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Food Not Bombs is one of the fastest growing revolutionary movements

and is gaining momentum throughout the world. There are hundreds of

autonomous chapters sharing free vegetarian food with hungry people

and protesting war and poverty. Food Not Bombs is not a charity. This

energetic grassroots movement is active throughout the Americas,

Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Food Not Bombs is

organizing for peace and an end to the occupations of Iraq,

Afghanistan and Palestine. For over 25 years the movement has worked

to end hunger and has supported actions to stop the globalization of

the economy, restrictions to the movements of people, end exploitation

and the destruction of the earth.



The first group was formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1980 by

anti-nuclear activists. Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer

organization dedicated to nonviolent social change. Food Not Bombs has

no formal leaders and strives to include everyone in its decision

making process. Each group recovers food that would otherwise be

thrown out and makes fresh hot vegetarian meals that are served in

outside in public spaces to anyone without restriction. Each

independent group also serves free vegetarian meals at protests and

other events. The San Francisco chapter has been arrested over 1,000

times in government's effort to silence its protest against the city's

anti- homeless policies. Amnesty International states it will adopt

those Food Not Bombs volunteers that are convicted as "Prisoners of

Conscience" and will work for their unconditional release. Even though

we are dedicated to nonviolence Food Not Bombs activists in the United

States have been under investigation by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task

Force, Pentagon and other intelligence agencies. A number of Food Not

Bombs volunteers have been arrested on terrorism charges but there has

never been a conviction.



Food Not Bombs is often the first to provide food and supplies to the

survivors of natural disasters and terrorist attacks. During the first

three days after the 1989 Earthquake, Food Not Bombs was the only

organization in San Francisco providing hot meals to the survivors and

the Long Beach chapter provided food after the North Ridge Earthquake.

Food Not Bombs was also the first to provide hot meals to the rescue

workers responding to September 11th World Trade Center attacks. Food

Not Bombs volunteers were among the first to provide food and help to

the survivors of the Asian Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Our

volunteers organized a national collection program and delivered bus

and truckloads of food and supplies to the gulf region. We have been

one of the only organizations sharing daily meals in New Orleans since

Katrina. You can rely on Food Not Bombs in a disaster and we are ready

to help in the future.



Food Not Bombs works in coalition with groups like Earth First!, The

Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Anarchist Black Cross, the IWW,

Homes Not Jails, Anti Racist Action, In Defense of Animals, the Free

Radio Movement and other organizations on the cutting edge of positive

social change and resistance to the new global austerity program. One

collective publishes a movement wide newsletter called A Food Not

Bombs Menu. Another hosts FNB News where you can learn more about the

Food Not Bombs community. Food Not Bombs Publishing in Takoma Park,

Maryland publishes books like On Conflict and Consensus which has been

an important guide for group democracy. We hope you will join us in

taking direct action towards creating a world free from domination,

coercion and violence. Food is a right, not a privilege.