Really Really Free Market

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The Really, Really Free Market movement is a nonhierarchical collective of individuals who form a temporary market based on an alternative gift economy. 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 contain both material objects and skill shares. 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.

[edit] Origins and spread

Participants from the SouthEast Anarchist Network (SeaNET)^[1] 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^[2]. The idea quickly spread across the United States. The movement has emerged in diverse places such as North Carolina, New York City, Minneapolis and the San Francisco Bay Area. North Carolina has an especially vibrant RRFM movement, with markets appearing in cities such as Raleigh, Greensboro, and Greenville^[3]. In addition, Carrboro, North Carolina, San Francisco, California, and Minneapolis, Minnesota 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.