Really Really Free Market

A Really Really Free Market are gatherings of people where items are given away for free. It is an example of a gift economy and anarcho-communism.
== History ==
The first known Really Really Free Market occurred in Christchurch New Zealand following a free trade summit in 2003. Following this, Really Really Free Markets have spread to Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Taiwan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Really_Free_Market
== Effectiveness ==
According to one participant of a Really Really Free Market in North Carolina, USA:Once a month two hundred or more people from all walks of life gather at the commons in the center of our town. They bring everything from jewelry to firewood to give away, and take whatever they want. There are booths offering bicycle repair, hairstyling, even tarot readings. People leave with full-size bed frames and old computers; if they don’t have a vehicle to transport them, volunteer drivers are available. No money changes hands, no one haggles over the comparative worth of items or services, nobody is ashamed about being in need. Contrary to government ordinances, no fee is paid for the use of this public space, nor is anyone “in charge.” Sometimes a marching band appears; sometimes a puppetry troupe performs, or people line up to take a swing at a piñata. Games and conversations take place around the periphery, and everyone has a plate of warm food and a bag of free groceries. Banners hang from branches and rafters proclaiming “FOR THE COMMONS, NOT LANDLORDS OR BUREAUCRACY” and “NI JEFES, NI FRONTERAS” and a king-size blanket is spread with radical reading material, but these aren’t essential to the event—this is a social institution, not a demonstration.Thanks to our monthly ’Free Markets, everyone in our town has a working reference point for anarchist economics. Life is a little easier for those of us with low or no income, and relationships develop in a space in which social class and financial means are at least temporarily irrelevant.https://crimethinc.com/2007/10/27/the-really-really-free-market-instituting-the-gift-economy
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