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Twelve Attys. Gen. Tell Unilever CEO to Back Off Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott
Twelve states' attorneys general sent a letter to Unilever CEO Alan Jope on Monday urging him to rescind his company's planned boycott of sales of Ben & Jerry's products in the nation of Israel. The joint missive --- signed by Republican top legal officers in...
Palestinian Rights Activist Says Ben & Jerry’s Boycott Hurts HIS People
The New York Post reported Wednesday that a Palestinian human rights activist, Bassem Eid (pictured), has filed a complaint in New York that alleges Ben & Jerry's boycott of Israel's "occupied territories" only increases strife in the region, rather than promoting...
WATCH: Enes Kanter Keeps Pressure on NBA, Nike
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter continued his pressure campaign this week against the NBA and Nike in an appearance on PBS's "Amanpour and Company," saying that the athletic shoe manufacturer is lying when it denies it uses slave labor in its supply chain. He also...
Activist Investor Buys Stake in Unilever; Warns Ben & Jerry’s is Hurting Business
Investor Michael Ashner, who runs activist fund Winthrop Capital Partners, has bought a stake of an undisclosed amount in British conglomerate Unilever, in order to escalate shareholder pressure against the company's failure to act against subsidiary Ben &...
VIDEO: De Blasio Giving Unilever ‘One More Chance’ Before NYC Divests?
Claiming that he opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told a reporter for a Jewish newspaper on Wednesday that he hopes Unilever will show economic support for the nation, despite its...
Unilever Defended Doing Business in Countries with Human Rights Abuses
Daily Caller reported over the weekend that Unilever, the supportive parent company of anti-Semitic ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's, defended selling its products in nations with records of human rights abuses and state-sponsored terrorism. The British...
NYC Comptroller Bashed for Not Divesting from Unilever/Ben & Jerry’s
The State of New York's Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, has withdrawn the state's pension investments from British conglomerate Unilever over subsidiary Ben & Jerry's business boycott of Israel. Now pro-Israel groups want New York City's comptroller, Scott Stringer...
NY Comptroller: Unilever Wouldn’t Budge on Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott
The Comptroller for New York who announced last week that he will divest the state's pensions and investments from Unilever explained in an interview that the move wasn't because of politics, but instead it was an economic decision. Thomas DiNapoli (pictured) told The...
Unilever’s/Ben & Jerry’s Anti-Semitism Called ‘Half-Baked Publicity Stunt;’ ‘Blatant Corporate Hypocrisy’
Unilever, which has joined subsidiary Ben & Jerry's in an anti-Semitic boycott of the nation of Israel, maintains its American headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. And the mayor of the British conglomerate's U.S. home --- a borough across the Hudson River from...
WATCH: Rubio Rips Hypocritical Corporations Who Pander to China
Sen. Marco Rubio appeared on Thursday's "Mornings with Maria" (Bartiromo) on Fox Business Network and spend much of his segment blasting the hypocrisy of U.S. corporations that do the bidding of the communist Chinese government at the...
New York Divests Pension Funds from Unilever over Anti-Israel Stance
The State of New York's comptroller announced Thursday that he will divest the state's pensions from British conglomerate Unilever, because of subsidiary Ben & Jerry's decision to eliminate sales of its products in the "occupied territories" of Israel --- which...
Senate Republicans Urge Unilever CEO to End Ben & Jerry’s Anti-Semitism
The Republican members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led by ranking member John Boozman (pictured) of Arkansas, have co-written a letter to Unilever CEO Alan Jope requesting he reverse subsidiary Ben & Jerry's decision to cease...
A Shift Away from Corporate Political Activism? Not for Unilever’s Alan Jope
October 10 was "World Day Against the Death Penalty." Almost always tracking with causes – ones associated mostly with those on the political Left – is an effort to pressure/shame/harass businesses and their leaders to sign on in support, to give the impression there...
Florida to Start Its Divestment from Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s
Time's up for Unilever and subsidiary Ben & Jerry's in Florida: The company was given 90 days, according to state law, to rescind its intended boycott of Israel's "occupied territories." Now the Sunshine State will move forward with its divestment process. From...
Unilever CEO Told That Ben & Jerry’s Boycott Affects ALL of Israel
Two pro-Israel groups, StandWithUs and the Israeli-American Coalition for Action, wrote to Unilever CEO Alan Jope (pictured) on Friday to argue that subsidiary Ben & Jerry's planned boycott of sales in the "occupied territories" does not just affect those areas,...
NC Treasurer Answers NLPC; Will ‘Comply’ with Law on Ben & Jerry’s
North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell (pictured) issued a press release on Friday in response to NLPC's Oct. 6th letter that requested "the immediate divestiture of Unilever holdings in all public pension funds managed and controlled by the State of North Carolina,"...
House Committee to Amazon: Did You Lie About Stealing Your Customers’ Ideas?
What can bring together avowed Congressional adversaries like Democrat Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, the unwavering supporter of former President Donald Trump? Answer: Amazon. The two congressmen...
Walmart Exposed for Forcing Critical Race Theory on Executives, 1,000 Employees
The Manhattan Institute's Christopher Rufo has become the top watchdog and repository for information from whistleblowers about Corporate America's efforts to impose Critical Race Theory on their employees. His latest tranche of information comes from behind the HR...
Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founders Stumped When Asked About Anti-Israel Hypocrisy
The co-founders of Ben & Jerry's, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, no longer have anything to do with day-to-day management of the company they sold to Unilever over 20 years ago, but they still have a say-so about the ice cream maker's famously progressive...
JOHN STOSSEL: Why I Am Suing Facebook
Longtime reporter John Stossel, who now operates independently after having worked for all the major broadcast television networks, announced this week that he is suing Facebook. The normal expectation of why the libertarian truth-teller would litigate against the...
McDonald’s CEO Bows to Green-Left; Gets Little Love in Return
McDonald's Corporation this week announced it would join the United Nations' meaningless "Race to Zero" program, which is intended to motivate businesses, organizations and governments to pursue a nebulous and ill-defined "net-zero" goal for carbon dioxide emissions...
