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Ben Cohen

6,745 posts

Ben Cohen

@YoBenCohen

Co-Founder of Ben & Jerry's and Leader of @upinarms_us - a movement to bring common sense to the Department of Defense. #FreeBenandJerrys

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Joined November 2012

Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
Sep 17, 2025
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 @MagnumGlobal #FreeBenAndJerrys
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
May 14, 2025
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.
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
Oct 28, 2025
Unilever / Magnum stopped Ben & Jerry’s from creating a flavor for Palestine — so I’m doing it myself. I’ve got a watermelon, an empty pint, and I need your help: Name the flavor or suggest ingredients Or design the pint packaging Tag @YoBenCohen, @MagnumGlobal use
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
Oct 29, 2025
This is a challenge for everyone who believes individuals and companies should not be silenced in talking about Palestine. 🍉Name my watermelon flavor, suggest ingredients, and help design the packaging 🍉 Let’s show @MagnumGlobal what creativity and solidarity can do.
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
Nov 13, 2025
.@MagnumIceCream silenced Ben & Jerry’s for trying to make a flavor to support peace in Palestine. So guess what? I'm making it with your help! Here’s the flavor, created by Flavor Winner Laura Davis. There's still time to submit your package designs! #FreeBenAndJerrys
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
Sep 18, 2025
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 @MagnumGlobal must #FreeBenAndJerrys See Jerry’s full message at freebenandjerrys.com and be part of the campaign.
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
May 15, 2025
I can't call myself an American and not put my body on the line. For me, our government-funded destruction and slaughter of families living in Gaza is an attack on justice, common decency, and what I had thought was the American way. The American way that Superman used to
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
May 18, 2025
We are expected to be good Americans and look the other way as Israel prevents food, water, and medicine from reaching the remaining people of Gaza. Israel is literally starving them to death…We must speak out and demand a change in policy. We can’t be complicit in starving kids
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
May 19, 2025
Before I was arrested at the Capitol for protesting the slaughter of children in Gaza, I wrote this statement to explain my actions. Thanks, @Newsweek, for publishing it.
Ben Cohen: I Was Arrested Because I Protested For Justice | Opinion
From newsweek.com
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
May 17, 2025
I've seen estimates that we could end homelessness in America for $11b to $30b a year. Instead, we've spent over $22 billion since 2023 on bombs used to slaughter and displace an entire population. It's time to rethink our priorities.
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
Aug 16, 2022
A country that "cannot afford" Medicare For All, shouldn't be spending tax dollars to maintain over 800 military bases around the world.
Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
Aug 2, 2019
.@BernieSanders is the best candidate to beat Trump and drive the transformational change that we need to create a country that works for working families. So Jerry + I are cranking up the old ice cream machine to show our support. Sign up 2 win a pint at JusticeInAllItsFlavors.com
Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
May 16, 2025
Not only is our government funding genocide, but it's also attacking the fundamental American value of free speech. It's criminalizing the courageous students who have nonviolently protested this inhumanity, which is being done in our name and with our money.
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@DropSiteNews
Mar 14, 2025
BREAKING: The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the genocide in Gaza violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said today. Blanche’s department previously said the investigation is also looking
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Ben Cohen
@YoBenCohen
Sep 9, 2025
Read our open letter calling for a #FreeBenAndJerrys 👇 Ben & Jerry’s has always championed progressive values and social justice. We believe that these founding values are central to what Ben & Jerry’s is. They made us successful in the first place, and they’re safeguarded best
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