In October 2002, in Colorado, three Catholic nuns entered a
missile site swinging hammers to disarm a nuclear warhead. Then
they painted a cross on the silo with their own blood. In
November 2003, in Miami, thousands showed up to resist the
ministerial meetings on the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
North Americans, taking the lead from their Southern neighbors,
are mobilizing against trade agreements that grant rights to
corporations and steal them from human beings. I hear in these
stories a persistent resistance. I hear the story of Exodus
becoming relevant once again. Take Action on This Issue In the
book of Exodus, the empire of Egypt is condemned. It is greedy,
fearful, production-driven, bigoted, sexist, exploitative,
violent, and murderous. This description of Pharaonic Egypt is
strikingly similar to modern global capitalism where many First
World Christians sit near the top of a pyramid whose base is 27
million slaves worldwide. Theologian Robert McAfee Brown put it
quite simply: "Where we fit in th