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Think it’s bad that U.S. companies supply repressive regimes with physical weapons?
There’s also technology, thanks to #PrivateEquity-owned government surveillance and censorship technology firms.
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There’s also technology, thanks to #PrivateEquity-owned government surveillance and censorship technology firms.
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After #PirateEquity🏴☠️ firm Francisco Partners bought technology company Sandvine, they fired staff, replaced leadership and started dealing with surveillance states & dictatorships
Between 2018-20, Sandvine raked in $100M from countries with horrible human rights track records
Between 2018-20, Sandvine raked in $100M from countries with horrible human rights track records
Last year, Belarus used technology provided by Sandvine to shut down the news websites, block social media platforms, and ban messaging apps while torturing protestors nationwide.
Sandvine asked for the product back too late — the damage had been done.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Sandvine asked for the product back too late — the damage had been done.
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Any worker who contributes to *any* US pension is currently involuntarily giving their hard-earned $ to private equity firms to fund things like:
- weapons manufacturing
- privatization of hospitals
- oil, coal, fracking companies
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#GeneralStrike
#Divest
- weapons manufacturing
- privatization of hospitals
- oil, coal, fracking companies
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#GeneralStrike
#Divest
YOU worked for that money. YOU gave your labor.
Then why aren't YOU allowed to know where YOUR money is going?
Look into the history of @OneCarlyle @KKR_co @Blackrock @Blackstone and the types of companies they invest in.
If you're in a pension, I suggest organizing and
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Then why aren't YOU allowed to know where YOUR money is going?
Look into the history of @OneCarlyle @KKR_co @Blackrock @Blackstone and the types of companies they invest in.
If you're in a pension, I suggest organizing and
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Asking your pension fund's investment mgmt office why it is that YOUR money is going to #PirateEquity vultures.
This goes for college endowments too -- @DivestHarvard @DivestPrinceton and similar groups are doing the work of stopping investments into oil, fracking, etc.
This goes for college endowments too -- @DivestHarvard @DivestPrinceton and similar groups are doing the work of stopping investments into oil, fracking, etc.
