Around a dozen people have been camping in tents, busses, and vehicles at the Food Not Bombs Free Skool in Taos, New Mexico this week. So far activists have done workshops on non-violent direct action, puppetry, screenprinting, and more. We’ve also provided free food at our weekly Taos FNB sharing spot as well as...
Ten years ago the world saw the free trade agenda laid bare on the streets of Miami during the FTAA protests – an agenda of exploitation and disaster capitalism enforced by police brutality and corporate-state monopoly. Several disastrous occupations and financial crises later the situation has hardly improved, and more neo-liberal structural adjustments are...
Recently we posted about a struggle brewing between Chicago Food Not Bombs as well as other community activists and tone-deaf, anti-homeless city administrators in Illinois. Today we’re featuring two more articles about poverty and food scarcity from the viewpoint of Food Not Bombs! Vice.com Reports On Recycled Food Markets According to Jarrod Shanahan, a...
Hundreds of people gathered outside the office of Alderman James Cappleman, a representative for the 46th ward of Chicago, on March 6th. Cappleman has become infamous in Chicago for banning a Salvation Army food truck from his ward, making it illegal to be in bus shelters if you are not waiting for a bus,...
Food Not Bombs Around the World is a new zine created to demonstrate the diversity and strength of the idea and the movement known as Food Not Bombs in the 2010′s. Download it here to add to your literature table or for whatever else you feel like! Also e-mail us at swampzine at gmail...
Anarchists Against the Wall, the Israeli anti-occupation peace group, is ten years old this April! Therefore to celebrate their anniversary and continue to combat damages both physical and legal to Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists that engage in civil disobedience against West Bank expansion, AAtW has called for solidarity fundraisers. So are any Food...
As part of an ongoing campaign to raise the profile of systemic harassment and displacement of homeless people in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, FNB activists will be using the city’s own presentation time at their bi-monthly commission meetings to show the Mayor and city commissioners the results of their anti-homeless policies. The...
On January 11th, 2013, Miamians will mark the 11th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Peace activists will march on United States Southern Command, the Doral military base that oversees all of Latin & South America, including Joint Task Force Guantanamo. Tellingly, many other Americans will be reflecting differently on...
Things have been a bit hectic with the national Food Not Bombers, including multiple tours, a massive disaster relief effort, and a Free Skool to prepare, so we haven’t been too big on updates. I promise a few more posts in the coming weeks that talk about some of our experiences in 2012, but...
Hurricane Sandy has left things quite a mess in the NYC area – luckily, one of the largest and best prepared Food Not Bombs chapters in the country, Long Island FNB, is ready to give relief as they have in the past. If you want to help with disaster relief with Food Not Bombs,...
