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Ben Cohen
@yobencohen.bsky.social
Co-Founder of Ben & Jerry's
Leader of Up In Arms- upinarms.com
#FreeBenandJerrys - https://freebenandjerrys.com/
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🚨 Did you know? The last remaining nuclear weapons treaty between the U.S. and Russia is set to expire in February.

On Tuesday, join FCNL's Allen Hester for a webinar hosted by @winwithoutwar.bsky.social to learn how you can join advocates mobilizing to stop a nuclear arms race.

Register ⬇️
October 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Invoking the Insurrection Act against people exercising their First Amendment rights? That's absurd!

People fought and died for the freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and the freedom to criticize the President. We've got to be non-violently out in the streets and protesting. #NoKingsRally
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
16 reasons why we need a #FreeBenAndJerrys

Again and again Unilever/Magnum have blocked Ben & Jerry's social mission - on Gaza? Silenced. Student protests? Silenced. Trump? DEI? You know where this is going...

freebenandjerrys.com/advocacy-to-...
Advocacy to Silencing - Free Ben & Jerry's
From Advocacy to Silencing Activism has always been at the heart of everything Ben & Jerry’s does. We believe that ice cream can change the world, and our mission has always been to speak the truth, e...
freebenandjerrys.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
16 reasons why we need a #FreeBenAndJerrys

Again and again Unilever/Magnum have blocked Ben & Jerry's social mission - on Gaza? Silenced. Student protests? Silenced. Trump? DEI? You know where this is going...
October 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Last Call - DemocracyICED
October 15, 2025 on The National Mall D.C.
MeltedAway.com

@yobencohen.bsky.social @upinarms-us.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A week ago, Jerry left Ben & Jerry's. Thanks to everyone who has sent their support. Keep sharing to get the word out and #FreeBenAndJerrys!
September 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Jerry wanted you to hear this from him.

We built Ben & Jerrys to stand for peace and love. It was needed then and it’s needed more than ever now. Which is why Magnum must #FreeBenAndJerrys

See Jerry’s full message at freebenandjerrys.com and be part of the campaign.
September 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
After 47 years, Jerry has made the difficult decision to step down from the company we built together. I’m sharing his words as he resigns from Ben & Jerry’s. His legacy deserves to be true to our values, not silenced by @magnumicecreamco.bsky.social #FreeBenAndJerrys
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What do you want: a socially conscious company that stands up for common decency… or @magnumicecreamco.bsky.social?

Help us #FreeBenAndJerrys - sign up at freebenandjerrys.com, share, shout it loud!
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Share this far and wide!

Magnum is ripping the heart out of Ben & Jerry's - set us free!

#Freebenandjerrys
September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm in London today to tell The Magnum Ice Cream Company: if Ben & Jerry’s is going to stand up for what matters, we need to be independent.

Support #FreeBenAndJerrys - www.freebenandjerrys.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ben & Jerry’s has always stood for progressive values and social justice.

Today, as we become part of The Magnum Ice Cream Company through the Unilever de-merger, we’re urging the board to let us operate independently again so we can stay true to our founding mission. #FreeBenAndJerrys
September 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
$1.1 trillion cut from health care. Then bloating the Pentagon budget by $150 billion.

This is the exact opposite of what people need and want.
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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"There will be no peace, there will be no security, until we start using our resources to provide for the needs of our people at home and around the world," said @yobencohen.bsky.social
War Profiteers Benefit as Nuclear Weapons Spending Soared Above $100 Billion Last Year | Common Dreams
New analysis reveals that global nuclear weapons spending "could feed all of the 345 million people currently facing the most severe levels of hunger globally, including starvation, for nearly two ye...
www.commondreams.org
June 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There’s something that’s driving me up a wall— the insane size of our nuclear arsenal. @upinarms-us.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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‼️TODAY IN D.C.
Ploughshares President @emlbelcher.bsky.social moderated a press conference for the launch of @upinarms-us.bsky.social with @yobencohen.bsky.social. The 💵money brick💵 represents the $$$ spent by the U.S. government on the nuclear arsenal—half of which is to develop nuclear weapons.
June 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The cube is estimated to be the tallest protest structure in D.C.'s history, and it is OPEN to the public today outside of Union Station. 🚉 Beat the heat (& pls hydrate!) and head inside the cube for a (air-conditioned😅) video exhibit
@yobencohen.bsky.social @upinarms-us.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Today in DC, a *massive money monument*—made of fake $100 bills—stood as a stunning symbol of Pentagon waste.
$100 billion to build new nukes while kids lose healthcare? That’s the reality.
It’s time we get *Up In Arms*. #NuclearSpending
@ploughshares.bsky.social @yobencohen.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I love when a plan comes together. Join @yobencohen.bsky.social today outside of Union Station at 11a for a press conference announcing Up In Arms.
June 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lavishing money on the military does NOT make us safer. Watch expert William Hartung from the @quincyinst.bsky.social explain the 5 things you need to know about the military-industrial-congressional complex.
Researcher EXPOSES America's WAR MACHINE
YouTube video by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
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May 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
May 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I told Congress they're killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they're paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US. This was the authorities' response:
May 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, was removed from a Senate hearing today at the US Capitol.

I hear him mention Gaza as he’s been pulled away by Cap Police.
May 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM