Private Military Contractors (Blackwater)

 

Private Armies: Undermining Democracy, Promoting War

 

The DeKalb Interfaith Network is a founding member of No Private Armies, an Illinois-based coalition founded to oppose Blackwater/Xe's operations in the state and beyond.  Dan Kenney, co-cordinator of the Network is also a key member of No Private Armies and has spoken on Blackwater/Xe and the problems associated with Private Military Contractors around the state and nation.

 

The foremost aujthority on Blackwater/Xe is author and journalist Jeremy Scahill.  You can learn more from the following interview between Bill Moyers and Scahill : Bill Moyers' Journal.
To follow Jeremy Scahill's blog, go to rebelreports.com


What We are Reading

 

Beyond Growth: Herman E Daly

by Jenny Tomkins

Summer Reading:

The Prison Angel: Mother Antonia’s Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail: Mary Jordan & Kevin Sullivan

by Rosemarie Slavenas

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

by Jenny  Tomkins

The Lacuna: Barbata Kingsolver

by Frances Loubere

Freefall: Joseph Stiglitz

by Dan Kenney

 

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Contact Congress

Senator Dick Durbin:

http://durbin.senate.gov

Rep. Bill Foser (Dist 14)

http://foster.house.gov

Rep. Don Manzullo (Dist 16)

http://manzullo.house.gov

White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/

 

Dan's Blog

Home Defense: A New Blackwater Course of Special Interest to Christian Warriors
Open Letter To Congress: Stop Outsourcing Security
New Year, Same Old Story: Blackwater Still Gets Away With Murder
Can There Be A ?Good? Military Contractor?
Obama?s Shadow Army Continues to Grow

 

LINK to Illinois Coalition for Justice, Peace and the Environment

http://icjpe.org/

 

Videos

 

 

Jan Schakowsky Seeks to Curb Contractors