(Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield quit the ice cream brand he built Tuesday after 47 years, declaring he can no longer in good conscience remain in the role as he accused parent firm Unilever of trashing the company's social mission in fear of those in power. Greenfield's resignation marks the most dramatic rupture yet in Ben & Jerry's long feud with Unilever, which acquired the company in 2000 under a deal that promised it the freedom to continue to campaign on social justice issues.
During 2024's "Bloody July," hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis rose up against corruption, class stratification, nepotism, and exploitation under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party, the Awami League. Protests began on June 5, 2024, with small student demonstrations against preferential access to civil service jobs at a time when 30 percent of young people who aren't students or in job training programs are unemployed. Protests grew throughout July and August, incorporating the working and middle class.
"When Michael Seltzer first got involved in progressive and then gay activism in the 1970s, it was mostly funded through passing the hat at meetings and through low dollar fundraisers," Gay City News notes. "More than any other individual, Seltzer turned that around over the course of decades of work, from serving on boards of major gay organizations from 1980 onwards to creating and running organizations that exponentially increased philanthropy to gay and AIDS causes."
Ever since Arundhati Roy's writing made her famous after her first novel won her the Booker Prize nearly 30 years ago, she's used her words and her celebrity to write on injustice, minority rights and the human condition. And that's been met with wrath and attempted censorship from the Hindu nationalist government in her native India. She's been found guilty of contempt by the country's Supreme Court and is currently facing prosecution for something she said over a decade ago under the country's anti-terrorism law.
Kanimba expresses that through her activism and concern for digital privacy, she learned how Bitcoin serves as a vital fundraising tool, especially under oppressive regimes.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition stated that Chris Smalls, an activist, was detained by Israeli forces in international waters while en route to Gaza, leading to accusations of assault and discriminatory treatment in custody.
"The suspect in a bombing at Target in San Ramon last week has been tied to a $4 million, multi-state ATM heist crew that allegedly used disguises, power tools, and blowtorches to rob banks across the West Coast."
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