Protest Targets Capital One to Demand Bank Ends Loans to Israeli Weapons Company

On the morning of April 21, a dozen community members with the anti-imperialist campaign Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard (DBNY) entered the Capital One corporate offices in Midtown, Manhattan, unfurling two banners that read: “Capital One Pays For Genocide” and “Eject Elbit Systems.” The group quickly installed a “soft blockade” with the banners, partially obstructing two hallways to bring…
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Who Gained the Most During Trump’s First Year? Billionaires and Corporations.

The first year of Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president has been a most profitable one for the Trump family and its inner circle. By now, much has been reported about the web of conflicts — the unapologetic ethical morass — that defines the second Trump administration and the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures, foreign business deals, military contracts, and more.
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New York Federal Reserve Gave Wall Street Over $420 Billion in the Past 7 Months

The Federal Reserve has quietly delivered nearly half a trillion dollars to Wall Street with few strings attached over the past few months through an obscure government financial program intended for banks struggling to make cash payments. These cash infusions could signal instability in the broader financial sector — and come as the central bank is besieged by potentially market-rattling…
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New Campaign Targets Capital One for Partnership With Israeli Arms Manufacturer

Organizers in cities across the country have launched Eject Elbit, a coordinated campaign against Capital One’s partnership with Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. Founded in 1966, Elbit Systems supplies 80% of the weapons and equipment for the Israeli military’s land forces and 85% of the combat drones used by the air force, according to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
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