Sunday, October 19, 2003
12:00p-5:00p


Free Trade!


Free Trade is an afternoon of barter, negotiation, and non-competitive trading. All are invited to bring their excess goods to share and/or swap with fellow enthusiasts. Tables and chairs will be provided, along with hearty food, refreshing drink, and friendly swap-meet banter.

Although Free Trade will kick off with the ring of a trading bell, no money will be exchanged. Some trading systems will be introduced, but participants are free to do their own negotiations.

Confirmed participants on Sunday will be trading:

Books, Zines, Comics, Records, CDs, Tapes, Videos, Foodstuffs, and some surprises!

Observers are also welcome.

All shall enjoy:
Gentle negotiation
Hearty refreshments from neighborhood establishments

But you will NOT see:
Purchases, sales, or retail chicanery

For information, Contact Salem Collo-Julin:
1-773-562-1428 or salem@temporaryservices.org

"Let us not overlook, finally, the noneconomic costs of economic competition, which have been said to include a loss of community and sociability, a heightening of selfishness, and such other consequences as anxiety, hostility, obsessional thinking, and the suppression of individuality." (Alfie Kohn, in "No Contest", Houghton Mifflin, 1986).

 
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