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Line 3: '''Food Not Bombs''' is a loose-knit group of independent collectives, serving free [[vegan]] and [[vegetarian]] food to others. Food Not Bombs' ideology is that myriad [[corporation|corporate]] and [[government]] priorities are skewed to allow [[hunger]] to persist in the midst of abundance. To demonstrate this (and to reduce costs), a large amount of the food served by the group is [[Food Salvage|surplus food]] from grocery stores, bakeries and markets that would otherwise go to waste. This group exhibits a form of [[Franchise activism]]. == First Principles == {{Anarchism}} Food Not Bombs is an effort to feed anyone who is hungry. Each chapter collects surplus food that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores, bakeries and markets, sometimes incorporating [[dumpster diving]], then prepares it into community meals which are served for free to anyone who is hungry. The central beliefs of the group are: * If governments and corporations around the world spent as much time and energy on feeding people as they do on war, no one would go hungry. * There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, but so much of it goes to waste needlessly, as a direct result of [[capitalism]] and [[militarism]].▼ * Vegan food is both healthy and [[nonviolence|nonviolent]].▼ ▲*There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, but so much of it goes to waste needlessly, as a direct result of [[capitalism]] and [[militarism]]. ▲*Vegan food is both healthy and [[nonviolence|nonviolent]]. Food Not Bombs also tries to call attention to [[poverty]] and [[homelessness]] in society by sharing food in public places and facilitating gatherings of poor, homeless and other disenfranchised people. There are three tenets to the Food Not Bombs philosophy: * Decision making by [[Consensus decision-making|consensus]] * Nonviolence▼ * [[Vegetarianism]]▼ ▲*Nonviolence ▲*[[Vegetarianism]] Anyone who wants to cook may cook, and anyone who wants to eat may eat. Food Not Bombs strives to include everyone. == History == Food Not Bombs began in the early [[1980s]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]], a city adjacent to [[Boston]], when a group of anti-[[nuclear weapons|nuclear]] activists, who were protesting the nearby [[Seabrook Station nuclear power plant|Seabrook power plant]], began spray-painting the slogan In the late [[1980s]], a second chapter of Food Not Bombs was formed in [[San Francisco]]. This chapter soon encountered tension with the police and fought two During the [[1990s]] the Boston chapter of Food Not Bombs also faced some opposition from local police. However, following demonstrations and offers of solidarity from local churches, the potential bad publicity made carrying out of this opposition impractical. Line 32 ⟶ 28: In the San Francisco election of [[1995]], candidate [[Willie Lewis Brown, Jr.]] promised to stop the attacks on Food Not Bombs. Brown won the election. In part because of the media attention that Food Not Bombs garnered during their struggles in San Francisco, chapters began springing up all over the world. Food Not Bombs continued to gather strength throughout the [[1990s]], and held four international gatherings: in San Francisco in [[1992]] and 1995, in [[Atlanta]] in 1996, and in [[Philadelphia]] in 2005. Chapters of Food Not Bombs were involved in the rise of the [[Anti-globalization|Anti-Globalisation Movement]] in the late 1990s, leading to the [[Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation|APEC]] resistance in [[Vancouver]] in [[1997]]; the [[June 18]], [[1999]] International Carnival Against Capitalism; and the [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity| Food Not Bombs has also been heavily involved in the [[Protests against the 2003 Iraq war|anti-war movement]] which arose in [[2002]] During a presentation to the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in [[2006]], an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[counter-terrorism]] official labeled Food Not Bombs and [[Independent Media Center|Indymedia]] as having possible terrorist connections. [http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2006fnb_fbii_spying] Today, there are close to 200 chapters of Food Not Bombs all over the world, though most are concentrated in [[North America]]. Food Not Bombs has a loose structure: every chapter of Food Not Bombs embraces a few basic principles, and carries out the same sort of action, but every chapter is free to make its own decisions, based on the needs of its community. Likewise, every chapter of Food Not Bombs operates on consensus: everybody does an equal share of work, and has an equal say in making decisions. Besides collecting and distributing food for free, most chapters of Food Not Bombs are involved in community anti-poverty, anti-war and pro-immigrant organising, as well as many other political causes. Because most Food Not Bombs groups share the same values and because they operate in a generally [[Anarchism|anarchist]] fashion, Food Not Bombs is sometimes known as a == References == * {{cite web |url=http://www.foodnotbombs.net/bookpolitics.html |title=Politics Food Not Bombs Book |accessdate=2007-06-22}}
*[[DIY ethic]]▼ *[[Freeganism]]▼ *[[Really Really Free Market]]▼ *[[Vegetarianism]]▼ *[[One World Cafe]]▼ == ▲* [[DIY ethic]] *[http://www.foodnotbombs.net/ Food Not Bombs]▼ ▲* [[Freeganism]] *[http://www.directaction.org/nixon/pic2.html Funky Nixons at Food Not Bombs Anniversary Shows in San Francisco]▼ ▲* [[Really Really Free Market]] *[http://www.CrimethInc.com CrimethInc]▼ ▲* [[Vegetarianism]] * [http://houstonpress.com/Issues/2004-11-25/news/feature.html "Free Lunch," Houston Press article]▼ ▲* [[One World Cafe]] *[http://www.mango-a-gogo.com/scot/free.htm The Global Free Economy Project]▼ *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501248_pf.html Diving for Dinner]▼ == External links == ▲* [http://www.foodnotbombs.net/ Food Not Bombs] ▲* [http://www.directaction.org/nixon/pic2.html Funky Nixons at Food Not Bombs Anniversary Shows in San Francisco] ▲* [http://www.CrimethInc.com CrimethInc] ▲* [http://houstonpress.com/Issues/2004-11-25/news/feature.html ▲* [http://www.mango-a-gogo.com/scot/free.htm The Global Free Economy Project] ▲* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501248_pf.html Diving for Dinner] [[Category:Anarchist organizations]] [[Category:Anti-Iraq War groups]] Line 67 ⟶ 66: [[cs:Food Not Bombs]] [[de:Food not bombs]] [[es:Food not Bombs]] [[id:Food Not Bombs]] |