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Ekō @eko.org · 8d

NEW: Ekō News, with @eoinhiggins.bsky.social writing!

Sign up for our Substack for our spin on what's going in the world with an emphasis on corporate power, and what you can do to ensure we put people and planet ahead of profit.

First edition:
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Greta Thunberg isn't playing games

"Have you asked people in Gaza if they consider this a publicity stunt?”

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Ekō @eko.org · 14d

🚨 Today, we’re joining the global call for Hyundai to clean up its supply chain.

Hyundai’s business model = climate chaos, human rights abuses, and worker exploitation. It’s time for Hyundai to drive change.

✊Join #HyundaiDriveChange:

eko.org/hyundai-drive-change

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Ekō @eko.org · 20d

DONALD TRUMP VS JIMMY KIMMEL

Tell Disney capitulating to Trump is unacceptable. Bring Kimmel back, now:

action.eko.org/a/disney-kim...

Disney: bring back Jimmy Kimmel

Disney-ABC just voluntarily destroyed free speech, suspending the leading nighttime talk show (Jimmy Kimmel) after Trump's goons went public demanding it. All because Kimmel was mildly critical of Don

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Ekō @eko.org · Aug 21

Why does the world's richest man need another $29 billion...despite tanking the business?

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

US labor, advocacy groups urge states to reject Tesla's $29 billion Musk pay

A coalition of U.S. labor unions and progressive advocacy groups urged state financial officers overseeing public pension funds to oppose fresh pay awards for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, warning the excessive cost poses risks to workers' retirement savings.

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Ekō @eko.org · Aug 11

No more statements of condemnation. No more “keeping dialogue open” to allow trickles of aid deliveries. No more complicity in ethnic cleansing and genocide. We call on every government in the world to urgently suspend trade and sanction Israel NOW.

action.eko.org/a/gaza-invas...

URGENT: No more statements of condemnation. Sanction Israel NOW.

The Israeli government has announced a complete invasion of the Gaza Strip, and last night the IDF murdered five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza including its most prominent reporter Anas Al Sharif. We are w

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Ekō @eko.org · Aug 6

Elon's diner is just one of his many accomplishments this year. With Tesla's AGM coming up in November, it's time for his annual review: elonsannualreview.com

Elon's Annual Review: An independent 360 review of Elon Musk's work in 2025

We are conducting and independent review of Elon Musk's work in 2025. This will include important information to consider like his billions in bonuses, his disastrous work at DOGE, his combative relat...

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Ekō @eko.org · Aug 6

His diner is just one of his many accomplishments this year: elonsannualreview.com

Elon's Annual Review: An independent 360 review of Elon Musk's work in 2025

We are conducting and independent review of Elon Musk's work in 2025. This will include important information to consider like his billions in bonuses, his disastrous work at DOGE, his combative relat...

elonsannualreview.com

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Ekō @eko.org · Jun 17

AGs Bonta (CA) and Jennings (DE) can ensure OpenAI doesn't abandon its non-profit mission, which will help keep AI safe. We need them to hear our message that OpenAI founder Sam Altman (who has a history of being dishonest) can't be trusted.

Tag AG Bonta (@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov) in the comments!

A truck with a photo of Sam Altman with "pants on fire" (due to all the dishonesty), asking California AG Rob Bonta to protect the future of AI by defending OpenAI's non-profit mission.

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Ekō @eko.org · Jun 16

DELAY THE AUCTION!
Head over to our Instagram account to tag President Lula and Minister Silveira: www.instagram.com/p/DK-YieSO2Ig/

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Ekō @eko.org · May 29

Suspicious.

A cartoon with 3 panels. First panel is a "Dictator's Checklist", listing threatening habeas corpus, kidnapping activists, arresting judges, ignoring Supreme Court orders. In the second panel, we see a dog holding the list and looking at someone on stage (a dog that looks like Donald Trump) in front of a banner that says "The World's Greatest Democracy". The third panel is the dog holding the list squinting at 'dog Trump' suspiciously.

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Ekō @eko.org · May 21

Trump just ambushed South African President Ramaphosa with conspiracy-fueled racist propaganda because of Elon's obsession with (untrue) "white genocide" in his home country.

We can't allow global politics to be run through racist conspiracy theorists -- sign and share:

www.WorldVsTrump.com

World leaders: stand up to Trump

May 21 Update:Trump did it again. At a televised Oval Office meeting, the US President ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with conspiracy-fueled racist propaganda about his country. Why?

www.WorldVsTrump.com

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Ekō @eko.org · May 14

Doug Ford is about to wipe out Ontario's endangered species. We have 3 days to stop him.

action.eko.org/a/doug-fords...

Stop Doug Ford's Secret Plan to Kill Endangered Species

“Bill 5” would gut Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, and give Doug Ford the power to greenlight mines, highways, and clearcuts with zero oversight. And let big developers get environmental approvals j

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Garrison Lovely @garrisonlovely.bsky.social · Apr 17

New reporting: OpenAI recently announced a nonprofit commission to guide how it spends its "potentially historic financial resources," but critics see it as a ploy to smooth its path to becoming fully for-profit, shedding the nonprofit control that was core to its founding.

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Ekō @eko.org · Apr 14

Trump just told Bukele he was going to send "homegrown" criminals to El Salvador and that Bukele is going to "need to build about 5 more places."

We cannot allow our governments to cooperating with Trump, in any way.

SIGN AND SHARE THE WORLD VS TRUMP OPEN LETTER:

action.eko.org/a/world-lead...

World leaders: stand up to Trump

April 14 Update:On a hot mic, Donald Trump just told El Salvador's President that he was going to send "homegrown" criminals to El Salvador's notorious prison and that Bukele is going to "need to buil

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Public Eye Suisse @fr.publiceye.ch · Apr 11

@eko.org took a bike ride today to visit Swiss Re’s Annual General Meeting in Zurich and present a petition signed by over 95,000 thousand people. Our demand? “No more insurance cover for forest-destroying, land-grabbing agribusinesses." Read about it here 👉 www.publiceye.ch/en/media-cor...

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Ekō @eko.org · Apr 9

@jordanuhl.com FYI we did it (action.eko.org/a/stop-mark-...) -- this is up in Times Square this week.

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Ekō @eko.org · Apr 9

Zuck is the self-declared king of free speech but wants to ban a book by a Meta whistleblower. We think that's wrong, so we put the book on a crowd-funded Times Square billboard.

Join the campaign - action.eko.org/a/stop-mark-... - and share this image so Zuck can't sweep it under the rug.

A red billboard in Times Square reads "What is Mark afraid of" with a link to eko.org/meta, a petition site demanding Congress look into serious allegations against Meta made by a whistleblower.

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Ekō @eko.org · Apr 2

"Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."

Amazing tagline for the last five plus years.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 1

🔥 @ninajankowicz.com: "Mr Taibbi said when he was first searching through the so-called Twitter files he didn't know what he was looking at. Well, he still doesn't. Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."

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Ekō @eko.org · Mar 27

We also scoped a full-page WaPo ad with choice quotes...same as above!

Ekō @eko.org · Mar 27

Jordan, we're running this sign-on - action.eko.org/a/stop-mark-... - and looking into putting info about the book on a Times Square billboard...if anyone interested in helping make that real!

Stop Mark Zuckerberg's book ban

Mark Zuckerberg is the self-declared king of free speech…. but he’s trying to ban a book that exposes the dark side of Facebook.The memoir by Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams, reveals alarm

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Ekō @eko.org · Mar 27

The footage is chilling: Tufts University and Fulbright student Rümeysa Öztürk was ambushed and abducted by masked ICE agents. In the video, you can hear her pleading desperately to be released.

Join the Call to Free Rümeysa Öztürk: action.eko.org/a/protect-st...

Protect student protesters - stop doxxing and deportations

The footage is chilling: Tufts University and Fulbright student Rümeysa Öztürk was ambushed and abducted by masked ICE agents. In the video, you can hear her pleading desperately to be released. Her c

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Ekō @eko.org · Mar 22

Elon Musk out here buying friends as usual: www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-of...

Oh and check out that image! It's our FireElon.org poster :)

Elon Musk is offering $100 checks again. Here's who qualifies

The billionaire is offering cash to Wisconsin registered voters who sign a petition against so-called "activist judges."

www.newsweek.com

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Ekō @eko.org · Mar 19

Well, we aren't actively promoting it or directing anyone to use it. I can ask our tech folks to have a look, though.

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Ekō @eko.org · Mar 19

Yeah it should still be working; not sure why the count wouldn't go up, perhaps just a delay?

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Ekō @eko.org · Mar 17

Our new crowdfunded ad is up in Times Square...taking aim at Trump's Instagram post crowning himself a king. We can all see who really has the power. And if we don't want a King of the United States, we need to bring together the opposition worldwide.

So sign and share: FireElon.org

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