Another 'Anti-Mall' is Possible and It Happens Saturday in SanTana!
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| A conscious consumer checks out an artivist's vending booth at December's Anti-Mall |
The event's roots trace back to activist connections made in Chiapas with Mexico's Zapatista rebels. "Since my very first visit there in 1996, I talked to activist and musician Rosa Martha Zarate," says Anti-Mall co-founder and lead producer Laura Palomares. "We wanted to help the Zapatistas and instead of just donating money, they asked us to sell things for them." Since that visit and every subsequent trip back, Palomares would return with products from cooperatives and set up vending booths wherever she could in and around LA. More >>

































