DivestMN.com is now updated with the latest numbers from the MN State Board of Investment's June 2024 Asset Listing. Israeli Investments The SBI divested from the following Israeli corporations: Oil Refineries Ltd. Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Equital Ltd. Investments in Israel Bonds decreased from $24 million to $12.4 million New Additions to the Corporations We’re Tracking Alphabet Inc: $440.9 million Amazon.com: $524.4 million Alphabet and Amazon, along with Microsoft, develop Israel’s Nimbus public cloud infrastructure.…

People’s Earth Day Speech by Shawn Rodine, member of the Anti-War Committee, on 4/19/2025 @ the MN State Capitol During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military dropped over 11 million gallons of Agent Orange on the country of Vietnam. It not only destroyed millions of acres of trees and crops but also increased rates of cancer, birth defects, and other illnesses among the Vietnamese people and U.S. soldiers who were exposed. The awful effects of…

Speech given by AWC member Wyatt Miller at the Money for Human Needs NOT War Protest organized by the MN Peace Action Coalition on Tax Day, 4.15.2025 The U.S. is bombing Yemen. It has killed over 120 Yemeni people, wounded hundreds more, and destroyed basic infrastructure. This latest bombing campaign, which started a month ago today, has already cost U.S. taxpayers around $1 billion dollars. This in itself is outrageous. But on top of that,…

Cut the Contract: Zen City Talking Points from the Free Palestine Coalition Take action here:  https://linktr.ee/CuttheContractMpls 1. No Tax Dollars for an Israeli surveillance company. The City of Minneapolis is spending $500,000 in taxpayer money on an Israeli surveillance company instead of investing in real community safety and engagement. 2. Opposing Ties to Surveillance ZenCity’s founder served in Unit 8200, the Israeli military’s elite intelligence unit responsible for surveillance operations against Palestinians. Internet tracking technology…

Check out the Anti-War Committee's new Land Day zine! Land Day, March 30th A commemorative date that marks the murders of six unarmed Palestinian martyrs who resisted the intensifying annexation and settler-colonial endeavors of Israel's occupation forces. In 1976, mass collective action composed of marches and general strikes sprung up across historic Palestine after the Israeli government announced a plan to annex more Palestinian land in the Galilee. In response to these protests, Israeli forces…

Trump’s actions in Ukraine are U.S. policy as usual Published by the MN Anti-War Committee on March 20,2025 Trump’s bluster around Ukraine has bewildered people across the political spectrum. His hostility toward Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and his temporary cut to U.S. military aid have some accusing him of “siding with Russia.” On the other hand, Trump’s quick resumption of military aid to Ukraine, and the fact that the war continues, contradicts his campaign-trail claim to…