{"article":{"id":118581,"heading":"Reenact Rev Billy's Crime Against Starbucks","author":"Michael Oneil","created":"2004-11-05 14:02:54","modified":"2013-11-11 00:31:32","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:31:32","article":"\r\n \r\n \r\n
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\r\n <\/div>\r\n Reenact Reverend Billy's Crime Against\r\nStarbucks!<\/span>
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\r\n Get some bad Elvis hair, a white collar, white\r\njacket and enter a Starbucks store. Deposit information about child\r\nlabor in coffee fields on the tables. Hallelujah! Feel the Spirit!<\/i>
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\r\nAs you read this, the Rev is on trial for destruction of property and\r\nmalicious mischief. But his April 19th laying on of hands upon a cash\r\nregister, with the help of the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir and LA\r\nactivists, channeled what all coffee industry monitors have warned:\r\nbillionaires like Starbucks chief Howard Shultz make money by harvesting\r\ncoffee for virtually nothing. Cut out a thick strip of white cardboard\r\nand seal it over the back your neck with some duct tape: that's your\r\ncollar. Throw some cement on your hair and wear a white outfit. Now\r\nyou're a preacher! Have a friend follow you with a video camera. When\r\nyou get to the store:\r\n
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  1. Stand outside the Starbucks with that mermaid logo in view,\r\ndisplaying a sign with your town, state and country<\/li>\r\n
  2. Enter the Starbucks and place your fact sheets on the tables<\/li>\r\n
  3. Raise your arms into the air and preach what the Spirit\r\ntells you, but make clear that the $4 lattes come from the DEVIL and\r\nchild mortality rates in Guatemala are soaring<\/li>\r\n <\/ol>\r\nBe polite to the baristas, they're just doing their jobs. Have your fun\r\nand leave, you've done your job! Follow these links to info on\r\ngrievences with Starbucks:
    \r\n US\r\nLEAP
    \r\n Organic\r\nConsumers Association
    \r\n Global\r\nExchange
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    \r\nBe sure to send a copy of your tape to PO Box 1556, New York, NY 10013.\r\nWe’d appreciate a note of permission to use your footage in our\r\ndocumentary (for release next year). Hallelujah! See you in the\r\nStarbuckses!
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    \r\nquestions\/comments: michael@revbilly.com 917-825-3562 <\/span> <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n<\/table>\n","contact":"michael@revbilly.com","link":"http:\/\/www.revbilly.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Well, Reverend Billy finally got put on trial...in Los Angeles no less. So, while he's stuck in court, throw on a collar and white blazer, slick your hair back, and rise up as part of the Reverend Billy Mutant Clone Army of Oddness.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/11\/118581.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}