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BlackRock Logo To Be Added To Ukrainian Flag
December 29, 2022 | By Caitlin Johnstone
"I understand some Ukrainians may be frustrated at the continual additions to our nation's glorious flag," Ukraine's President Zelensky said during a speech announcing the change. "Just last month we added the Raytheon logo, and now we're adding BlackRock. I am sure it was a bit awkward for our American friends as they were continually adding stars to their flag back when they were adding lots of new states to their republic, too."
"The only difference is instead of adding states, we're adding multinational megacorporations," the leader said.
Zelensky then took a large bite of a McDonald's Big Mac™, saying, "Mmm mmm, I'm lovin it!" in English, eliciting awkward applause throughout the Walt Disney Company Presidential Press Hall.
Critics have complained that BlackRock's new role in Ukraine could draw accusations of corruption, with some noting that the the company's managing director Eric Van Nostrand was hired straight into a senior advisory position in the Biden administration's Treasury Department just this past August, explicitly to shape US economic policy on Russia and Ukraine.
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BlackRock Logo To Be Added To Ukrainian Flag
December 29, 2022 | By Caitlin Johnstone
Kyiv has announced the addition of a fifth corporate logo to the Ukrainian flag following news that BlackRock will be playing a crucial role in the reconstruction of the nation. The world's largest investment management firm will join Raytheon Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and McDonald's upon the now-omnipresent blue and yellow flag.
"I understand some Ukrainians may be frustrated at the continual additions to our nation's glorious flag," Ukraine's President Zelensky said during a speech announcing the change. "Just last month we added the Raytheon logo, and now we're adding BlackRock. I am sure it was a bit awkward for our American friends as they were continually adding stars to their flag back when they were adding lots of new states to their republic, too."
"The only difference is instead of adding states, we're adding multinational megacorporations," the leader said.
Zelensky then took a large bite of a McDonald's Big Mac™, saying, "Mmm mmm, I'm lovin it!" in English, eliciting awkward applause throughout the Walt Disney Company Presidential Press Hall.
BlackRock to "rebuild" Ukraine. This is going to make the neoliberalism and privatization the U.S. inflicted on post-Soviet Russia look like child's playhttps://t.co/IOm6XckVDo
— Jordan (@JordanChariton) December 28, 2022
Critics have complained that BlackRock's new role in Ukraine could draw accusations of corruption, with some noting that the the company's managing director Eric Van Nostrand was hired straight into a senior advisory position in the Biden administration's Treasury Department just this past August, explicitly to shape US economic policy on Russia and Ukraine.
Please go to Caitlin Johnstone's substack to continue reading.
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