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Residents press Alexandria council to adopt an ethical-investment/divestment policy; council hears widespread testimony
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Alexandria City Council on Dec. 13 to adopt an ethical investment resolution to divest city funds from companies involved in the Israel-Gaza war and from firms profiting from surveillance and militarization. Councilmembers heard both pro-divestment and opposing views but did not adopt a citywide divestment resolution at the meeting.
Dozens of residents filled chamber podiums on Dec. 13 to press the Alexandria City Council to adopt an ethical investment policy or divestment framework that would exclude city investments in companies alleged to enable human-rights violations in the Israel-Palestine conflict and in technologies used in immigration enforcement.
Speakers from multiple organizations and constituencies urged the council to act. "When Alexandria asks for an ethical investment resolution, that means that it must name the genocide in Palestine carried out by Israel,"…
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