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It is the fourth week of November, and we know what happens every year at this season. Thanks giving? Oh, sure, there’s that. But I’m referring to Buy Nothing Day.

Yes, for the 11th year in a row, the same organization that brings us Adbusters magazine is using the traditional kickoff of the holiday buying season to trumpet its anti-consumption message. Over the years, BND’s global high jinks and grass-roots stunts on post-Thanksgiving Friday have been a godsend to news reporters with lots of space and time to fill on a slow news day.

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