Ben & Jerry's Backs Occupy Movement
WATERBURY, Vt. -- Two people who spent much of last year rallying against corporate greed visited Vermont's most famous company Thursday. "I think corporations have a lot of power to do good," said Sam Corbin, one of the early members of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Sam Corbin and Matt Smucker spent weeks agitating for change in Zuccotti Park in New York City as part of Occupy Wall Street. "We have been in the streets. We have been pushing the envelope," Smucker said.
Their trip to Vermont featured quiet cooperation, meeting with top managers at Ben & Jerry's. The board of directors of the super-premium ice cream company has come out as an ally of the Occupy movement. Both, for example, denounce unlimited corporate spending on behalf of politicians.
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