Really Really Free Market
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The Really, Really Free Market (RRFM) movement is a non-hierarchical collective of individuals who form a temporary market based on an alternative gift economy.[1] The RRFM movement aims to counteract capitalism in a non-reactionary way. It holds as a major goal to build a community based on sharing resources, caring for one another and improving the collective lives of all. Markets often vary in character, but they generally offer both goods and services. Participants bring unneeded items, food, skills and talents such as entertainment or haircuts. A RRFM may take place in an open community space such as a public park or community commons.
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[edit] Origins and spread
Participants from the SouthEast Anarchist Network (SeaNET)[2] held demonstrations using the first known Really, Really Free Market to protest the G8 summit. The first known Really, Really Free Market took place simultaneously in Miami, Florida, and Raleigh, North Carolina during the anti-globalization protests against the FTAA.[3] The idea quickly spread across the United States.
The movement has emerged in diverse places such as North Carolina, New York City, Reno, Nevada, Cottage Grove, Oregon, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and the San Francisco Bay Area. North Carolina has an especially vibrant RRFM movement, with markets appearing in cities such as Wilmington, Raleigh, Greensboro and Greenville.[4]
In addition, Charlotte, North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina, Carrboro, North Carolina, San Francisco, California, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Dayton, Ohio are home to monthly Really Really Free Markets. San Francisco's RRFM takes place the Last Saturday of Every Month in Dolores Park. Minneapolis' RRFM takes place on the second Saturday of every month. Dayton's is held the first Sunday of every month in the community garden on East 5th Street. Wilmington's RRFM is held the last Sunday of each month at Greenfield Lake. Athens, GA witnessed its first RRFM on April 28th, 2007 as part of the May Day celebrations organized by Autonomous Athens.[5] It has since become a monthly occurrence with event attendance usually in the hundreds.
