A while back there were a few posts on St. Striker's site about what we can do to aid in the war on terrorism. Today I found out about divestterror.org. It's a nationwide campaignaimed at some 400 public companies worldwide that are providing revenues, technology and moral cover to governments that sponsor terrorism.
Mission StatementThroughout our history, Americans have risen to the challenge of defending our beloved country and our liberty. Following the 9/11 attacks, however, most Americans felt powerless. Powerless to respond to the tragic attacks in New York and Washington, DC. Powerless to express meaningfully their outrage. And powerless to help defeat terrorism.
What we did not realize -- until now -- was that each and every one of us actually can play a pivotal role in winning the War on Terror. How? By demanding that our public and private pensions plans, college endowments, individual retirement account managers, 401(k) plans, and other investment vehicles exploit the leverage represented by investments in publicly traded companies that operate in terrorist-sponsoring states. In a unified front, we should all be saying "This is my money and it will not go to support terror."
DivestTerror.org is a nationwide campaignaimed at some 400 public companies worldwide that are providing revenues, technology and moral cover to governments that sponsor terrorism. The primary objective of this campaign is to starve terrorists of essential funding and technical support. To illustrate how such a campaign can achieve this objective, please review our synopsis of the South Africa Model of the 1980's that succeeded in ending apartheid
They are providing a service for those of us who would like to do more to help defeat our enemies.
Thanks for posting these. I work in the banking/investment industry and was aware of 6 of the transgressions of 6 of these companies. I wasn't able to share it on my blog due to SEC regulations. Now that it's public knowledge from a non-related source I can post to my heart's content.
Is it any wonder now, why France, Germany and a few other allies stalled the process at the UN?
Posted by: michele at August 17, 2004 08:05 PMYou're welcome. It is somewhat amazing that it hasn't been covered more in the press. Of course that would help prove Bush's point so I shouldn't be too surprised.
Posted by: Pete at August 18, 2004 07:19 AM