Hosted by :  Colored Girls Bike Too, Mass Ave Project, Buffalo Community Fridge, and Buffalo Go Green

Peace and Love, Community!

The People’s FREE Market is back!
Join us every Friday at 3 PM—until supplies run out.

In partnership with @massaveproject, @buffalocommunityfridge, and @buffalogogreen, we redistribute food, essentials, and care—no cost, no catch.

This isn’t just a market, it’s a space for mutual aid, collective healing, and resistance against a system that prioritizes profit over people. Come grab groceries, drop off unwanted bikes or mobility aids, volunteer your time, let’s build community care from the ground up.

●●●The Truth Behind the “Free Market”●●●

The free market is often praised as a natural, fair system where supply and demand regulate prices and opportunity. But this idea masks a violent history and ongoing reality:

● The free market is foundational to capitalism, which emerged alongside, and depended on, slavery, colonialism, and systemic racism.

● Wealth was stolen from enslaved people and Indigenous lands, enabling capitalist economies to flourish on exploitation.

● This “freedom” only exists for the wealthy few, while the majority face wage theft, exploited labor, and poverty.

● Supply and demand don’t meet needs, they serve profit. The market’s “freedom” is a myth that justifies inequality and obscures systemic violence.

●●●Reclaiming, and Redefining, the “Free Market”●●●

We use “free market” not as an empty word, but as a radical political statement:

● Free from cost, profit, and commodification.

● Free from shame and exclusion.

● Free as a space created by and for the community, rooted in mutual aid and care.

● We don’t deny this work takes resources, time, donations, labor, and sometimes funding from capitalist institutions, but we use these tools to build alternatives to exploitation.

Reclaiming “free market” is about challenging the status quo and imagining new economies based on justice and solidarity.

📍 Fridays • 3 PM • Until Supplies Run Out

Calendar item courtesy of Buffalo Community Calendar