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...activist group, the Sudan Divestment Task Force, is overseeing a campaign to pressure state governments and other institutions to adopt divestment policies.“Harvard was the first university to divest from anything, back before people really knew what to divest from,” says Daniel Millenson, the group’s national advocacy director and a sophomore at Brandeis. “We [at the task force] have overcome some obstacles and now produce resources on divestment.” And at Harvard, HDAG continues to pursue divestment on new fronts. When Andrew Gould, chairman...
What Gould said about direct ties is “technically correct, but it is disingenuous,” Millenson said...
Brandeis sophomore Daniel Millenson, the head of the Sudan Divestment Task Force, said in a phone interview last night that Schlumberger has ties—indirectly—to the Sudanese government through oil consortiums the firm participates in with native Sudanese companies...
According to Millenson, Schlumberger is one of the companies that has been enlisted by the Sudanese government to provide the expertise necessary to effectively use available oil reserves. He said that profits from these oil reserves are used to cover Sudanese military expenses...
...Over 70% percent of oil revenues go towards Sudan’s military expenditures. Genocide is not cheap,” Millenson said...