List of boycotts

This is a list of boycotts.

Historical Milestones

* March 1769, in opposition of "taxation without representation," merchants in Philadelphia joined the boycott of British trade goods.
* the boycott of Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League, 1880
* Boycott of American goods by Chinese in response to the Exclusion Act of 1882 and developments in 1905-06. [Tsai, Jung-fang, "Hong Kong in Chinese History: Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842-1913" (Columbia University Press, New York: 1993), Chapter 8.]
* Boycott of Japanese products in China after the May Fourth Movement.
* The Economic Boycott of Germany by The American Jewish Congress - March 1933
* Nazi boycott of Jewish doctors, lawyers, and stores in Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses; it formally lasted only one day (April 1, 1933) but eventually was the beginning of the Racial policy of Nazi Germany.
* Boycotts of Jewish businesses in Poland during 1934-1945.
* Boycotts of Jewish businesses in Iraq following the Farhud, during 1941-1951.
* The boycott of British good by Mahatma Gandhi know as the swadeshi policy—the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods. Linked to this was his advocacy that khadi (homespun cloth) be worn by all Indians instead of British-made textiles. Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning khadi in support of the independence movement. [3] This was a strategy to inculcate discipline and dedication to weed out the unwilling and ambitious, and include women in the movement at a time when many thought that such activities were not ‘respectable’ for women. In addition to boycotting British products, Gandhi urged the people to boycott British educational institutions and law courts, to resign from government employment, and to forsake British titles and honours.
* by African Americans during the U.S. civil rights movement, late 1950s and 1960s (especially the Montgomery bus boycott).
* the United Farm Workers union's grape and lettuce boycotts.
* the American boycott of British goods at the time of the American Revolution.
* the Arab League boycott of Israel and companies trading with Israel.
* the academic boycott of South Africa by a large part of the world's countries during its apartheid period.

Sporting boycotts

* the People's Olympiad was planned for Barcelona as a venue for athletes boycotting the 1936 Summer Olympics being held in Nazi Germany.
* by African states at the 1976 Summer Olympics to protest the participation of New Zealand, a country that had recently resumed sporting contact with apartheid South Africa.
* the United States and Allies boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
* by Warsaw pact states of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, in retaliation for the 1980 boycott.
* led by North Korea and followed by Cuba, Ethiopia and Nicaragua of the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea.
* Latin-American countries (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay) in Soccer Boycott. 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Current boycotts

Political boycotts

* Denmark
* Israel

Consumer boycotts

* FireHollywood – against Hollywood film makers who have made statements deemed to be "unpatriotic," "anti-American" or treasonous.
* The Great American Boycott - to demonstrate the extent to which labor obtained via illegal immigration is needed for the economy of the United States.
* Nestlé boycott – against the promotion of infant formula over breast milk to poor mothers in developing countries.
* Stop Esso campaign – to protest damage to the environment by not investing in renewable energy sources, denying the existence of global warming and undermining the Kyoto Protocol.
* Tax resistance - propagated by some tax resisters as a "boycott" of governments by their subjects
* United States - Republican-aligned companies by Democrats to influence legislation [http://www.dmocrats.org] ]
* Nokia boycott - in response to the cellphone maker's decision in January 2008 to close production sites in Germany and to move production to lower-cost regions in Eastern Europe [http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL1780747720080117?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews]
* Boycott Cheetos - propagated by concerned parents and teachers protesting the Frito-Lay company's 2008 advertising campaign which equates vandalism with being "cool".

Past boycotts

* The AUT Boycott of Israeli Academics.
* Don't! Buy! Thai!
* Gun owner's boycotts of Smith and Wesson and Colt for their acquienscence to Bill Clinton's gun control initiatives.

See also

* moral purchasing
* non-violent resistance

References

External links

* [http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/boycotts/boycotts_list.htm List of current UK-related boycotts at EthicalConsumer.org]