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Buy Nothing Day Host Bob Edwards talks to Kalle Lasn, director of the anti-consumerism group Adbusters Media Foundation, about Buy Nothing Day. The 24-hour moratorium on buying anything is planned to coincide with tomorrow's official kick-off of the holiday shopping season. Critics of the event say it flies in the face of America's new war against terrorism, Lasn says this year's Buy Nothing Day is more appropriate than ever.

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Host Bob Edwards talks to Kalle Lasn, director of the anti-consumerism group Adbusters Media Foundation, about Buy Nothing Day. The 24-hour moratorium on buying anything is planned to coincide with tomorrow's official kick-off of the holiday shopping season. Critics of the event say it flies in the face of America's new war against terrorism, Lasn says this year's Buy Nothing Day is more appropriate than ever.