List of boycotts

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This is a list of boycotts.

Past boycotts

Time frame	Participants	Target	Cause	Main article	References
617	Quraysh tribe	Banu Hashim tribe	Hashemite protection of Muhammad	Meccan boycott of the Hashemites
March 1769	Philadelphia merchants First Continental Congress	Kingdom of Great Britain	Opposition to colonial taxation without representation	Continental Association
1848	Milan	Austrian Empire	Austrian state monopolies	Five Days of Milan
1880	Irish Land League	Charles Boycott	Desired land reform in Ireland
1891	Iranian Shia	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	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		[1][2]
1919	Republic of China	Empire of 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	Kingdom of 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 Africa universities	Apartheid	Academic boycott of South Africa
	Various	South African produce	Apartheid
1973–1995	LGBT groups	Coors Brewing Company	Anti-gay 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
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		[7]
2008	Stonewall	Heinz	Heinz's pulling of a commercial featuring two men kissing		[8]
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
5 November 2011	Various	Commercial banks	Debit card fees	Bank Transfer Day

Sporting boycotts

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 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 war in Afghanistan	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 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 War

Ongoing boycotts

Initiation	Participants	Target	Cause	Main article	References
1949	Arab League	Israel		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		[9][10][11] [12][13]
1992	Life Decisions International	Pro-life activists	Businesses supportive of Planned Parenthood		[14]
2005	Activists worldwide	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	[15]
2009	LGBT groups	The Salvation Army	The Salvation Army's opposition to homosexuality		[16]
2010	Canvass for a Cause Other LGBT groups	Target Corporation	Target's donations to Tom Emmer		[17][18][19][20]
2010	LGBT groups	Best Buy	Best Buy's donations to Tom Emmer		[20]
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	[21]
2011	LGBT groups	Schuyler County, Illinois	County sheriff Don Schieferdecker's Facebook post with anti-gay and anti-Semitic content		[22]
2013	International Labor Rights Forum	Theo Chocolate	Not living up to "fair trade" label because of proven union busting		[23][24]
2013	Palestinians living in the United States	Syria, Iran	Syria and Iran's dismal treatment of Palestinians		[25]
2013-2014	LGBT groups	Russia, Stolichnaya vodka, 2014 Winter Olympics	Russia's anti-LBGT policies		[26]
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
2016-	American Family Association	Target Corporation	Mixed sex bathrooms and changing areas		[27]

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. 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. “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. Westall, Sylvia (17 January 2008). "German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closure". Reuters. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
8. Clout, Laura (24 June 2008). "Gay rights group boycotts Heinz after 'men kissing' row". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
9. http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/boycott-the-sun.shtm
10. Lister, Sam. "Ex-Sun editor: I was right on Hillsborough". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 1 December 2006.
11. Shennan, Paddy. "Alexi Sayle's Liverpool". Liverpool.com. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
12. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-27761336
13. ww.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17113382
14. "Corporate Funding (BOYCOTT)". Life Decisions International. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
15. Vergakis, Brock (9 November 2008). "Utah faces boycott after push by Mormons vs. gay marriage". Boston.com. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
16. "Group urges Salvation Army boycott". WLUK-TV. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
17. Vega, Jocelyn (9 March 2011). "Lady Gaga Dissolves Relationship with Target". MTV. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
18. Cantor, Matt (25 March 2011). "Target Sues Gay Rights Group". Newser. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
19. Lambert, Brian (25 March 2011). "What? Gov. Tim Pawlenty Supported Sharia Law?". MinnPost. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
20. Christoper, Tommy (29 July 2010). "Best Buy Gay Rights Boycott Tests Citizens United Decision". Mediate. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
21. Arnold, Lori (February 2011). "Chick-fil-A target of gay rights' boycott". Christian Examiner. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
22. "Outrage as sheriff posts anti-Semitic homophobic slur on Facebook". Daily Mail. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
23. "Are Theo's "Fair Trade" Chocolates Unfair to Seattle Workers?".
24. "Aiding and Abetting: How Unaccountable Fair Trade Certifiers Are Destroying Workers’ Rights". Retrieved 12 August 2013.
25. Palestinians for Boycotting Syrian, Iranian Goods
26. Russian Vodka Boycott in Gay Bars Faces Predictable Backlash
27. On-line Petition for Target Boycott Gets Hundreds of Thousands of Signatures

External links

• List of current boycotts at EthicalConsumer.org