Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me fame), follows the Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping on a cross-country mission \u2013 from exorcisms at Wal-Mart to retail interventions at the Mall of America, and examines the how Christmas has been co-opted by corporations in the US. The film, which opens in LA tomorrow night, reminds us that despite the immanent shopping craze, we still have a chance to save ourselves this holiday season. <\/p>\n For more information, visitwww.wwjbmovie.com\/<\/a> and www.revbilly.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" | the entire program GUESTS: Reverend Billy and Savatri D of the Church of Stop Shopping As retails workers brace themselves for the shopping frenzy called \u201cBlack Friday\u201d, some social activists are preparing for \u201cBuy Nothing Day\u201d. Organized as a time to examine the issue of over-consumption, the informal day of protest falls on one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/2\/2d\/What_would_jesus_buy_ver2.jpg\/200px-What_would_jesus_buy_ver2.jpg\"\/)
GUESTS: Reverend Billy and Savatri D of the Church of Stop Shopping<\/em><\/p>\n