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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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1Sep 17, '25After 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 deserv3454×40.9M397k58k31k
2May 14, '25I 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.1675×19.8M222k51k11k
3Oct 28, '25Unilever / 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 o332×3.9M73k18k4.2k
4Oct 29, '25This 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 hel163×1.9M67k17k2.9k
5Sep 18, '25Jerry 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 mus93.1×1.1M40k9.2k3k
6Nov 13, '25.@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 Fl75.3×890k43k9.5k2.3k
7May 15, '25I 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 58.2×688k31k5.9k707
8May 16, '25Not 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 nonviolently48.9×579k9.8k3.3k252
9May 18, '25We 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 th39.6×469k20k5.5k409
10Nov 20, '25Last month, we launched a challenge to design and name a watermelon flavor for Palestine. Your response has been amazing. But did you catch @MagnumIceCream response to the reports 31.5×373k20k5.3k949
11May 17, '25I'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 e26.2×310k15k3.8k392
12May 19, '25Before 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.24.9×294k17k4.6k460
13Sep 9, '25Read 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 central23.1×274k9.6k1.3k463
14Aug 16, '22A country that "cannot afford" Medicare For All, shouldn't be spending tax dollars to maintain over 800 military bases around the world.22.9×012k2.5k90
15Mar 20, '24I'm proud to be 1 of 100+ to sign this letter. #CeasefireNOW20×237k4.7k1.2k152
16Aug 2, '19.@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 crankin18.9×09.1k1.7k31
17Sep 26, '22Julian Assange, the publisher of @wikileaks, has been held in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison for 3 yrs. He has not been convicted of any crime. The UN says is be18.2×07.5k3.2k45
18Aug 18, '25I'm joining @hasanthehun LIVE at 6pm EDT on Twitch. We'll be talking about @upinarms_us and more. Tune in:15.6×185k3.1k5844
19Aug 21, '25I talked with @hasanthehun about @upinarms_us, a movement to decrease the wasteful Pentagon spending and give people what they really need, healthcare, education and childcare. War13.6×161k5.4k392248
20Sep 16, '25DOGE never finished their job at the Pentagon. So we created D.O.P.E. The Department of Pentagon Excess. Let’s cut the Pentagon budget and give money back to the people! @elonmusk 12.1×143k1.6k229111
21Nov 14, '25Magnum told reporters at @TheGuardian that it blocked Ben & Jerry’s from creating a flavor for Palestine last year, because it was ‘not the right time’. Meanwhile, Palestinians wer11.8×139k5k1.1k94
22Sep 16, '25What if we funded people and 🚫NOT WAR?🚫 Join me and my new and improved Pentagon Budget Cutter 🪚 to see what cuts we can make to the Pentagon budget!10.5×124k5545730
23Sep 9, '25I'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 -10.4×123k5.4k78095
24Sep 10, '25Magnum's spin-off from Unilever shouldn’t include @benandjerrys. Our right to speak out was core to our merger deal 25 years ago, but now it’s being silenced. Same execs, same cens10.3×122k4.4k757169
25Aug 22, '25I learned about Zoomer lingo with @hasanthehun this week. Apparently I'm an OG? And have aura? I like it! Learn more about how i'm bringing the OG and aura to @upinarms_us @codepin9.7×115k4.6k242169
26Feb 29, '24Almost all the early reports on the U.S.-backed Israeli war in Gaza came laced w/lies. I'm thrilled to see the 2023 Pierre Sprey Award recognize some of the journalists providing a9.6×113k56317926
27Aug 19, '22Yo! @POTUS, if you can forgive $742 billion in PPP loans for celebs and thriving businesses, you can #CancelAllStudentDebt9.5×05k1k25
28Jan 20, '25Pentagon bureaucrats torch $2 million of taxpayer money every minute. In honor of @DOGE, I'm launching @dogevsblob, a meme contest highlighting the biggest gov't spender + waster. 7.8×92k62917751
29Apr 28, '22Why is @POTUS asking for an extra $33 billion to help Ukraine and not an extra $33 billion to replace EVERY SINGLE lead pipe in America? We have at least 1.2 million children suffe7.6×03.6k85933
30Jul 5, '23I'm going to join @codepink & risk arrest tomorrow (July 6) at the Department of Justice in DC at the Constitution Ave entrance at 1PM to protest the criminalization of the fre7.6×90k9002929
31Mar 2, '20I'm proud to be joining business owners from across the country in signing this letter of support for @BernieSanders for President. #Bernie20207.1×03.8k81127
32Jul 6, '23UPDATE: Jodie and I have been released from police custody after being held for ~3hrs. It's time for @POTUS to follow thru with his promise -- Journalism is NOT a crime. #Dropthech7.1×84k1.6k5549
33Aug 2, '19This is just the first in a full line of Bernie flavors. We’re going all the way this time. And when Bernie’s in the White House and I become the Minister of Ice Cream— a pint in e7.0×03k79829
34May 26, '251 in 5 children in the U.S. suffers from hunger. The Pentagon has never passed an audit and can't account for $4T in assets. Congress cuts food assistance and increases Pentagon sp6.6×78k3.2k94291
35Sep 10, '25Share this far and wide! @MagnumIceCream is ripping the heart out of @benandjerrys - set us free! #Freebenandjerrys6.4×75k2.6k72743
36Sep 22, '22It's been 3 years today since Julian Assange's bail sentence ended. Despite not having been convicted of any crime, he's been held in solitary confinement in Belmarsh prison awaiti6.3×02.4k1.2k15
37Sep 22, '22“A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” @POTUS Then why is the US spending $1.5 Trillion on a whole new generation of nuclear weapons? Here's what we could do with t5.8×02.7k69835
38Sep 5, '25I applaud Donald Trump for ripping the mask off the Department of Defense and calling it what it is. It’s like reverse Halloween. Now the horror is unmasked for everyone to see.5.8×68k2.3k20230
39Sep 26, '22BREAKING: Student debt relief will cost $40 billion a year...Or 20x less than what we spend on the US military...5.7×03.3k49610
40Sep 19, '23If you want to see the US through the eyes of one of our biggest allies, read this letter. 64 Australian Parliamentarians in the @washingtonpost this morning urging the US and @POT5.6×66k67331511
41May 23, '25The US currently spends $2,000,000 a minute on death machines, bombs, and war. Meanwhile, nearly 50 million Americans are at risk of going hungry. How does Congress respond? Their 5.3×63k2.6k93794
42Sep 25, '25A week ago, Jerry left Ben & Jerry’s. Thanks to everyone who has sent their support. Keep sharing to get the word out and #FreeBenAndJerrys! @MagnumGlobal5.3×63k4.7k661119
43Oct 8, '22Yo ⁦@POTUS⁩, the US is trying to put Assange in jail for life for publishing the truth about war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s time to end the war on journalism and #freeass5.1×02.2k82016
44Nov 15, '25We - that’s you and me - are making our pint for peace in Palestine - the one that @magnum wouldn’t let Ben & Jerry’s make. The winning flavor was revealed yesterday - watermelon, 4.9×58k2.9k63285
45Nov 16, '22Julian Assange’s frustration with the inability to stop the 2003 Iraq invasion, despite the largest, worldwide anti-war protests in history, motivated him to start @wikileaks4.5×02k69718
46Sep 12, '25What do you want: a socially conscious company that stands up for common decency… or @MagnumIceCream? Help us #FreeBenAndJerrys - sign up at , share, shout it loud!4.5×53k76515660
47Sep 18, '22The Ben & Jerry's independent board of directors is suing Unilever for violating the merger agreement Jerry and I negotiated in 2000. We're joining @mehdirhasan on @MSNBC tonig4.3×02.3k36136
48Nov 15, '16In NC, black turnout decreased b/c “in 40 heavily black counties, there were 158 fewer early polling places.”4.3×09871.1k0
49Nov 8, '19.@BernieSanders is the only top-tier Presidential candidate willing to take on the military-industrial complex and end endless wars. He is the only candidate who has voted against 4.3×02.5k4697
50Aug 24, '25We've got to do better for the American people by reducing the Pentagon budget by 5% and giving people what they need. 5% of the Pentagon budget = 50 BILLION dollars. That's enough4.3×51k2.3k243139
51May 22, '25We need more truth-tellers like Major General Smedley Butler.4.0×48k2.2k716297
52Sep 24, '25War profiteers and weapons manufacturers have taken enough of our hard earned money. Join me at the Capitol on September 30th and watch as I chainsaw the Pentagon! Cutting just 30%4.0×48k2.3k397101
53Jan 22, '20Bernie is the front runner! Let's do all we can to get him over the finish line! #BernieBeatsTrump #NotMeUs3.8×02.1k4315
54Feb 1, '16Bernie voted against the Iraq War – one of the worst foreign policy disasters in American history. #CaucusForBernie #IowaToday3.7×01.6k6530
55Aug 19, '19This is the reason, I'm spending every day working to elect @BernieSanders as the next President of the United States. #Bernie2020 #BernieBeatsTrump #JusticeForAll3.3×01.8k3412
56Sep 19, '22When Ben&Jerry's was sold to Unilever, the agreement gave the independent board of Ben & Jerry’s authority over the social mission. Unilever has usurped its authority and r2.9×01.3k32630
57Oct 13, '22Assange is now diagnosed with COVID. He’s already weakened by pulmonary problems due to mistreatment in solitary confinement. Stop the torture. Don’t kill the messenger. Drop the T2.8×01.2k4943
58Jun 6, '19A new poll shows @BernieSanders with a commanding lead over @realDonaldTrump in Michigan! #BernieBeatsTrump #FeeltheBern2.7×01.5k2801
59Sep 22, '19No one should be afraid to go to the doctor because they think they’ll go broke. No one should leave the hospital bankrupt. I’m with @BernieSanders — we must #EliminateMedicalDebt.2.6×01.4k3032
60Oct 22, '25I’ve written to @MagnumGlobal to tell them to #FreeBenandJerrys — have you? We’re counting on you to use your voice and help free Ben & Jerry’s from Unilever / Magnum's corporate s2.6×31k58917320
61Apr 20, '20Assange is facing prison for telling the truth, while the DoD has entered into more than 15 million contracts with contractors who had been indicted, fined, and/or convicted of fra2.4×097143311
62Jun 5, '20THREAD: One summer, when I was in college, I was stopped by the police for smoking pot. I ended up with a ticket for littering. Over the years I’ve thought about how things could h2.4×01.2k2779
63Oct 1, '25I cut up the Pentagon budget yesterday at The Capitol, literally. D.O.P.E. is here to finish the job DOGE couldn't. The goal: take back the money from the military industrial compl2.3×27k6289723
64Feb 1, '16Bernie will only appoint judges to the Supreme Court who will be committed to repeal #CitizensUnited. #CaucusForBernie2.3×01k4070
65Oct 11, '25#FreeBenAndJerrys isn’t just a slogan, it’s a demand to let the brand live its values. From stopping sales in the Occupied Territories to calling for a ceasefire, Ben & Jerry’s has2.2×26k1.2k34768
66Jul 3, '25$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.2.1×25k66217220
67Oct 30, '22"Who am I? I fought for liberty and was deprived of all liberty. I fought for freedom of speech and was denied all speech. I fought for the truth and became the subject of a thousa2.1×08343787
68May 14, '19Bern Barn near my house. #FeelTheBarn #FeelTheBern w/ @BernieSanders2.1×01.1k2270
69Sep 19, '19Believe the crowds! #Bernie2020 #FeelTheBern #MSM #BernieBeatsTrump2.0×08293549
70Oct 4, '25This is a photo from the early days. Back when I had a beard and Jerry didn’t. Ben & Jerry’s produced these free music festivals. They started as part of our annual meeting for the1.9×23k1.4k16349
71Oct 9, '25Join me for Baked with Ben as I make a favorite dish of mine, shrimp and peas, which is a Chinese dish. The US thinks that China is an enemy. Do you know why? Because US policy sta1.8×21k95315287
72Jan 25, '16Nothing is so unstoppable as a flavor whose time has finally come #FeelTheBern #BerniesYearning1.7×06593270
73Aug 5, '19I'm with @UzoAduba @OITNB...What is it that u really want?1.7×01k1518
74Oct 23, '19"Who needs a secretary of defense when you can have a secretary of ice cream?" @BernieSanders #Bernie20201.7×09301707
75Aug 18, '22The VA is offering $20 million in prizes for new ideas to reduce suicides among veterans...here's an idea, stop asking people to use robots to rain hellfire on distant shores.1.6×09601125
76Jun 12, '20Business people need to do more than just say #BlackLivesMatter. They need to walk the talk. Jerry and I are calling on founders, owners, and executives to sign-on to a letter in s1.5×06702025
77Oct 14, '2516 reasons why we need a #FreeBenAndJerrys Again and again Unilever/@MagnumGlobal have blocked Ben & Jerry's social mission - on Gaza? Silenced. Student protests? Silenced. Tru1.5×18k96425946
78Apr 27, '19There are over 4,500 parties planned all over the country Saturday 4/27! I’ll b at one. Together we can build a better world! Find an #OrganizeWithBernie party near you at1.5×07541612
79Mar 28, '19Join me and help make history. We need 1 million donations for @BernieSanders by Sunday to show the world that our unprecedented grassroots movement has the power to take on big mo1.5×05892562
80Sep 22, '19If I was black, there wouldn’t have been a Ben & Jerry’s. I’m conscious of that...and that’s one of the big reasons I’m supporting @BernieSanders b/c he’s going to put an end t1.4×07601873
81Dec 20, '17The #GOPTaxBillScam, #NetNeutrality, #ANWR, Congress has sold out the American people for campaign contributions and kickbacks. Join me for a massive protest on Jan 21 to #StampMon1.4×04273300
82Jan 20, '23"As long as the Biden administration continues to deploy tools like the Espionage Act to imprison those who dare to expose war crimes, no publisher and no journalist will be safe,"1.4×16k6953617
83Nov 5, '25Magnum is trying to rip the heart out of Ben & Jerry’s and take away its voice entirely. The same culture of fear and silencing Trump uses in Washington DC is creeping into the boa1.4×16k76226826
84Sep 25, '19BREAKING: Progressive Leaders In All 99 Iowa Counties Endorse @BernieSanders #BernieBeatsTrump #Bernie2020 #IAPolitics #FeelTheBern1.3×06331953
85Jul 22, '25The US has 800 military bases globally yet only has 5% of the global population. The US trying to control the rest of the world is NOT democratic. It doesn't add up.1.3×15k86722941
86Dec 5, '19The young people are speaking up. It's time for us to listen. #Bernie2020 #FeelTheBern #BernieBeatsTrump1.3×06251721
87Nov 10, '19The single best thing we can do to advance justice -- social, environmental, racial, and economic justice -- is to elect @BernieSanders #Bernie2020 #ClimateCrisis tx u @NaomiAKlein1.2×05931941
88Jun 3, '19.@agustinduranLA Bernie Sanders is the most popular 2020 candidate among Hispanic voters, new polling finds by @aidachavez --Agustín Darán, Metro Editor for La Opinión1.2×06151433
89Sep 21, '25Jimmy Kimmel's show getting axed is yet another wake-up call about how corporate owners are trying to silence voices who say things they don’t like. It’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel,1.1×13k585949
90Jul 31, '19Say it with me: Bernie Beats Trump, Bernie Beats Trump, #BernieBeatsTrump #Bernie2020 #FeelTheBern1.1×05191484
91Apr 3, '20"Voters are watching in real-time as @BernieSanders' platform—Medicare for All, a federal housing guarantee, paid leave for everyone, and much else—is looking more and more like a 1.1×04631784
92Nov 14, '21It’s not a Black problem. It’s a white problem.1.1×05471117
93Jun 6, '20Back in the hotel lobby, shit keeps getting weirder1.0×05071125
94Sep 29, '25The past few weeks have stirred up a lot of memories so thought I’d take you back to where it all started. The site of the original @benandjerrys gas station we set up here in 19781.0×12k1k14443
95Jun 18, '19"We have tens of millions of people in the richest country in the history of the world who are struggling every single day to take care of their families in the most basic way." @B1.0×04821210
96Jul 11, '25A $1 trillion war budget, and $1.1 trillion cut from healthcare and food assistance for the needy. Our leaders have lost their minds and their hearts, and have thereby sold out the0.9×10k47814712
97Jun 12, '19Bernie will deliver a major speech on how democratic socialism is the only way to defeat the global rise of oligarchy and authoritarianism. Tune in at 2PM ET to watch! #DemocraticS0.9×0426871
98Aug 30, '19Me and Jerry setting up to make Bernie's Back. We use the bottom of the pints to create outlines for dropping melted choc to form the discs. #Bernie20200.8×0474851
99Jul 3, '19"[@BernieSanders] doesn't change things for the public eye...What we need is someone who doesn't do things for the public, but does things because they believe it is morally correc0.8×04021023
100Jul 8, '25War propaganda is EVERYWHERE and they’re using OUR money to celebrate with these weapons. #warpropaganda0.8×9.4k50415023

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