The West Bank Cost Ben & Jerry's Its Freedom

Ben Cohen

On this episode of Agitation Nation, host David Fenton talks with Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, about his campaign to free the company from its new owner, Unilever’s The Magnum Ice Cream Company. Cohen explains how a dispute over selling ice cream in the West Bank ended with Ben & Jerry's independent board being pushed aside, why he says companies that dropped DEI never meant it, and how to build values into a business from day one. They also discuss the Department of War budget, a billionaire wealth tax, and the 1980s "What's the Doughboy Afraid Of?" campaign against Pillsbury.