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Occupy Broadway 'Takes Back The Stage'

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 12.03.2011 | Home
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Occupy Wall Street descended upon Broadway Friday night, commencing a daylong occupation of Times Square. The move to New York's theater district is m...

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Why America Slept

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.29.2011 | Impact
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America was sleeping deeply, in a dream whose creators were hiding inside skyscrapers with smoked glass.

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Mickey Mouse Pleads with Wisconsin Children: Don't Revolt! Watch TV! Go Shopping!

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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When will we make the connection between official American violence and the free-for-all of our products?

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The Earth Is Totally Hip

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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The one question I return to: from the center of our vast population, can we human beings reach out to the thing that created us?

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The Earth-Buster Sale

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Consumerism keeps this economy going, which is destroying life. This Christmas is selling everything.

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Meditations Before the 'Unmarriage Until Gay Marriage'

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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The fear people, let's call them. They want to elevate the heterosexual marriage ceremony to an old Hollywood heaven. Producing a false scarcity of love and putting religious pomp on it -- is -- Hate.

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