Over the past 18 months, the movement to divest from Sudan [over what the US government has called genocide in Darfur] has been growing in the United States, in state government, and on university campuses. Individual cities across the country have also divested or initiated divestment campaigns… The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC)...filed a lawsuit on August 7, 2006 against Illinois over the state’s divestment plan. [refers to Sinopec, Alcatel, Total; divestment policies of CalPERS, CalSTRS]