Boycotts

Why Theater Workers Are Boycotting The Play ‘Birthright’

August 3, 2026 William Johnson, Mondoweiss. Resist! Birthright Citizenship, Boycotts, Palestine, Theater, Worker Rights

Imagine that, in the waning years of South Africa’s apartheid regime, a new play premieres at a major off-Broadway theater examining the relationships between a group of intelligent, attractive South African whites. Some of these white characters are staunchly pro-apartheid, while others are more ambivalent, though even these ambivalent characters ultimately agree that their ethnic heritage binds their community together and needs to be preserved. One character even becomes anti-apartheid over the course of the play, and her anti-apartheid stances generate some of the play’s conflict, partly because her insistence that white South Africa is built on brutality and oppression sometimes makes her a lousy friend to her racist compatriots.

Activists Demand South Africa Stop Supplying Israel With Coal

May 19, 2026 Riley Singh, Mondoweiss. Resist! Boycotts, Coal, Gaza, Genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Palestine, South Africa

On March 15, 2026, the South African government formally acknowledged Israel’s response to the country’s written pleadings in the case of Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Indeed, South Africa was the first country to use the Genocide Convention against Israel for its actions in Gaza, a benchmark that positioned itself at the forefront of an international movement to hold Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza.

REI Workers Launch Consumer Boycott Of Chain

May 12, 2026 Mark Gruenberg, People's World. Resist! Boycotts, REI, Unions, Washington, Worker Rights and Jobs

Bellingham, Washington. — The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers, who represent the employees at the REI retail outdoor equipment chain, a co-op, asked REI’s 70,000 co-op members and other consumers to vote with their feet and stay away from its stores. The boycott began on May Day after the chain management failed to reach an agreement with the union by the deadline set by the RWDSU. The workers now plan to strike from May 15-25 against the chain, which likes to advertise itself as pro-worker and ecologically friendly. Those dates coincide with REI’s big anniversary sale.

Protests Mushroom As ‘Drawdown’ Of Attacks Fails To Materialize

January 31, 2026 John Wojcik, People's World. Educate! Boycotts, ICE, Journalists, Press Freedom, Strikes

Minneapolis—Determination to resist the continuing assault on democracy by the Trump administration is reflected in demonstrations breaking out here and from coast to coast. There are boycotts being organized by teachers and students in schools, customers at shopping plazas, and workers on the job in Minnesota by people angry about the administration’s backing off on claims that it was going to draw down its attacks on immigrants and their supporters. Early in the morning on Jan. 30, people were already gathering at the Federal Building. The repression was intensified Thursday with the arrest and jailing of journalists covering the protests.

World Cup Boycott Calls Grow In Response To Trump

January 15, 2026 Alberto Aceves, Resumen English. Resist! Boycotts, FIFA, Human Rights, United States, world cup

The drums of protest and calls to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup are beating louder in the United States. Thousands of fans are expressing concern about the tournament’s security, outrage over the armed attack in Venezuela, and the controversial human rights policies of the Donald Trump administration. According to European media, messages promoting ticket cancellations on resale forums, travel agencies, and hotel booking sites have not only prompted extraordinary meetings between officials and representatives of member associations, but have also generated discussions about potential strategies to address the shifting perceptions surrounding the tournament.

Holiday Shoppers Are Flexing Political Power Through Boycotts

December 19, 2025 Victoria Valenzuela, Waging Nonviolence. Educate! BDS Movement, Boycotts, DEI, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

For 38 weeks straight, racial justice protesters have been gathering outside a Target in Washington, D.C. to call out the company for suspending its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, aligning itself with the Trump administration’s attacks on DEI. To put additional pressure on the company, those advocates have been calling for “Target fasts,” in which people completely abstain from purchasing anything from Target. The boycott began in February, following Target’s suspension of DEI efforts, and was initiated by Until Freedom, a nonprofit organization dedicated to community activism and rapid response.

Occupation, Boycott, Death: The Month That Changed D.C.

December 12, 2025 Jerome Paige, People's World. Strategize! Boycotts, Donald Trump, Military Occupation, Washington D.C.

I didn’t expect to begin this article on a sidewalk. But on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, around noon, I mentally finalized what I thought would be a clean two-week account of Washington’s slow tightening. I got off the Metrorail at 14th and Irving to join the #WeAintBuyingIt rally in front of Target’s entrances. A small crowd had gathered, calm and steady, holding signs.Someone turned to me and said, almost casually, “This is Week 36.” Thirty-six consecutive Saturdays of protest. Thirty-six weeks of refusing to spend money in a store that, in their words, “walked away from the very people who kept it standing.”

Over 150 New York Times Contributors To Boycott Paper Over Gaza Coverage

October 28, 2025 Middle East Eye. Resist! Boycotts, Israel, Journalism, Media, New York Times (NYT), Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

More than 150 New York Times contributors have signed a pledge not to write for the US newspaper's opinion section, citing its “biased coverage” of the Israel-Palestine conflict and war on Gaza. “Until The New York Times takes accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the US-Israeli war on Gaza, any putative 'challenge' to the newsroom or the editorial board in the form of a first-person essay is, in effect, permission to continue this malpractice,” the signatories to the letter wrote. “Only by withholding our labor can we mount an effective challenge to the hegemonic authority that the Times has long used to launder the US and Israel’s lies,” the writers added.

Tesla Car Boycott Goes Global In Defiance Of CEO Musk On Week Seven

March 30, 2025 John Zangas, DCMediaGroup. Resist! Boycotts, DOGE, Elon Musk, Tesla

Washington DC — Hundreds of Tesla electric vehicle dealerships saw lines of citizens line up outside them urging consumers to boycott the flailing car company. The decentralized grassroots actions have targeted the world’s richest man, Elon Musk over his continued interference in Federal government operations. A surge of anger towards the mega billionaire has fueled the Tesla dealership boycott actions which are now in their seventh week. The boycotts are credited with taking down, at least in part, over 40% of the car company’s stock value.

Press Conference Announces National Target Boycott

February 1, 2025 Niko Georgiades, Unicorn Riot. Resist! Boycotts, DEI, Minnesota, Target

Minneapolis, MN — Minnesota residents are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores in response to the corporation recently cutting its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies. An uproar hit social media when the announcement was made and since then, legions of people online have been calling for a Target boycott and to buy from Black businesses. Watch Unicorn Riot’s live stream of the press conference on Thursday, January 30 outside of Target’s downtown Minneapolis offices, where community activists will call for a national Target boycott.

Colombian President Suspending Military Material From Israel

March 8, 2024 RT, Resumen English. Resist! Boycotts, Colombia, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, weapons

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced on Thursday the suspension of the purchase of war material from Israel in response to the attack that occurred that same day during the distribution of food in the Gaza Strip, which left more than 100 Palestinians dead. Both countries have been arms partners for more than three decades. In the 90s, Colombia bought 24 Kfir fighter jets from Israel, which are already about to reach their useful life, so the Government is looking for a way to replace them, although it still needs spare parts and services from the air industry of Israel for the maintenance of the old aircraft.

Can Boycotts Help Workers Win?

August 27, 2023 Eric Blanc, Labor Politics. Strategize! Boycotts, Labor Movement, union busting, Worker Rights and Jobs

The recent uptick in labor organizing has prompted not only a rise in strikes, but also the return of an old labor weapon: the boycott. While boycott campaigns generally have a mixed record at best, this tactic was used successfully in the recent unionization and first contract victories at Burgerville in Oregon as well as Spot Coffee in upstate New York — a campaign that set the stage for the subsequent Starbucks upsurge. Raising the slogan, “No Contract, No Field Trips,” unionizing workers at Medieval Times in New Jersey and California are now linking up with K-12 teachers to boycott the company until it stops its alleged union-busting.

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