Church of Stop Shopping

If It's Friday, It's Meet the Bloggers

Kerry Trueman | Posted 12.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Meet the Press, Consumerism, Reverend Billy, Rachel Maddow, Jdimytai Damour, David Gregory, Church of Stop Shopping, Meet the Bloggers, Daily Kos, Video, Media News
Kerry Trueman

Meet The Bloggers brings us the Rev and the righteous Savitri D from the Church of Stop Shopping, along with tips from the Center For A New American Dream's LaToya Peterson on how to simplify the holidays.

Read Post

"Buy Nothing Day" Sermonette

Reverend Billy | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Holiday Shopping Season, Consumerism, Reverend Billy, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, Church of Stop Shopping, Black Friday, Green News
Reverend Billy

The big bucks investors will shop again when they feel better, and the rest of us will follow soon after, standing in line to swipe the plastic.

Read Post

Shopacoplypse Now

Kerry Trueman | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Consumerism, Reverend Billy, Wal-Mart, Church of Stop Shopping, Black Friday, Jdimytai Damour, Wal-Mart Stampede, Living News
Kerry Trueman

I've tried to put myself in the shoes of the Long Island lemmings who stomped the life out of Jdimytai "Jimbo" Damour... but I just can't seem to fit into their frenzied footwear.

Read Post

Phony Christians Embrace Bull

Kerry Trueman | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Prosperity Gospel, Change, Reverend Billy, Wall Street, Economy, Recession, Church of Stop Shopping, Business News
Kerry Trueman

(Image courtesy of Wonkette) It's not even Halloween yet, but a bunch of folks masquerading as Christians descended on Wall Street the other day to...

Read Post

The Devil's Bargain: Sweatshops and the American Scheme

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.02.2008 | Business

Read More: What Would Jesus Buy, Free Trade, Church of Stop Shopping, National Labor Committee, Sweatshops, Wal-Mart, Business News
John W. Whitehead

Some insist that the business sector's efforts to tap into cheap labor in poor countries are about free market economics. However, the resulting dehumanization of this global workforce could be the moral crisis of this century.

Read Post