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What Students Mean When They Demand Divestment, and Why We Should Listen

The basic idea of divestment is simple: Stop investing in corporations or other entities that are doing harm. Almost every day this spring, students used their graduation ceremonies as a platform to demand their universities and colleges divest from genocide…

Veterans Support Students Protesting Genocide in Palestine

“The students are absolutely right, and may be saving our humanity.” Veterans For Peace applauds the students who are protesting against the US/Israeli genocide in Palestine.  These courageous young students are doing the right thing at the right time. “The…

April 15: NYC Tax Day Protest to call for an end to genocide and endless war

Divesting from Genocide & US Militarism: “War Tax Resisters” Protest with Their Money War tax resisters are taking to the streets to call for an end to genocide and endless war. They are divesting from the taxes that fund war…

How to Divest. In the Town of Wall Street, Applaud the NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, the NYC Council and Amalgamated Bank.

In recent years we have full out launched into another nuclear arms race, without discussion of facts nor citizen input. By far, we have put forth the largest outlay in history for our Pentagon budget. Instead of using the wisdom…

Canada’s Big Banks Urged to drop nuclear from Green Investment Portfolios

78 Public Interest groups are calling on Canada’s biggest banks to drop investments in nuclear power, including so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) from their fossil-free and ESG* investment portfolios. The banks are all members of the Net Zero Banking Alliance,…

Face 2 Face with Seth Shelden

On this show we speak with Seth Shelden, United Nations Liaison with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Seth speaks about New York City just joined the ICAN Cities Appeal and calling on the US to join the UN Treaty…

Palestine solidarity sweeps the US as Israel continues assault on Gaza

Hundreds gathered in Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon with signs denouncing the violence that is now crushing the Gaza Strip’s over two million residents. At this storytelling rally, Palestinians — who are so often rendered invisible in discussions…

NYC Council Hearing for Res. 0976 and Int. 1621 Public and Written Testimonies

New York City Council Hearing on Resolution 0976 – 2019  calling on the New York City Comptroller to instruct the pension funds of public employees in New York City to divest from and avoid any financial exposure to companies involved…

New York City Prepares Nuclear Option

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War There really only is one option when it comes to nuclear weapons, and that is to do everything we can to abolish them before they abolish us. New York City Council will be voting…

Kyushu Financial Group (KFG) avoids inhumane weapons

By Susi Snyder for the Don’t Bank on the Bomb Campaign. On July 10th, Kyushu Financial Group (KFG) released its new corporate policy paper, which includes prohibitions of investment or loans for companies that develop and/or produce inhumane weapons such…

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