Divestment

The Uselessness of Sanctions

Simon Jenkins | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

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

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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Business, China and Darfur

Marc Gunther | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Investors Against Genocide, Mia Farrow, Divestment, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Johnson & Johnson, Genocide in Sudan, Fidelity Mutual Fund, Dream for Darfur, Darfur, Mia Farrow Darfur, Journalism in China, Fidelity, Reporters in China, McDonald's, Kodak, Darfur Sudan, China, Business News

Fidelity mutual fund investors, McDonald's customers, employees of Kodak and Johnson & Johnson -- all will soon have the opportunity to urge those companies to speak out against the ongoing genocide in Darfur.

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A Signature Away From Action for Darfur

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Sudan, Barbara Lee, Genocide, Divestment, Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act, Sudan Divestment, Darfur Sudan, Sudan Genocide, Politics News

Divestment would involve organizations withdrawing their assets from the country, which would cripple the Sudanese government's ability to financially sustain the genocide.

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Buffett, Darfur, Mutual Funds and Myanmar

Marc Gunther | Posted 10.15.2007 | Business

Read More: Divest for Darfur, Berkshire Hathaway, PetroChina, Darfur, Warren Buffett, Divestment, Business News

Heartened by Warren Buffett's action, Darfur activists are now shifting their focus to other investment funds, including Fidelity, that continue to hold PetroChina stock.

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