Obama’s Justice Department just reaffirmed one of the most egregious, unconstitutional and criminal practices of previous administrations: using an expansive version of the state secrets privilege to block suits brought against a Boeing subsidiary for helping the CIA kidnap and outsource torture of people not yet convicted of a crime (and no, I’m not making [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boeing’
Obama: Can’t Spare Change for Torture Victims
Posted: February 11, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: activism, Boeing, CIA, extraordinary rendition, Greenwald, Jesus, nonviolence, Obama, peace and justice, torture
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The False Choice between the Old and the New, Part II
Posted: January 5, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Ahmadinejad, Arthur Waskow, Blackwater, Boeing, Christian nonviolence, Christianity, defense contractors, Jesus, Lockheed Martin, nonviolence, shomer shalom
As I said in my previous post on this topic, nonviolent and violentist Christians often mistreat the Hebrew scriptures. Violentist Christians assert that violence in the “Old” Testament tradition negates the possibility of nonviolence as a faithful interpretation of scripture. Nonviolent Christians concede the underlying assumption–that the only faithful interpretation of the Hebrew scriptures is [...]
Merchants of Death Watch the Cash Roll In
Posted: September 14, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: arms trade, Boeing, Bush, Human Smoke, Jesus, Lockheed Martin, nonviolence
War is big business, people. According to this morning’s The New York Times: From tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to missiles, remotely piloted aircraft and even warships, the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal year to sell or transfer more than $32 billion in weapons and other military equipment to foreign governments, [...]
