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The Stop Shopping Gospel RISES UP from the streets into the mediasphere! Here's a selection from our press archives
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Church Wants You To Stop Shopping
November 25, 2012   |   CNN
Reverend Billy, founder of the Church of Stop Shopping, says rampant consumerism is destroying the environment.
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Consumers Urged to 'Stop Shopping'
November 23, 2012   |   MSNBC
Billy ‘Rev. Billy’ Talen protests American consumerism in a series of performances across the country.
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A 'Preacher' of the Gospel of Sharing, Not Shoping
November 21, 2012   |   The New York Times
From the first days of this blog in 2007, a focal point has been the word “enough.” How much is enough? Can we learn to reach for an apple when we crave a cookie? Can we make something instead of buying something? Which good life do you seek — the Vegas version or Plato’s?
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Sandylujah! Hurricane Sandy Says Stop Shopping: Reverend Billy
November 20, 2012   |   TreeHugger
The Reverend Billy Talen, famed activist preacher and inexhaustible performance artist, is a noble and inscrutable man.
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Preaching down the Spectra gas pipeline
July 2, 2012   |   Waging Nonviolence
 Reverend Billy Talen and the Church fo Stop Shopping host a church revival at the unexpected Highline Ballroom
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The Reverend Billy Returns to New York, Ready to Fight!
June 29, 2012   |   The L Magazine
The Reverend Billy and his wonderful rabble-rousing choir return to the Highline Ballroom this Sunday, to raise awareness about the Spectra Pipeline, a gas-delivery system with its sights on Manhattan. Go. Have fun, learn, dance out your anger... 
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Hell No!
June 27, 2012   |   The Villager
 Church of Stop Shopping to Protest Pipeline
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Church of Stop Shopping to Protest Pipeline
June 27, 2012   |   Chelsea Now
Frack Off! Says Rev Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Choir joined by local activists 
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¡Earthalujah! Reverend Billy on San Juan Chamula
August 5, 2011   |   RKA in LA
 A review of our Earthalujah performances in Chiapas, Mexico.
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Reverend Billy dramatizes the Tate Modern’s oily mess
July 25, 2011   |   Waging Nonviolence
 The Tate Modern in London—the most-visited art gallery in the world—got a new addition to its collection last week..."
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Rev Billy exorcises the dark soul of BP
July 20, 2011   |   New Internationalist blog
New Internationalist's take on our exorcism of BP at Tate Mordern 
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Reverend Billy leads exorcism of BP's 'evil spirit' from Tate Modern
July 19, 2011   |   The Guardian Environment Blog
 The UK Guardian's Environment Blog covers our action at Tate Modern
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Religious activism on Tar Sands: exorcism of the evil spirit of BP from the Tate Modern
July 18, 2011   |   Zahid Raja: A Student Activist's Diary
Blogger Zahid Raja writes about our exorcism of Royal Bank of Scotland durong our 2011 European tour
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Reverend Billy leads mass exorcism in Tate Modern Turbine Hall over ‘taint’ of BP sponsorship
July 18, 2011   |   Uk Tar Sands Network
American performance group and British artists, activists and art lovers congregate in call for gallery to end its relationship with oil company
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Reverend Billy exorcizes BP at Tate Modern
July 18, 2011   |   Demotix
 The home of 'Street Journalism' writes on our exorcism of London's Tate Modern
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Rev Billy Exorcises Demons Tonight
July 18, 2011   |   London Confidential
The American performance artist takes on Big Oil at the Tate Modern
 
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An Exorcism at Tate Modern
July 18, 2011   |   Art For A Change
Activist and artist Mark Vallen blogs on our Tate Modern exorcism
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Review: Reverend Billy & The Church of Earthalujah
July 17, 2011   |   EXTRA! EXTRA!
A review of our worship-show at Conway Hall in London 
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Review: Reverend Billy at Latitude 2011
July 16, 2011   |   Fringe Review
 A review of our performance at Latitude 2011 in the UK, part of the worldwide Fringe Festival
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Rage against the cash machine
July 13, 2011   |   Liverpool Confidential
When two choirs collide, it can only mean Reverend Billy is back in town 
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