May 26 update – We won! For now. This is why we do not comply in advance. back in January when we first started calling for a freeze on all new funding for ICE and CBP, War powers resolutions to constrain Trumps illegal wars for oil, and more, it wasn’t clear whether or how we …
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Drew Hudson (@greenmtndrew) May 20 update – A quick update after the Vote: Thousands of Vermonters called, texted, and emailed their Representatives in favor of UnMasking ICE, but a group of most House Republicans and a few House Democrats banded together to defeat the amendment by …
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ve likely seen footage of federal agents using tear gas to suppress and disperse protestors. After being teargassed outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility near Chicago, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss said “It was impossible to breathe, and really, really scary.” Congressional candidates and elected officials like Mayor …
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Last April we told you about student protests against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, one of the leaders of the Columbia University protest was Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian American permanent resident and Columbia University graduate student. We told you at the time that fossil fueled fascists were calling for violent mobs and military crackdowns on …
On this Friday, January 31, Chevron will announces its latest quarterly profits. Profits which are fueled by Isreal’s war machine, US Taxpayers, and genocide and conflict the world over. The International Boycott Divest and Sanction (BDS) Movement has called for a weekend of action to protest Chevron because its profits come at the cost of …
Sept 30 Recap! Check out a roundup of our Boycott Chevron week of action last week! We started with a quick action in DC on Friday, September 20. Then we went to New York and participated in two big actions: At Citibank HQ on Monday the 23rd with lots of gulf coast family and friends …
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Congressional leadership has made a grave political error, and made the human rights crisis in Palestine worse by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session on July 24. This misguided decision threatens to legitimize policies that have led to unprecedented suffering and loss of life in Gaza while undermining efforts for …
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July 15 update — Join us Wednesday July 17 from 1130am for a rally to get everyone to boycott Chevron, including Citibank! Chevron fuels the genocide of Palestinians through their ownership of two major gas fields off the coast of occupied Palestine. Citibank funds Chevron – more than $2.5 billion just since the Paris climate …
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Citi, the main focus of our Summer of Heat actions in New York City this summer, is also funding genocide and war in Gaza. AND they’re one of the biggest investors in Chevron, the fossil fuel company literally extracting off the coast of Gaza to fuel Israel’s war machine. Citi is profiting off death and …
Like a lot of you, I’ve been horrified by the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and we’ve spoken out repeatedly and forcefully for a ceasefire, and in support of public protest and comment against the war. But there’s a more direct connection between fossil fuels and the ongoing war: Chevron. The Chevron Corporation fuels Israel’s war …