List of boycotts
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This is a list of boycotts.
Past
[edit]Time frame | Participants | Target | Cause | Main article | References |
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March 1769 | Philadelphia merchants First Continental Congress |
Great Britain | Opposition to colonial taxation without representation | Continental Association | |
1848 | Milan | Austria | Austrian state monopolies | Five Days of Milan | |
1880 | Irish Land League | Charles Boycott (origin of the term boycott) |
Desired land reform in Ireland | [citation needed] | |
1891 | Iranian Shia | United Kingdom | The Shah's granting of a tobacco monopoly to Britain | Tobacco Protest | |
1891-1950 | Australian unionists and local residents | Local publicans and hotels around Australia | Poor wages and conditions for staff in hotels and the high cost of alcohol, accommodation and food | [1] | |
1902 | Jews in New York City | Kosher meat products | Price increases causing unaffordability | 1902 kosher meat boycott | |
1904–1906 | China | United States | The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1902, an extension of the original Act of 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act | [2][3] | |
1912 | Tunisia | Compagnie des tramways de Tunis, all Italian businesses in Tunis | Young Tunisians | Tunis Tram Boycott | |
1919 | China | Japan | May Fourth Movement | Chinese boycotts of Japanese products | |
-1927 | American Jews | Ford Motor Company | Antisemitism by Henry Ford in The Dearborn Independent | ||
March 1933 | American Jewish Congress International critics of Nazism |
Nazi Germany | Antisemitism in Nazi Germany | Anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 | |
April 1933 | Nazi Germany | German Jews | Anti-Nazi boycotts | Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses | |
1941–1951 | Iraq | Iraqi Jews | Farhud | [4] | |
Mohandas Gandhi Indian independence movement |
British Raj | Desired economic independence for India | Swadeshi movement | ||
1950 | Soviet Union | United Nations | The UN not recognising the People's Republic of China as 'China' | Soviet Union boycott of the United Nations | |
1955–1968 | African Americans | Various | Racial segregation in the United States | Civil Rights Movement Montgomery bus boycott |
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1961–1983 | West Berlin | Berlin S-Bahn | East German operation of the S-Bahn | Berlin S-Bahn | |
United Farm Workers | Grapes and lettuce in retail grocery stores | Labor disputes | Delano grape strike | ||
1960s–1990 | Various academics | South African universities | Apartheid | Academic boycott of South Africa | |
Various | South African produce | Apartheid | Disinvestment from South Africa | [citation needed] | |
1966–1987 | Various | Coors Brewing Company | Anti-LGBT hiring practices
Discrimination towards minorities and women and anti-unionism |
Coors strike and boycott | [5] |
Early April 1973 | Americans | Meat products | Increasing prices | 1973 meat boycott | |
1984–1993 | INFACT | General Electric | Production and promotion of nuclear weapons | Corporate Accountability International | |
1988-1994 | Australian Rainforest Action Groups | Companies importing rainforest timber from Malaysia to Australia | Prevention of the destruction of Indigenous owned rainforests | [6] | |
1989–1998 | Rainforest Action Network | Mitsubishi | Rainforest destruction through its forestry activities | Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign | [7] |
1990-1991 | African Americans in New York | Korean-American businesses | Racial tensions | Family Red Apple boycott | |
1991–1998 | Friends of the Lubicon | Daishowa | Proposed logging of Lubicon Cree territory | [8] | |
1996 | CDU/CSU | Mission: Impossible, Phenomenon and Chick Corea | Association of Corea, Tom Cruise, and John Travolta with Scientology, which is not legally recognized in Germany | Mission Impossible (film) § Marketing | [9] |
1990s–2000 | Andrew Vachss | Thailand | Prostitution of children in Thailand | Don't! Buy! Thai! | |
1998–2003 | American gun owners | Colt Smith & Wesson |
Colt and Smith & Wesson's cooperation with Bill Clinton's gun control efforts | [10] | |
2001–2002 | Greenpeace Friends of the Earth People & Planet |
Esso/ExxonMobil | Esso's climate change denial and lack of investment in renewable energy | Stop Esso campaign | |
2003 | US conservatives | Various celebrities, such as the Dixie Chicks | Celebrity opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq | Dixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush | |
2005 | Association of University Teachers | Bar-Ilan University University of Haifa |
Bar-Ilan's operations in the West Bank Haifa's discipline of a lecturer |
Association of University Teachers § Boycott of Israeli universities 2005 | |
2005-2006 | Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd | Nissui Company, Sealord Tuna, Gorton's Seafood | Involvement of parent company in whaling | [11] | |
2005–2013 | International Labor Rights Fund and others | Firestone Tire and Rubber Company | Forced labour and child labour on rubber plantations in Liberia | Firestone Natural Rubber Company | [12][13] |
1 May 2006 | Illegal immigrants in the United States | US businesses and schools | US immigration policy | Great American Boycott | |
2008 | German labor unions | Nokia | Nokia's closing of a German plant | [14] | |
2008 | Stonewall | Heinz | Heinz's pulling of a commercial featuring two men kissing | [15] | |
2009 | Various countries | Durban Review Conference | Scope of the conference | Durban Review Conference#Boycotts | |
2010 | Various | BP | Deepwater Horizon oil spill | Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill#Public reaction | |
2010 | Various | Arizona | Racial profiling law | [16] | |
2011 | Israelis | Tnuva | Rising food prices and price gouging | Cottage cheese boycott | |
2013-2020 | 350.org | Numerous Australian banks, universities and local governments | Divestment from fossil fuels | [17] | |
2018 | Moroccans | Bottled water and dairy products | Price gouging and corruption | 2018 Moroccan boycott | |
2019 | Residents of Louisiana | National Football League CBS Sports |
Negligence in rules enforcement that kept the New Orleans Saints out of Super Bowl LIII | 2018 NFC Championship Game | [18] |
2024 | Social media users, primarily TikTokers | Various celebrities and social media influencers | Support for Israel in, or lack of action over, the Gaza war | Blockout 2024 | |
2025 | David Portnoy (withdrew), Christian McCaffrey, Cheryl Bosa, Bills Mafia | National Football League Fox Sports |
Alleged match fixing and officiating misconduct in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs, particularly in the 2024 AFC Championship Game | Super Bowl LIX boycott | [19] |
Sporting
[edit]Electoral
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ McIntyre, Iain (2022-05-02). "Beer Strikes: A History of Hotel Boycotts in Australia, 1900-1920". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
- ^ Tsai, Jung-Fang (1993). "Chapter 7". Hong Kong in Chinese History: Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842–1913. New York: Columbia University Press.
- ^ Bradley, James (2009). The Imperial Cruise: a secret history of empire and war. Little, Brown and Company. pp. 276–297. ISBN 978-0-316-00895-2.
- ^ "Farhud memories: Baghdad's 1941 slaughter of the Jews". BBC News. June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Coors Brewing Company Boycott". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ Trinh, Jennifer (2021-09-30). "Australian Rainforest Action Groups boycott Malaysian rainforest timber, 1988-1994". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
- ^ Manheim, Jarol (2000). "Chapter 5". Death of A Thousand Cuts: Corporate Campaigns and the Attack on the Corporation. Routledge. pp. 93–98. ISBN 978-1-135-64857-2.
- ^ [1] Archived 2016-04-03 at the Wayback Machine "Daishowa gives in – Boycott called off", Friends of the Lubicon, June 12, 1998, Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ Wright, Lawrence (2013). Going clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief. New York. ISBN 978-0-307-70066-7. OCLC 818318033.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Brown, Peter H.; Abel, Daniel G. (2003). Outgunned: Up Against the NRA – The First Complete Insider Account of the Battle Over Gun Control. Simon & Schuster. pp. 63–65. ISBN 978-0-7432-1561-9.
- ^ Leitner, Ryan (2021-09-07). "Greenpeace and Sea Shepherds force Japanese seafood company Nissui to sell stakes in whale hunting ships 2005-2006". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
- ^ Miller, T. Christian; Jones, Jonathan (14 June 2017). "A Company That, Literally, Has Blood On Its Hands". Pacific Standard.
- ^ "Stopping Firestone: Getting Rubber to Meet the Road", Foreign Policy In Focus, December 7, 2006 Retrieved October 8, 2017
- ^ Westall, Sylvia (17 January 2008). "German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closure". Reuters. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ Clout, Laura (24 June 2008). "Gay rights group boycotts Heinz after 'men kissing' row". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ "Arizona immigration law sparks huge rallies". CBC News. May 1, 2010.
- ^ Gulliver, Robyn (2022-10-10). "Australian Campaign Case Study: Divestment Campaign 2013 - 2021". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
- ^ Scott, Mike (February 4, 2019). "Super Bowl ratings plummet as Who Dats strike back". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ^ Nalepinski, Kate (2025-01-28). "Petition calls for boycott of NFL games because of Kansas City Chiefs bias". Newsweek. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ Han, Soul (2021-09-30). "International groups boycott Nestle products to end indiscriminate advertising, 1977-1984". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
- ^ "Boycott The Sun in 2003 - Hillsborough Justice Campaign". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Lister, Sam. "Ex-Sun editor: I was right on Hillsborough". Liverpool Daily Post. Archived from the original on 4 December 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2006.
- ^ Shennan, Paddy. "Alexi Sayle's Liverpool". Liverpool.com. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Hillsborough: Postal staff refuse to deliver free Sun copies". BBC News. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Liverpool's 23-year boycott of the Sun newspaper". BBC News. 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants", The Guardian, 24 July 2003, Retrieved 19 July 2017
- ^ "Boycott Coca-Cola!", Colombia Solidarity Campaign, 1 October 2003, Retrieved 19 July 2017
- ^ Henkel, Heiko (Fall 2010). "Fundamentally Danish? The Muhammad Cartoon Crisis as Transitional Drama" (PDF). Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-knowledge. 2. VIII. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ Vergakis, Brock (9 November 2008). "Utah faces boycott after push by Mormons vs. gay marriage". Boston.com. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ Clover, Charles (25 November 2008). "Bluefin tuna: Call for boycott after quotas set higher than scientists recommend". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Group urges Salvation Army boycott". WLUK-TV. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ Vega, Jocelyn (9 March 2011). "Lady Gaga Dissolves Relationship with Target". MTV. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Cantor, Matt (25 March 2011). "Target Sues Gay Rights Group". Newser. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Lambert, Brian (25 March 2011). "What? Gov. Tim Pawlenty Supported Sharia Law?". MinnPost. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ^ Christoper, Tommy (29 July 2010). "Best Buy Gay Rights Boycott Tests Citizens United Decision". Mediate. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ^ Chernoff, Allan (26 May 2010). "Facebook fans organize to boycott BP". CNN. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Arnold, Lori (February 2011). "Chick-fil-A target of gay rights' boycott". Christian Examiner. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeys". The Guardian. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Ecuador's Correa calls for Chevron boycott, Agence France Presse, September 17, 2003 Retrieved 22 August 2017
- ^ City of Berkeley, Peace and Justice Commission, Action Calendar, January 29, 2008, Retrieved 22 August 2017
- ^ "Should we boycott Botswana?". 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Feb 15, Goldy •; Am, 2013 at 10:53. "Are Theo's "Fair Trade" Chocolates Unfair to Seattle Workers?". The Stranger.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Aiding and Abetting: How Unaccountable Fair Trade Certifiers Are Destroying Workers' Rights". Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "PNN". Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Russian Vodka Boycott in Gay Bars Faces Predictable Backlash". 30 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Why I'm finally going to boycott Amazon". The Guardian. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Online petition for Target boycott gets hundreds of thousands of signatures - Fox News". Fox News. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Grab Your Wallet". Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ Tenbarge, Kat (December 9, 2022). "He was canceled during the #MeToo movement. Now, he's using YouTube to attack celebrity accusers". NBC News.
- ^ Barbash, Fred; Bever, Lindsey (2018-02-23). "#BoycottNRA: Hertz and Avis are the latest companies to cut ties with gun lobby as movement gains steam". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ Creswell, Julie; Hsu, Tiffany (2018-02-23). "Companies Cut Ties to the N.R.A., but Find There Is No Neutral Ground". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ "The full list of companies who have boycotted the NRA over the Florida shooting". Newsweek. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ "This Is the Reason People Are Setting Their Nike Sneakers on Fire". instyle.com. 2020-09-14.
- ^ Gramuglia, Anthony (September 15, 2019). "The Vic Mignogna Lawsuit Failed, But Fan Rage Made It Worse". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ "Call for cultural and academic boycott of Turkey". Roar Magazine. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ^ "South Koreans call for boycott of Japanese cars, beer and cosmetics as 'trade war' intensifies". South China Morning Post. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "South Koreans are cancelling their Japan trip amid trade war". Travel Daily Media. 23 July 2019.
- ^ Caroline Alexander, Zainab Fattah (2020-10-27). "Muslim world faces divide after Erdogan takes on France for its crackdown on radical Islam". ThePrint. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- ^ Salem, Mostafa; Bairin, Pierre; Liakos, Chris; Schmidt, Nadine; Dean, Sarah (October 27, 2020). "Calls to boycott French products grow in Muslim world after Macron backs Mohammed cartoons". CNN.
- ^ Parker, Ryan (February 11, 2021). "Ted Cruz Among Conservatives Blasting Disney Over Gina Carano Firing". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ St. James, Emily (February 12, 2021). "Mandalorian star Gina Carano has been fired. Conservatives are angry". Vox.
- ^ "Romania's Mass Boycott against Austria after the Schengen Decision". Novinite. 2022-12-09.
- ^ Rosney, Dan (30 January 2025). "Leaving X can be a tricky decision for brands". BBC News. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Reid, Carlton (14 February 2025). "Elon Musk's Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla". Wired. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
- ^ "Right-wing media figures stand behind James O'Keefe after Project Veritas ouster". Media Matters for America. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Bud Light partnership with trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney prompts conservative backlash". www.cbsnews.com. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ "Dr Disrespect Boycotts Call of Duty Following NICKMERCS Controversy". Gaming. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "Month-long boycott of Loblaw-owned grocery brands and stores begins". The Globe and Mail. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Croatians boycott shopping over high prices, causing sales to plunge". The Straits Times. 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ "Bojkot trgovina: Broj računa pao za 43, a promet manji za 50 posto". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
- ^ Yousif, Nadine; Ahmadi, Ali Abbas (8 March 2025). "Bourbon is out, patriotism is in - How Canadians are facing Trump threats head on". BBC News. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ Walker, Adria (28 February 2025). "'Hit them where it hurts': Americans boycott corporations to protest anti-DEI policies". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2025.