Skip navigation
CODEPINK
    • ACTION ALERT: Check out our activities for the Week of April 12, 2021
    • ACTION ALERT: CODEPINK in the News Round-Up: April 2021
  • Codepink Store
  • Donate
  • Get Involved
  • Act Now
    Action Calendar Congress Toolkit Action Alerts Follow CODEPINK Volunteer: Be a Peacemaker CODEPINK Store Donate to CODEPINK Recommended Movies Recommended Books
  • Issues & Campaigns
  • Pink Updates (current)
    Last Week at CODEPINK Action Alerts PINK Tank ~ Blog CODEPINK Webinars Press Releases In the News Blogs from Iran Local Peace Economy Daily
  • About
    Founders & Staff What is CODEPINK Jobs and Internships Our Allies CODEPINK Advisory Board Contact Us
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  1. HOME
  2. ACTION ALERTS

NYC: Protest the War Profiteers at BlackRock

Blackrock-Making-Killing.jpg

On May 23rd, BlackRock will hold its annual shareholder meeting in Manhattan. CODEPINK, Action Corps NYC, The Coalition to End the U.S.-Saudi Alliance, the Community of Living Traditions at Stony Point Center, Enlace, Granny Peace Brigade, Gulf Coast Raging Grannies, Muslim Peace Fellowship, Peace Action New York State, Show Up America, United for Peace and Justice, Veterans for Peace NYC Chapter 34, War Resisters League NYC, World Beyond War, and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom are planning 3 days of activities to highlight the firm’s investments in weapons, civilian and military alike.

May 21, 6:00pm: Divest from the War Machine Teach-in at the Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, 7th floor

May 22, 6:00pm: Art Making Party in Hell’s Kitchen, RSVP for location [email protected]

May 23, 7:30am: Protest at BlackRock’s annual shareholders meeting at the BlackRock New York office, on 51st between Park and Madison, across from the Lotte New York Palace where the shareholders will be meeting.

Download a sign and join the protest!

BlackRock has billions of dollars invested in weapons companies such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Elbit, and General Dynamics. They also invest in civilian gun manufacturers. They position themselves as a company that is socially responsible, yet they continue to invest in weapons. They are making a killing on killing.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he would hold companies accountable for being responsible corporate citizens, yet his own institution continues to profit from war. BlackRock even has an iShares fund that exclusively profits off of weapons of war.  We are calling on Larry Fink and BlackRock to hold themselves accountable, and demonstrate their own commitment to social responsibility by divesting from weapons makers.

In addition to contributing to the atrocities of war, all five of these companies have dozens of documented cases of misconduct and the collective misuse of billions of federal dollars. The misconduct by weapons companies ranges from groundwater contamination to labor violations and includes overinflated pricing and overbilling the federal government. These companies are flagrantly engaging in bad business practices while misusing limited federal resources.

By investing in weapons manufacturers, BlackRock is propping up wars, brutal conflicts, and human rights violations on a global scale. While BlackRock makes a killing on killing, we all pay the price exacted by companies who waste public money, pollute our environment, and send excess weapons back into our home communities.

Join us in NYC to tell BlackRock to stop making a killing on killing.

For a world without weapons,
CODEPINK NYC

Continue Reading

BlackRock: Vote Yes ☑️

🛑 Tell the Biden admin: no new U.S. military base at Okinawa!

24¢ to the military...

I Am Starving

Show all posts

Be the first to comment


Sign in with

Facebook Twitter


Or sign in with email

    or Create an account


    Create an account

      or Sign in with email
      Please check your e-mail for a link to activate your account.
      CODEPINK - Women for Peace
      seach
      • ACT NOW
      • ACTION CALENDAR
      • CONGRESS TOOLKIT
      • ACTION ALERTS
      • FOLLOW CODEPINK
      • VOLUNTEER: BE A PEACEMAKER
      • CODEPINK STORE
      • DONATE TO CODEPINK
      • RECOMMENDED MOVIES
      • RECOMMENDED BOOKS
      • ISSUES & CAMPAIGNS
      • DIVEST FROM THE WAR MACHINE
      • PALESTINE
      • ACCOUNTABILITY: EXPOSING WAR CRIMES
      • IRAN
      • SAUDI ARABIA
      • PRESIDENT FOR PEACE
      • LATIN AMERICA
      • THE PEACE COLLECTIVE
      • THE FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICY PROJECT
      • PINK UPDATES
      • LAST WEEK AT CODEPINK
      • ACTION ALERTS
      • PINK TANK ~ BLOG
      • CODEPINK WEBINARS
      • PRESS RELEASES
      • IN THE NEWS
      • BLOGS FROM IRAN
      • LOCAL PEACE ECONOMY DAILY
      • ABOUT
      • FOUNDERS & STAFF
      • WHAT IS CODEPINK
      • JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS
      • OUR ALLIES
      • CODEPINK ADVISORY BOARD
      • CONTACT US
      © 2021 CODEPINK | All Rights Reserved | Created by Code Nation on NationBuilder