Grassroots-led war divestment campaigns are springing up all over the world, from students organizing to divest university endowments, to municipalities and states coming together to divest public pension funds. Divestment means organizing to remove public and private assets from weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and war profiteers.
Public pension and retirement funds especially are often invested, directly and indirectly, in weapons companies. Teachers and other public servants whose interests lie with promoting human needs have their retirement security tied up with maintaining or enlarging the war industry. Every dollar currently invested in weapons and war is a dollar that could be better spent on job creation, education, housing, healthcare, food security, and so much more.
War profiteering is largely normalized today. We’re working to stigmatize the war machine. World BEYOND War assists divestment campaigns led by our chapters, affiliates, other coalitions, and individuals around the world.
Announcing a huge movement win – Scotiabank’s full divestment from Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. The bank once held a stake in Elbit 60 times larger than Canada’s other major
Teachers held a candlelight vigil for students and educators killed in the “scholasticide” in Gaza in front of the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan office, and called on their pension plan
On Monday the Giller Prize, Canada’s biggest literary award, announced that it had ended its relationship with its lead sponsor, Scotiabank, after a multifaceted year-long boycott and divestment campaign. #WorldBEYONDWar
On November 7, 2022, the Corvallis City Council unanimously passed a resolution to prohibit the city from investing in companies which produce weapons of war. #WorldBEYONDWar
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