We celebrate the life and incredible contributions of Chris Rust and share tributes from Chris’s loved ones, friends and comrades. For decades, through Food not Bombs, Chris embodied a quiet, unwavering commitment to solidarity, anarchist DIY ethics, and animal rights.Through FNB, Chris brought people together, created spaces of care and solidarity, and lived out his belief in mutual aid, community, and respect for all beings. A comrade in the truest sense, and a person of quiet integrity and selflessness in a difficult world.We share some reflections from those who knew and loved him, and who shared in the spaces and community he helped build.The tributes are captured here at this link Proton doc – In celebration of Chris Rust Please contact us if you’d like to add to this doc at FoSradio@proton.me FNB’s principles include veganism, vegetarianism, the distribution of free food, group autonomy, consensus decision-making, and nonviolent direct action. Please consider getting involved – contact information is below. There is a picnic in celebration of Chris’s life on Friday April 3rd (Good Friday) 2026 from 12.00pm at Edinburgh Gardens (near the pavilion), Fitzroy. Please bring a plate of vegan food to share. Links: Food Not Bombs Naarm email fnbmelb@riseup.net & website https://fnbmelb.noblogs.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/foodnotbombsmelbourne/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/foodnotbombs_naarm/ Chris’s interview with Pat about Food Not Bombs on 3CR Thursday breakfast. The interview starts at 38.00 mins. https://www.3cr.org.au/thursday-breakfast/episode/super-loss-under-18s-food-not-bombs-melbourne-carf-counter-rally-saturday Book about FNB: A Mass Conspiracy to Feed People by David Boarder Giles (Duke University Press, 2021) https://www.dukeupress.edu/a-mass-conspiracy-to-feed-people Songs we played: Vicious Circle / Police Brutality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGz7mCk0tXI Arm the Insane / Heard it all before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPYu5Jc6BFE Perdition / New Anarchy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuq2-mC0-tU Please note that unfortunately due to copyright restrictions, we are unable to include the songs in the podcast.
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