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.

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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 independence

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