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Lazy Revolution

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About Me

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We are a movement founded in 2007 by a small group of young people to combat globalization and the surveillance culture in the UK primarily but we also support other movements internationally with similar aims.

Our primary aims are simple - to move AGAINST the following trends:

(1) the dissapearence of small local businesses in favour of global monsters including but not limited to supermarket, restaurant, coffee shop and clothing retail chains.
(2)the prevalence of surveillance measures including but not limited to video cameras, travel cards containing personal details, DNA databases.

My Interests

WE SUPPORT:

Street trade
Small business
Farmers
Butchers
Bakers
Greengrocers
Cobblers
Newsagents
Pubs, Inns, Taverns
Professionals: including but not limited to lawyers, doctors, dentists who have community practices
Independent musicians
Artists
Writers
Poets
Academics
Astrologers
Healers and alternative medecine practicioners
Clairvoyants and mediums
Painters & decorators
TAILORS - lets bring tailors back
Upholsterers
Plumbers
Builders
Independent Record Shops
Amateur specialists in any field
Hand - Made Produce
Organic Produce
Crafts
Market Stalls
Farmers' Markets
Pride in one's work
Personal accountability for shoddy produce / services
Individuality in people
Individuality in products - one offs
Creative expression through work
Talent
Ethnic diversity on a national scale
Ethnically diverse communities
Religious diversity
Roma, Irish Travellers and nomadic peoples of all descriptions
Nature and environmental causes
Criminal justice which is not based on surveillance of the population at large
Policing which is not based on surveillance of the population at large
Community policing projects
Community spirit
FREEDOM

I'd like to meet:

We are called Lazy Revolution. We are about working against globalization and the surveillance society in much the same spirit as we allowed it to spread in the first place, passivity and complacence. We are not radical activists, all we ask of our adherents is therefore that they do what is manageable for them to help us achieve our goals.
We simply ask supporters to STOP BUYING IN to this machine. It RELIES on our apathy, our preference of COMFORT, CONVENIENCE and percieved security over FREEDOM. We don't want our supporters to go all out - we know that this is not possible, so far ingrained into our culture has it become to choose the path of least resistance. We simply ask that if you agree with us you make the conscious decision to become a DEFECTIVE COG in the machine.

HERE ARE SOME RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE STARTER IDEAS:

(1) If you have viable alternatives near you: grocery shops, markets, chemists, butchers, bakeries etc. even if there is less variety and it is a bit more expensive / less convenient, do not shop at your local supermarket.

(2) If you want to go out for a meal or a coffee simply choose to go to a small family owned restaurant/cafe rather than a chain.

(3) If you have them nearby, take advantage of clothing markets, vintage clothing shops, second hand shops and street traders rather than buying from chain retailers.

(4) Promote these small but effective gestures to friends, the only way this can work is if enough people get on board and start making these minor lifestyle changes.

WE ALSO WANT TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE SERVICES TO THE ONES PROVIDED BY BIG BUSINESS - WE HOPE TO HELP PROMOTE THESE SERVICES SO THAT PEOPLE WILL START USING THEM MORE OFTEN SO THAT WE START SEEING SUPERMARKETS CLOSING DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR YET ANOTHER SMALL ENTERPRISE RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY ROUND. PLEASE SEE OUR INTEREST LIST FOR A LIST OF TYPES OF SERVICE WE SUPPORT.

This is the beginning for us and we are still trying to work on ways to combat these trends which we object to. The matter of surveillance is still more difficult to work on because any small scale action against it will inevitably be ineffective or illegal or both. We don't want people to feel unsafe but we do want people to take responsibility for their own communities and start CREATING the kind of safety that a camera could never supply. Synthetic eyes are not nearly so effective as REAL eyes and moreover, they are an imposition on the freedom and RIGHT TO PRIVACY of the normal law abiding majority. Lets take things back a pace and replace PERCEIVED security with ACTUAL security.

My Blog

PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL REQUEST - WITH A DUE SENSE OF IMPENDING DOOM

..> Ok so I am blogging a bulletin I posted the other day about a clause of law to ban smoking in public places- the point of which was to demonstrate my anger at the fact that the Gove...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:03:00 PST

Interesting Article in the Guardian - Thanks Titling at Windmills

Forget Tesco: the bigger threat to small shops may be WaitroseStore used by affluent customers and praised for green policies is worrying delis and farm shops Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs corres...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:10:00 PST

Forum and 1 month without supermarkets challenge - thanks Shelley

One of the new members of the Lazy Revolution, Shelley, sent me a message with a link to a forum where people exchange some great ideas which are in line with our mission, the link and the text o...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:38:00 PST

Where to buy organic produce UK regions - Thank you Wightpants

From The Soil Association: Where to buy your local organic produce in... YorkshireNorthWestNorthEastWalesSouthWestCornwall and Isles of Scilly National ...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:28:00 PST

Shoe Lagoon - If you like shoes, bags and accesories worth a read!

One of our members has a small business that you fashion lovers may like to check out as an alternative to large retail outlets:  For Shoe Lovers Everywhere!! Shoe Lagoon is a small UK...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:49:00 PST

A Song for the Revolution?

Two of my favourite young Lazy Revolutionaries have been working on a song for the Revolution...Unfortunately they claim they cant sing and worse still cant think of a melody...can anyone help give th...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:13:00 PST

Some of you may be interested in this?

A member sent this to me and I thought that it looked interesting - someof you might be interested in attending if you are in the Lancaster area... ============ http://knowledgelab.org.uk/wiki/Cutting...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:03:00 PST

Local Shop Loyalty Card - PLEASE READ THIS

..> IT IS ALL HAPPENING TODAY - PLEASE READ Listen guys, a silent partner of mine in the Revolution just gave me the following link that she found quite by chance - this is AMAZING. This is exactl...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:18:00 PST

PETITION: SAVE CAMDEN STABLES MARKET

"SAVE Camden Stables Market"hosted on the web by our free online petition service, at:http://www.PetitionOnline.com/StablesM/Some info:Camden scamHow many times will a council have to desecrate a hist...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:44:00 PST

Revolution Poetry - Installment 2

By Rory: movements pulse and subside, but the tune does not die. a boom or a sigh; detractors ask why, question those who try to build a better world. it almost makes the toes curl. what is the attach...
Posted by Lazy Revolution on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:42:00 PST