The publisher of Sanna Marin’s memoir has the same connections to Israel as the Flow Festival.
Sanna Marin will publish a memoir at the end of the year. Miia Sirén
Former Prime Minister Sanna Marin will be published in November Hope is the deeds Memory (Gummerus). At the same time, the original of English is published Hope in Action: A Memoir About the Courage to Lead (Scribner).
In the United States, the book is published by a Scribner company, which is part of the Simon & Schuster publishing company.
Former owner of Simon & Schuster, Paramount, sold the company to the US venture capital company KKR in 2023. The selling price was $ 1.62 million, or about $ 1.39 million. In the fall of 2023, among other things New York Times.
The investment company KKR has recently been on the headlines due to the Flow Festival in Suvilahti, Helsinki. The Superstruct Entertainment, which owns the festival, was sold to KKR in 2024.
KKR has financial connections with Israel, which has led to a strong criticism of the Flow festival lately. The Flow Strike campaign has urged artists to participate in work stoppage and encourage the audience to boycott the festival. The criticism is due to the military action by Israel in Gaza.
Financial Times Earlier said that employees of Marin’s employer Tony Blair (TBI) have participated in a project to create a “Middle Eastern Riviera” in Gaza. The proposal is based on a proposal thrown in February by US President Donald Trump.