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. 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. 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. BlackRock even has an iShares fund that exclusively profits off of weapons of war.
Join us May 23 as we gather outside the BlackRock shareholders meeting to call on the investment firm to hold to its own standards of being socially responsible by divesting from Lockheed Martin and the military-industrial complex and to say stop making a killing on killing. BlackRock’s New York office, on 51st between Park and Madison, across from the Lotte New York Palace where the shareholders will be meeting.
Co-sponsors: 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
Don't miss these other events leading up to the May 23rd protest!
Divest from the War Machine Teach-in on Monday May 21, 6:00pm at the Center for Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, 7th floor
Art Making Party in Hell’s Kitchen on Tuesday, May 22, 6:00pm RSVP for location, [email protected]
WHEN
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WHERE
BlackRock
51st between Park and Madison,
New York , NY 10055,
United States,
CONTACT
CODEPINK NYC ·