RegendansBDS victories: Washington State divests from Caterpillar, capital city, Olympia, blocks investment in apartheid
The Office of the Washington State Treasurer announced it has divested its $62 million in Caterpillar bonds, and the Olympia, Washington City Council voted unanimously to block investment in entities that engage in apartheid or illegal occupation.
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BDS victories: Washington State divests from Caterpillar, capital city, Olympia, blocks investment in apartheid
Twenty-three years after Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar bulldozer in Gaza, two divestment successes in her home state of Washington have brought her some measure of justice.