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Tuesday, 20 March 2007 |
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Divest Terror Mission Statement
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| Do you own stock in companies that do business with state sponsors of terrorism? |
Throughout 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 to
respond to the tragic attacks in New York and Washington, DC. Powerless
to express meaningfully their outrage. 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 make the
pledge that "This is my money and it will not go to support terror."
DivestTerror.org is a nationwide campaign aimed 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
force governments to choose between their sponsorship of terrorism and
critical partnerships with publicly traded firms.
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It seems the great state of Pennsylvania shows up on the list!
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System - PPSERS
Companies Held by PPSERS with Ties to:
Iran 110
Saddam’s Iraq 22
Libya 30
North Korea 16
Sudan 33
Syria 37
The 145 Companies that PPSERS is Invested in Are Involved in Projects in Terrorist-Sponsoring States Worth, at a Minimum,
$36,823,215,000
Similar numbers show up for the two funds below
Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System
Philadelphia Board of Pensions & Retirement
Info is from this PDF file starting on page 94
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 March 2007 )
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