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To: Neocon who started this subject2/11/2002 10:27:49 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (1) of 7720
 
This is a weird story. Looks like more than a few "anarchists" are paid provocateurs.

The Ruckus Society trained activists who helped shut down the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle in November 1999. It is also one of a handful of radical activist groups which this year have enjoyed a big lift thanks to Unilever, the consumer goods multinational.

The company, which sells a range of goods from Lipton tea to Dove soap in 150 countries around the world, has made $5m available to anti-globalisation initiatives via Ben & Jerry's, the ice-cream company with a social conscience.

When Unilever was courting Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield last year, the company was pressed to offer a little more to the inventors of the Cherry Garcia and Phish Food ice cream brands.

In order to get Ben & Jerry's agreement to sell their ice cream business to Unilever for $326m, the Anglo-Dutch group offered a further inducement: a $5m contribution to Ben & Jerry's Foundation, another $5m for a venture capital fund for ethical start-ups called 'Hot Fudge' to be run by Ben Cohen and a minimum $1.1m a year commitment to annual grants for social change groups.

The Unilever money has been a boon to several activist groups.

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