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Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield is stepping down from the iconic ice cream brand after 47 years, claiming his progressive political views have been "silenced" by Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever.

Co-founder Ben Cohen shared the news in a letter posted on X on Greenfield’s behalf.

"His legacy deserves to be true to our values, not silenced," Cohen wrote.

Why is Jerry Greenfield quitting Ben & Jerry’s?

What they're saying:

In the letter, Greenfield called his resignation "one of the hardest and most painful decisions I’ve ever made."

"For more than 20 years under their ownership, Ben & Jerry's stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world," he wrote. "That i

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