It’s Conservative David vs. the Woke Corporate Green Giant
There is a nascent but growing backlash against a corporate America perceived by many as having gone “woke.”
There is a nascent but growing backlash against a corporate America perceived by many as having gone “woke.”
Rightwing groups say they are trying to save US companies from being distracted by liberal social causes.
‘They have the power, they can choose to use it for evil or good, that’s up to them,’ Justin Danhof said.
American Express pledged a whopping $1 billion to advance “social justice,” yet the company is trying to hide some of those supposed racial justice efforts from the light of day.
For the better part of a century, the Left has been waging a slow, methodical battle for control of the institutions of Western civilization. During most of that time, “business”— and American Big Business, in particular — remained the last redoubt for those who believe in free people, free markets, and the criticality of private property.
The 2021 Investor Value Voter Guide (IVVG) was released today by the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP), which urges conservative and religious investors not to throw away their ability to influence corporate America through proxy votes. “What happens at annual shareholder meetings is the equivalent of a red state turning blue because conservative investors couldn’t be bothered to show up and vote,” said FEP Director Justin Danhof, Esq. “Conservatives have been ignoring corporate proxy ballot votes for decades, and it’s to our own peril.
On the Fox News Channel program “The Next Revolution,” host Steve Hilton called the problem of woke businesses “an ideological campaign that’s been in development.” He pointed out: “It conquered the universities… and it’s been moving through our institutions. It’s the culmination of a very long ideological process.”
Justin Danhof, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project, explains why “Corporate Social Responsibility” programs that advance a radical agenda are dangerous and how corporations can be pushed “Back to Neutral” in this three-part interview with the Capital Research Center.
In this Capital Research Center video, Justin Danhof, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project, explains how the left has turned Corporate America into a powerful ally for its agenda.