28 July 2024 – Anomymous submission: Early this morning, the entrance of a CitiBank in Los Angeles was targeted by an autonomous group. The entrance was decorated with statements that included “CitiBank Funds Genocide” and “Free Palestine”.
From its looting of Haiti’s economy during the U.S. government’s occupation of Haiti, to being the last bank to pull out of apartheid South Africa, to financing of Israeli weapons purchases and settlements, CitiBank has a long history of profiting off of colonialism. And it is currently banking on the genocide of Palestinians. At the beginning of the genocide, it financed a $500 million bond to fund the occupation’s war chest and it has facilitated the sale of billions in bonds for Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, manufacturers of missiles and fighter jets used by the IOF in Gaza.
This is only the beginning and we must continue to escalate for Gaza and force CitiBank to cut ties with genocide. We encourage others to take action against genocide profiteers and strike at imperialism wherever it rears its ugly head.