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Terror-free investing making progress in Indiana and Florida
May 05, 2009

In state capitals across America, the movement to divest public funds from shares of companies that choose to do business with state sponsors of terrorism continues to make major headway. State legislators have taken the lead in informing the public about the benefits of divesting from the economies...

Blocking the funds of terrorists
April 10, 2009
Quinn Hillyer

It was treated as big news on Tuesday when Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau indicted Chinese executive Li Fang Wei and his company for using New York banks to finance the sale of tons of restricted, weapons-related material to Iran. But the truth is that some of these same banks...

The myth of America's 'tough' Iran policy
March 11, 2009
Christopher Holton

The Obama administration has disclosed plans to shift U.S. policy toward Iran from the "policies of the past" to a policy of "constructive dialogue" and "mutual respect," in hopes that Iran will become benevolent and "unclench their fist." As futile as the idea...

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Divest Terror

Each and every one of us can play a pivotal role in winning the War on Terror.

How? By demanding that our public and private pensions plans, college endowments, individual retirement account managers, 401(k) plans, and other investment vehicles exploit the leverage represented by investments in publicly traded companies that operate in terrorist-sponsoring states.

The primary objective of this campaign is to force governments to choose between their sponsorship of terrorism and critical partnerships with publicly traded firms. To illustrate how such a campaign can achieve this objective, please review our synopsis of theSouth African model of the 1980's that succeeded in ending apartheid. The Divest Terror project provides the empirical analysis and architecture that can enable such a campaign.

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Christopher Holton

Mr. Holton comes to the Center after serving as president and marketing director of Blanchard & Co. and editor-in-chief of the Blanchard Economic Research Unit from 1990 to 2003. As chief of the Blanchard Economic Research Unit in 2000, he conceived and commissioned the Center for Security Policy special report Clinton's Legacy: The Dangerous Decade. Holton is a member of the Board of Advisers of WorldTribune.com.