Divestment

A Success Worse Than Failure? Lessons From Activist Campaigns in South Africa and Sudan

Stephanie Rudat | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Divestment, Nonprofits, Joseph Kony, Darfur, Activism, Genocide, Activists, Kony 2012, Social Movements, Impact News
Stephanie Rudat

For activist movements seeking positive change, there is only one thing worse than obscurity: the infliction of unintended negative consequences on those you are trying to help.

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Lila Shapiro

Walmart Dumped By Pension Fund Over Poor Worker Conditions

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Abp, Walmart, Socially Responsible Investing, Divestment, Investment, Walmart Labor, Ufcw, Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds, Labor Issues, Pension Funds, Business News

A major pension fund and longtime investor in Walmart has blacklisted the retailing behemoth, citing poor labor practices and the company's anti-union...

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Los Angeles Launches Nation's First Israel Divestment Campaign

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonathan Ben Artzi, South Africa, Oppression, Israel, Apartheid, Press Conference, Divestment, Israel Divestment Campaign, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Los Angeles, Palestinians, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

On April 1, 2010, in a no-holds-barred interview with the Christian Science Monitor, Israeli peacemaker Jonathan Ben Artzi, a PhD candidate at Brow...

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Let Us Join Those Who Refuse

Rebecca Vilkomerson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish Voice for Peace, Divestment, Israel, Tiaa-Cref, Catepillar, World News
Rebecca Vilkomerson

Tisha B'Av fell on the same day as the first TIAA CREF annual meeting since Jewish Voice for Peace initiated a campaign to get TIAA CREF to divest its holdings from companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian land.

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An Open Letter to UC Berkeley Students -- Passing the Israel Divestment Bill

Mustafa Barghouthi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, War Crimes, Divestment, UC Berkeley, Divestment Campaign, Israel, College News
Mustafa Barghouthi

I have lived my entire adult life under this occupation. I have worked this entire time -- over 40 years -- to bring about an end to this system of Israeli rule and Palestinian subjugation.

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Divesting From Injustice

Desmond Tutu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UC Berkeley, South Africa, Apartheid, Palestine, Israel, Divestment, Desmond Tutu, World News
Desmond Tutu

Students are helping to pave a path to a Middle East peace, and I heartily endorse their divestment vote, encourage them to stand firm on the side of what is right, and urge others to follow their lead.

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Open Letter to Berkeley Students on Their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill

Naomi Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UC Berkeley Israel Divestment, Israeli Divestment, Divestment, Senate Bill 118A, Israel-Palestine, Berkeley Divestment, College News
Naomi Klein

Berkeley's recent divestment bill opposing Israeli war crimes stands to have a global impact, helping to build a grassroots, non-violent movement to end Israel's violations of international law.

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Divestment is the Answer - Vote with Your Stock

Teri Szucs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sick for Profit, Medicare for All, Heathcare Reform, Heath Care, Vote With Your Stock, Divestment, Single Payer, Politics News
Teri Szucs

I took a good look at the mean, ignorant hate-mongers on the other side. The vote was a win against them. Yesterday I found myself rooting for the pas...

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Napalm, Big Health Insurance, and Divestment

Rob Stone M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Shareholders, Unitedhealth, Divestment, Wellpoint Rescissions, Health Insurance Industry, Blue Cross, Health Care Reform, Wellpoint, Quentin Young, Business News
Rob Stone M.D.

We need to move beyond shareholder resolutions and begin building a divestment campaign against health insurers like the one aimed at American corporations doing business with South Africa's apartheid government.

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Mandela, RFK and the Sacrifice of Statement

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Divestment, Nelson-Mandela-Anniversary, Robben Island, Martin Luther King Jr., Ripple of Hope, Albert Luthuli, Rfk, Nobel Peace Prize, Apartheid, 1966, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, Ian Robertson, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, 1965, Barack Obama Nelson Mandela, Day of Affirmation, South Africa Apartheid, Robert Kennedy, Nelson Mandela Anniversary, World News
John R. Bohrer

Long before the struggle in South Africa became fashionable in the U.S., some American leaders rallied to their side, sending forth a ripple of hope on behalf of the entire free world.

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Catholic Priests Call For Divestment From Israel

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Divestment, Occupation, Evangelical Christians, Bible, Palestine, Catholic, Israel, Christian Zionists, Archbishop Tutu, World News
Daoud Kuttab

The call for an end to the occupation of Palestine by Israel was issued during a December 11 meeting in Bethlehem.

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Adjusting Insurance Company Attitudes

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Divestment, Health Insurance, Health Care, Pre-Existing-Condition, Muhammed Yunus, Domestic Violence, Politics News
Ellen Snortland

For battered women in some states, state laws allow insurance carriers to deny coverage to victims of abuse because (are you ready?)... domestic violence (DV) is a pre-existing condition!

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The Uselessness of Sanctions

Simon Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Sanctions, UN Sanctions on Zimbabwe, Sanctions, Divestment, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Simon Jenkins

Economic sanctions are coward's war. Their champions can find hardly a shred of evidence in their favour; they are the last refuge of stupidity in foreign policy.

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