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Chevron

It's called the "Amazon Chernobyl". 1,700-square miles of devastation in Ecuador caused by Texaco (which was acquired by Chevron) when it knowingly discharged 72 billion liters of toxic water into the environment. Since the spill, the region has suffered higher incidents of cancer and other health problems in the region. But when Chevron lost an 18 year long legal battle, and was held liable for $9.5 billion in damages, the corporation refused to pay. In fact, one corporate official said "We will fight this until hell freezes over, and then fight it on the ice." And now the corporation is using an army of lawyers to intimidate and demonize people who are seeking justice.

We nominate Chevron for dumping billions of gallons of toxic wastewater and spilling oil in the Amazon and refusing to pay damages or accept a court judgment of liability.

The Guardian: Chevron is refusing to pay for the 'Amazon Chernobyl' - we can fight back with citizen action

ABC7: 'I'm really scared': Neighbors sound off after 600-gallon oil spill near Richmond's Chevron refinery

Reuters: Green groups file FTC complaint against Chevron over climate claims

The Intercept: How the Environmental Lawyer who won a massive judgement against Chevron lost everything

Gizmodo: Chevron faces an FTC complaint over greenwashing

There’s a vast movement holding abusive corporations accountable. Below are specific campaigns and actions challenging Chevron, as well as organizations that have taken on the corporation over the years.

Learn more and get involved with the Texico Toxico campaign

GEO Group

Corporations are making a profit by locking up and detaining disproportionate numbers of Black and Brown people, benefitting from and perpetuating systemic racism. And those profits are often coming directly from taxpayers, as corporations like GEO Group get government contracts worth millions of dollars. And because they prioritize profit over all else, they treat the people in the facilities they run attrociously. In one facility in California, GEO Group was found to have been exposing the people locked up to toxic chemicals for over nine years. And according to reporting by the Intercept, "GEO Group's blundering response to the pandemic helped spread coronavirus" in facilities it runs.

We're nominating GEO Group for operating inhumane prisons and detention centers and profiting from the xenophobia and systemic racism driving mass incarceration.

Seattle Times: Biggest COVID outbreak hits Northwest detention center as 29 immigrants test positive

The Nation: New York County Jails May Close Their Doors to ICE

News Week: Private Prison Firm GEO Group Faces Investor Lawsuit Over 'Blundering' Coronavirus Response

The Intercept: GEO GROUP’S BLUNDERING RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC HELPED SPREAD CORONAVIRUS IN HALFWAY HOUSES

EarthJustice: Private Prison Company Poisoned Immigrants at Adelanto for A Decade

Prioson industry divestment movemnet campaign victories

There’s a vast movement holding abusive corporations accountable. Below are specific campaigns and actions challenging GEO Group, as well as organizations that have taken on the corporation over the years.

Check out Worth Rises's Private Prison Industry mapping project

Sign the petition: GEO Group paid Trump off. Now Sessions is filling their prison beds.

Get involved in Families For Freedom's Divestment Campaign

Sign the petition: Demand state and federal lawmakers end the use of private prisons and protect incarcerated people from COVID-19

Policing and Incarceration

Demand federal and state lawmakers drop private prison contracts with GEO Group and CoreCivic

Break up with private prisons!

Philip Morris International

Big Tobacco wrote the playbook on modern corporate abuse. Literally. From spreading junk science to dividing and undermining opponents, to getting politicians to do their bidding, the tobacco industry was at the leading edge of it all.

And they’re still up to these dirty tricks. Here's just one example. Philip Morris International is the sole funder of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, which claims to be an independent nonprofit that supports "medical, agricultural, and scientific research to end smoking and its health effects". In reality, it’s a front group pushing Big Tobacco’s interests and attempting to weasel its way back into public health policymaking spaces. In fact, in January of 2021, one of its own employees blew the whistle on the Foundation, alleging that it violated its tax-exempt status by coordinating strategies with Big Tobacco corporations.

We're nominating Philip Morris International for being the sole funder of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, an organization that has been singled out as a "front group" pushing Big Tobacco’s agenda, and its racist predatory marketing campaigns.

British Medical Journal: Foundation for a Smoke Free World is not complementary to public health efforts – it’s undermining them

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: Complaint: Philip Morris Smuggled Smokes, Distorted Data

Campaign for a Tobacco-Free Childhood: Public Health Groups and Leaders Worldwide Urge Rejection Of Philip Morris International’s New Foundation

STOP: Unsmoke is a Joke: A 12-Month Look at the Campaign from Philip Morris International

Tobacco Tactics from University of Bath: Foundation for a Smoke-Free World

New York Times: Menthol Cigarettes Kill Many Black People. A Ban May Finally Be Near.

There’s a vast movement holding abusive corporations accountable. Below are specific campaigns and actions challenging Phillip Morris Internationa., as well as organizations that have taken on the corporation over the years.

Support the FDA’s move to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars – and tell them to act quickly!

The FTC Must Investigate Tobacco Companies' Advertising on Social Media

Philip Morris International is Advertising on Social Media in Morocco

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin is far and away the largest weapons manufacturer in the world, with tens of billions of dollars in sales every year. 89% of that revenue is from weapons and arms, such as fighter jets, war ships, and nuclear weapons systems.

Lockheed Martin is on the ballot for being the largest weapons maker in the world, raking in tens of billions of dollars in sales, and profiting from war and death.

In These Times: As the World Economy Grinds to a Halt, the U.S. War Machine Churns On

Forbes: The 10 Worst Things About Lockheed Martin's Alleged Lobbying Fraud

Gizmodo: Lockheed Martin Is Getting Sued for Creating an 'Environmental Nightmare' in Florida

There’s a vast movement holding abusive corporations accountable. Below are specific campaigns and actions challenging Lockheed Martin, as well as organizations that have taken on the corporation over the years.

We need to transform our priorities from hyper-militarism towards serving and healing our people at home and spreading peace and justice in the world. Now is the time Divest From The War Machine. Take action below.

Take action with the Campaign Against Arms Trade

Facebook

Hate speech, conspiracy theories, and death threats run rampant in some corners of Facebook's digital platform, and the corporation has done little to stop the spread of anti-democratic propaganda there. According to a BuzzFeed report, a Facebook integrity researcher “detailed how right-wing pages, including those for Breitbart and Fox News, had become hubs of discussion filled with death threats and hate speech—in clear violation of Facebook policy. They questioned why the company continued to work with such publications in official capacities".

Facebook is nominated for failing to take necessary steps against its platform being used for inciting of the violent U.S. Capitol riot, and lobbying to keep governments from enacting measures to protect user’s personal data.

Forbes: What’s Going On With The Facebook Antitrust Lawsuit?

The Nation: Facebook Remains a Threat to Democracy

Business Insider: Facebook knew it had a huge problem with hateful groups 5 months ahead of the Capitol riot, internal docs show

Bloomberg: India Court Says Facebook Role in Delhi Riots Must Be Examined

There’s a vast movement holding abusive corporations accountable. Below are specific campaigns and actions challenging Facebook, as well as organizations that have taken on the corporation over the years.

SIGN NOW: Congress must investigate Facebook’s role in the right-wing disinformation machine

Tell Facebook to stop fueling white nationalist hate groups!

Tell Facebook: Our Data is our Property #OwnYourData

Tell Facebook: Fix Your Fake News Problem

Say No to Facebook Mass Data-Harvesting

BlackRock

While BlackRock wants to be thought of as socially responsible, it has more money invested in the fossil fuels than any other corporation in the world, and is also a major investor in agriculture. Their portfolio includes oil drilling in the Amazon, coal mining outfits, and some of the corporations most responsible for deforestation.

BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink is also a longtime donor and supporter of the New York City Police Foundation, a group that donates millions of dollars to the NYPD each year to buy surveillance technology and more. In so doing it continues to perpetuate a racist and increasingly militarized police system.

We're nominating BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, for bankrolling corporations that contribute to wide-spread environmental destruction and contributing to a racist and increasingly militarized policing system by funding groups like the New York City Police Foundation.

Amazon Watch: BlackRock's Big Problem: Amazon Destruction

Friends of the Earth: As the Amazon burns, BlackRock named as world’s largest investor in deforestation

Inside Climate News: Big Banks Make a Dangerous Bet on the World’s Growing Demand for Food

Mongabay: BlackRock’s $400m stake in Amazon meatpackers defies sustainability cred

There’s a vast movement holding abusive corporations accountable. Below are specific campaigns and actions challenging BlackRock, as well as organizations that have taken on the corporation over the years.

Sign the petition: Demand BlackRock stop financing Amazon destruction!

Tell BlackRock: Stop Financing Amazon and Climate Destruction!

Tell BlackRock CEO Larry Fink: stop funding the NYPD's attacks on protesters!!

People around the world are challenging the power of Big Finance.

Adani

Adani is attempting to build one of the world's largest coal mines in the outboack of Australia. The Carmichael coal mine is expected to export 2.3 billion tons of coal and produce 4.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

If the potential environmental impacts weren't bad enough, the mine would be built on Wangan and Jagalingou tribal land, and threatens the sparce and fragile water systems the people there rely on.

We nominate Adani for destructive extractive mining, and trampling on indigenous and Global South communities' land and human rights.

The Guardian: Drop in aquifer levels near Adani mine sparks concern for sacred wetlands

Vice: Traditional Owners Block Access to Australia's Most Controversial Coal Mine

Why we will #StopAdani

Jacobin: In Australia, the Wangan and Jagalingou Nation Is Standing Against the Disastrous Carmichael Coal Mine

The Guardian: Adani adopts strategy of obscuring details of Carmichael coalmine water plan

There’s a vast movement holding abusive corporations accountable. Below are specific campaigns and actions challenging Adani, as well as organizations that have taken on the corporation over the years.

Queensland Premier: No public funding for Adani!

Stop Adani's Carmichael mine: Australia's young people deserve a voice

AIG: don't insure Adani

Check out The Adani Files

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