Critics of Sudan Crisis Target Public Pension Funds
Friday, September 10, 2004 at 03:11AM
TheSpook
As the blood of thousands seeps into the sands of
Sudan, human rights activists in the United States have adopted a new,
proven strategy in the fight against genocide: Target the more than $91
billion in public pension funds from U.S. entities doing business with
Khartoum. "It is time for us to lay the axe at the root of the problem
in the Sudan," says the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, the former Democratic
D.C. congressman and a leader in the fight to expose what he calls "the
butchers" of the Sudan government. "Our money is being invested through
our pension funds, mutual funds, 401(k) plans, and other investment
portfolios by financial managers who haven't paid any attention or
simply don't care about having invested our money in companies with
these scandalous ties." [more ]
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