List of boycotts

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Past

Time frame	Participants	Target	Cause	Main article	References
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	Desired land reform in Ireland
1891	Iranian Shia	United Kingdom	The Shah's granting of a tobacco monopoly to Britain	Tobacco Protest
1904–1906	China	United States	The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1902, an extension of the original Act of 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act		[1][2]
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
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
	Mohandas Gandhi Indian independence movement	British Raj	Desired economic independence for India	Swadeshi movement
1955–1968	African Americans	Various	Racial segregation in the United States	Civil Rights Movement Montgomery bus boycott
1961–1983	West Berlin	Berlin S-Bahn	East German operation of the S-Bahn	Berlin S-Bahn#Cold War
	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
1973–1995	LGBT groups	Coors Brewing Company	Anti-LGBT hiring practices		[3]
1984–1993	INFACT	General Electric	Production and promotion of nuclear weapons	Corporate Accountability International
1989–1998	Rainforest Action Network	Mitsubishi	Rainforest destruction through its forestry activities	Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign	[4]
1991–1998	Friends of the Lubicon	Daishowa	Proposed logging of Lubicon Cree territory		[5]
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		[6]
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	Celebrity opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq	FireHollywood
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
2005–2013	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	[7][8]
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		[9]
2008	Stonewall	Heinz	Heinz's pulling of a commercial featuring two men kissing		[10]
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
2019	Residents of Louisiana	National Football League CBS Sports	Negligence in rules enforcement that kept the New Orleans Saints out of Super Bowl LIII	2018–19 NFL playoffs#Conference championships	[11]

Sporting

Certain countries have declined to participate in international sporting events to protest the host nation's policies or actions.

Event	Participants	Host nation	Cause	Main article	References
1936 Summer Olympics	Athletes from 22 nations	Nazi Germany	German fascism	People's Olympiad
1938 FIFA World Cup	Various South American nations	France	Selection of a second successive World Cup in Europe
1956 Summer Olympics	Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, China	Australia	The Suez Crisis; the presence of the Soviet Union after the Hungarian Revolution; the presence of Taiwan
1976 Summer Olympics	Various African nations	Canada	Participation of New Zealand, which had sporting contact with apartheid South Africa	Sporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era
1980 Summer Olympics	United States Various nations	Soviet Union	Soviet–Afghan War	1980 Summer Olympics boycott
1984 Summer Olympics	Warsaw Pact states (except Romania) Cuba	United States	1980 Summer Olympics boycott	1984 Summer Olympics boycott Friendship Games
1986 Commonwealth Games	32 Afro-Asian nations	Scotland	The Thatcher Government's attitude towards sporting links with South Africa	Sporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era
1988 Summer Olympics	North Korea Albania, Cuba, Madagascar, Seychelles	South Korea	State of war between North and South Korea, Korean conflict

Ongoing

Initiation	Participants	Target	Cause	Main article	References
1949	Arab League	Israel	Partition of Palestine	Arab League boycott of Israel
1977	Various	Nestlé	Nestlé's promotion of infant formula over breast milk in developing countries	Nestlé boycott
1989	Liverpudlians	The Sun	The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster		[12][13][14][15][16]
2003	Numerous union organizations including SINALTRAINAL	Coca-Cola Company	Anti-union violence in Colombia and environmental degradation in India	Criticism of Coca-Cola	[17][18]
2005	Various anti-Israel activists	Israel	Israeli–Palestinian conflict	Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
2005	Various Muslims worldwide	Denmark	Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy	Economic and social consequences of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
2008	Opponents of California Proposition 8	Supporters of California Proposition 8		Protests against Proposition 8 supporters
2008	Opponents of California Proposition 8	Utah	LDS Church support for Proposition 8	Protests against Proposition 8 supporters	[19]
2008	Center for Biological Diversity	Bluefin Tuna	Overfishing of Bluefin Tuna, leading to their status as an endangered species.		[20]
2009	LGBT groups	The Salvation Army	The Salvation Army's opposition to homosexuality		[21]
2010	Canvass for a Cause Other LGBT groups	Target Corporation	Target's donations to Tom Emmer		[22][23][24][25]
2010	LGBT groups	Best Buy	Best Buy's donations to Tom Emmer		[25]
2010	Boycott BP	BP	Deepwater Horizon oil spill	Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill	[26]
2011	LGBT groups	Chick-fil-A	Chick-fil-A's CFO's support of politicians who oppose same-sex marriage	Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy	[27]
2012	PETA	Air France	Air France is the only major airline that continues to ship monkeys to laboratories for experimentation.		[28]
2013	Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa and various others	Chevron Corporation	Failure to adequately clean up widespread oil pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon from its former Texaco operations	Lago Agrio oil field	[29] [30]
2013	Survival International	Botswana	Eviction of indigenous San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.	Ancestral land conflict in Botswana	[31]
2013	International Labor Rights Forum	Theo Chocolate	Not living up to "fair trade" label because of proven union busting		[32][33]
2013	Palestinians living in the United States	Syria, Iran	Syria and Iran's dismal treatment of Palestinians		[34]
2013-2014	LGBT groups	Russia, Stolichnaya vodka, 2014 Winter Olympics	Russia's anti-LBGT policies		[35]
2014	Citizens of Washington, D.C.	Tourism to Maryland's 1st congressional district, Eastern Shore of Maryland	Interference in District of Columbia home rule	Boycott of Maryland's 1st District
2015	Ethical Consumer	Amazon	Tax avoidance, poor treatment of workers, anti-competitive practices.	Criticism of Amazon	[36]
2016	American Family Association	Target Corporation	Mixed sex bathrooms and changing areas		[37]
2016	Various	Corporations backing Donald Trump	Free and fair elections; policies and rhetoric of Donald Trump	GrabYourWallet	[38]
2018	Various companies with ties to the NRA	National Rifle Association	Stoneman Douglas High School shooting	2018 NRA boycott	[39][40][41]
2018	Various companies with ties to The Ingraham Angle, and The Ingraham Angle itself.	The Ingraham Angle	Laura Ingraham attacking Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor David Hogg	Boycott of The Ingraham Angle
2018	Various companies with ties to Sinclair, and Sinclair itself.	Sinclair Broadcast Group	Conservative media bias of Sinclair; Sinclair mandating local news to attack certain news organizations	Boycott of Sinclair Broadcasting Group
2018	Various	Nike, Inc.	Nike featured Colin Kaepernick in its advertising campaign. He is the NFL quarterback who sparked controversy by kneeling in protest during the national anthem.	This Is the Reason People Are Setting Their Nike Sneakers on Fire
2019	Various	Turkey	Turkish invasion of Rojava on 9th October 2019. Turkey is considered by some groups to be an authoritarian state.	2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria	[42]

See also

• Moral purchasing

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "Coors Brewing Company Boycott". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. "A Company That, Literally, Has Blood On Its Hands", Pacific Standard, March 20, 2015 https://psmag.com/economics/a-company-that-literally-has-blood-on-its-hands Retrieved October 8, 2017
8. "Stopping Firestone: Getting Rubber to Meet the Road", Foreign Policy In Focus, December 7, 2006 http://fpif.org/stopping_firestone_getting_rubber_to_meet_the_road/ Retrieved October 8, 2017
9. Westall, Sylvia (17 January 2008). "German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closure". Reuters. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
10. Clout, Laura (24 June 2008). "Gay rights group boycotts Heinz after 'men kissing' row". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
11. Scott, Mike (February 4, 2019). "Super Bowl ratings plummet as Who Dats strike back". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
12. "Boycott The Sun in 2003 - Hillsborough Justice Campaign". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
13. 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.
14. Shennan, Paddy. "Alexi Sayle's Liverpool". Liverpool.com. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
15. "Hillsborough: Postal staff refuse to deliver free Sun copies". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
16. ww.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17113382
17. "Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants", The Guardian, 24 July 2003, https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia, Retrieved 19 July 2017
18. "Boycott Coca-Cola!", Colombia Solidarity Campaign, 1 October 2003, http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/articles/bulletin-archive/33--issue11-october--december-2003/68-boycott-coca-cola, Retrieved 19 July 2017
19. Vergakis, Brock (9 November 2008). "Utah faces boycott after push by Mormons vs. gay marriage". Boston.com. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
20. Clover, Charles (25 November 2008). "Bluefin tuna: Call for boycott after quotas set higher than scientists recommend". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
21. "Group urges Salvation Army boycott". WLUK-TV. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
22. Vega, Jocelyn (9 March 2011). "Lady Gaga Dissolves Relationship with Target". MTV. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
23. Cantor, Matt (25 March 2011). "Target Sues Gay Rights Group". Newser. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
24. Lambert, Brian (25 March 2011). "What? Gov. Tim Pawlenty Supported Sharia Law?". MinnPost. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
25. Christoper, Tommy (29 July 2010). "Best Buy Gay Rights Boycott Tests Citizens United Decision". Mediate. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
26. Chernoff, Allan (26 May 2010). "Facebook fans organize to boycott BP". CNN. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
27. 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.
28. "Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeys". The Guardian. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
29. Ecuador's Correa calls for Chevron boycott, Agence France Presse, September 17, 2003 http://news.abs-cbn.com/global-filipino/world/09/17/13/ecuadors-correa-calls-chevron-boycott Retrieved 22 August 2017
30. City of Berkeley, Peace and Justice Commission, Action Calendar, January 29, 2008 http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/berkeley-resolution.pdf Retrieved 22 August 2017
31. "Should we boycott Botswana?". 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
32. "Are Theo's "Fair Trade" Chocolates Unfair to Seattle Workers?".
33. "Aiding and Abetting: How Unaccountable Fair Trade Certifiers Are Destroying Workers' Rights". Retrieved 12 August 2013.
34. "PNN". Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
35. "Russian Vodka Boycott in Gay Bars Faces Predictable Backlash". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
36. "Why I'm finally going to boycott Amazon". The Guardian. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
37. "Online petition for Target boycott gets hundreds of thousands of signatures - Fox News". 26 April 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
38. "Grab Your Wallet". Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. "The full list of companies who have boycotted the NRA over the Florida shooting". Newsweek. 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
42. "Call for cultural and academic boycott of Turkey". Roar Magazine. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-11-02.

External links

• List of current boycotts at EthicalConsumer.org