From boycotts of British goods during the struggle for U.S. independence, to Gandhi's boycotts against colonial institutions in India, to the boycotts during the Civil Rights Movement, boycotts have been a powerful political tool for centuries.
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Israel strongly objects to international boycotts, including boycotts of the settlements, which it views as discriminatory.
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This is why boycotts from the right almost never work as well as boycotts from the left.
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But boycotts can cause a significant drop in share price, according to a 2007 study of boycotts over a 28-year period.
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Companies on the blacklist will then be harassed with boycotts and negative publicity stunts unless and until they join in their attackers' boycotts.
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Lawmakers in Indiana amended the Religious Freedom Restoration Act after an outcry about LGBTQ rights led to boycotts and threatened boycotts in 2015.
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Right-wing advocacy groups represented in court argued that Israeli law does not distinguish between boycotts of the settlements and boycotts of Israel itself.
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The report and Cathy's comments, which didn't stop there, inspired boycotts against Chick-fil-A and counter-boycotts by those who supported Cathy's message.
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Rubio responded to Tlaib on Twitter, arguing if boycotts of Israel were constitutionally protected, then boycotts of companies that boycott Israel should be protected as well.
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The resulting national backlash, with boycotts and threats of boycotts, allowed Mr. Cooper, who was then challenging Mr. McCrory, to argue that Republicans were harming the business climate.
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"It creates this odd dynamic where boycotts are easier to organize, and we have more boycotts, but because it is really cheap to signal your support [for a cause], they're less sincere and perhaps less effective," Werner says, noting that there isn't much research yet on boycotts formed through social media.
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"The Chinese government loves to organize boycotts," Cramer said, adding that past tensions with Japan and South Korea have led to Chinese boycotts of Japanese and South Korean products.
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More than a dozen NGOs "which promote anti-Israel boycotts" received the money, "in stark opposition to the EU's own declared policies rejecting such boycotts", the Israeli report said.
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" That said, Ivo Welch, a UCLA professor of economics and finance, told Freakonomics Radio earlier in 2016 that, "Boycotts almost surely will never work… Boycotts are basically just part of the population.
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Since the 1970s, American laws enacted specifically with Israel in mind have prohibited companies from taking part in boycotts of any nation, unless the boycotts are sanctioned by the United States government.
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South Korean firms have called for boycotts of Japanese goods.
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Still, numerous parents' and conservative groups have called for boycotts.
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In response to the disqualification, some fans called for boycotts.
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AP News even has a feed to track boycotts worldwide.
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She didn't tweet about the Uber boycotts, so who knows.
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There were petitions and calls for boycotts and travel bans.
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One possibility would be consumer boycotts, fanned by state media.
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Mr Trump's opponents have called for consumer boycotts, as well.
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Despite the boycotts, Klem insists that the company is healthy.
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So did the RFRA boycotts provide justice for LGBTQ people?
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But the ubiquity of boycotts does not diminish their seriousness.
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But the plot turns have kept coming: Boycotts. Protests. Riots.
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Fox continues to bring in the cash, despite ad boycotts.
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There were protests around the country and calls for boycotts.
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We recall that South Africa has had bus boycotts also.
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Despite boycotts, the album sold more than two million copies.
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The boycotts may give brief satisfaction to social media activists.
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There are people she now avoids, certain gatherings she boycotts.
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There were immediate threats of boycotts, including from President Trump.
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Unlike hundreds of other boycotts that barely registered with consumers, the current effort has "taken on significant symbolic purpose" and speed, said Lawrence B. Glickman, a history professor and boycotts expert at Cornell University.
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Environmentalists that year organised boycotts of palm oil products at supermarkets.
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Look, let me be clear, I don&apost call for boycotts.
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Starbucks and Nike could also face boycotts in China, he added.
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Evidence shows similar boycotts in the past have had limited impact.
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Human Rights Watch says it does not support boycotts of Israel.
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Why did the bus boycotts work during the civil-rights movement?
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Just as in North Carolina, RFRA provoked national outrage and boycotts.
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On several occasions, the king has publicly opposed anti-Israeli boycotts.
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It was possible to imagine that consumer boycotts could suppress porn.
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Company boycotts are becoming more prevalent in our highly-politicized culture.
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Boycotts seem to be a dime a dozen in our culture.
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However, the USOC told Reuters it did not support "blanket boycotts".
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The fact that boycotts, on the whole, normally don't see results.
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Israeli law bars entry for those who support boycotts of Israel.
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People are tagging sponsors and booking agents and calling for boycotts.
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Republican National Committee officials defend the events and denounce the boycotts.
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The secessionist fighters are calling for school boycotts in the areas.
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Thanks to social media, boycotts are easier to organize than ever.
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Shakir had repeatedly endorsed such boycotts while in law school, and his critics claimed his work with HRW constituted an extension of that; he and HRW both claim not to have a position on boycotts currently.
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Nordstrom faced mass boycotts for stocking Ivanka Trump's fashion brand, and then weathered additional boycotts when it decided to drop the troubled label in February 2017 (the first daughter's label shut down for good earlier this year).
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That legislation, HB2, led to boycotts from businesses, musicians and sports leagues
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In response to the disqualification, some fans called for boycotts of Blizzard.
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The company was met with outrage from gamers and calls for boycotts.
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The main worry used to be consumer boycotts, fuelled by state media.
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Trump has threatened the companies with boycotts, tariffs, taxes and other punishments.
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Economic boycotts in recent years have pressured states to roll back legislation.
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Israel this month ordered Shakir out, claiming he supports boycotts of Israel.
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Still, O'Reilly's trajectory is a reminder of how powerful boycotts can be.
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The big picture: YouTube has faced several ad boycotts over the years.
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The latter group has repeatedly weathered controversies and calls for advertiser boycotts.
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Jockey Bill Hartack, a five-time Kentucky Derby winner, opposed the boycotts.
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But, companies bend because boycotts and backlashes scare away investors and advertisers.
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His efforts were supported through boycotts and illegal buyouts of Jewish businesses.
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Democrats would fume, but the NBA and NCAA boycotts wouldn't come back.
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Some groups are pushing for boycotts of retailers that sell Trump products.
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Gay-rights groups condemned the bill and urged boycotts of the state.
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Do you think boycotts and "buycotts" actually affect your bottom line, though?
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They've also threatened boycotts and have encouraged companies to do the same.
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And it's possible that others will announce boycotts closer to the date.
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Conservatives are not organizing boycotts of companies whose board members support Warren.
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But let's put them out of business with boycotts and ballot boxes.
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Five Democrats have announced boycotts of Trump's speech altogether so far: Reps.
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The boycotts cost the Southern state's economy hundreds of millions of dollars.
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In general, boycotts are much more powerful when there's an economic component.
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Boycotts of Jewish businesses have a particularly foul pedigree in Nazi Germany.
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There were boycotts, "freedom rides," acts of nonviolent resistance, walkouts, and more.
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Boycotts by readers and booksellers often snowball to envelop publishers as well.
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And despite calls for boycotts, Barilla's revenue climbed even higher in 2014.
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Lebanon officially boycotts Israeli products and bars its citizens from traveling there.
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There exists an activist infrastructure for boycotts in cases that involve discrimination.
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People are talking of mass fasts and boycotts of schools and markets.
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Boycotts of brewers that sell to the stores have begun with enthusiasm.
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Looming even larger, perhaps, was the broader threat of sustained business boycotts.
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But the talks were impeded by numerous lengthy boycotts by the North.
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There have been calls for boycotts, and some expansions have already been canceled.
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There's talk of boycotts, but so far the effects are difficult to measure.
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As such, it has faced various boycotts, slightly piratical workarounds, and general anger.
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And there are many, many ongoing and overlapping boycotts at any given time.
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A mesh of litigation, boycotts and bad publicity can damage long-term profits.
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The boycotts don't seem to be having the desired effect here, Trump supporters.
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It's the same logic behind a number of recent North Carolina-targeted boycotts.
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We're in finger-pointing disarray, and we're suffering from boycotts — banishing even basketball.
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While some shamed the marketing team behind the idea, others threatened personal boycotts.
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A week later, amid threats of boycotts and litigation, the councillors rescinded it.
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Video of the incident went viral and ignited protests and calls for boycotts.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Economic boycotts are usually designed to force dramatic change.
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Calls for boycotts of countries deemed to have offended China are not uncommon.
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It faced picketing, boycotts, lawsuits and pushback from local communities around zoning issues.
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Beijing-backed enterprises initiated boycotts of Cathay, Hong Kong's flagship carrier for decades.
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The calls for boycotts from state leaders comes a day after Alabama Gov.
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People supporting the police called for boycotts of the bakery, the Post added.
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There were also bans and boycotts of Mr. Hamilton's books in some places.
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NBC estimates that the boycotts have already have cost North Carolina $186 million.
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They complain to developers and they announce boycotts of games that include them.
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Protests were held, and boycotts ensued, led by King's wife Coretta, the Rev.
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Companies threatened to stop doing business in those states, and celebrities encouraged boycotts.
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As news of the boycotts began coming out on Thursday, Ms. Ingraham apologized.
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In France, advocacy of anti-Israel boycotts can be considered a hate crime.
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In the three years since, calls for consumer boycotts have only gotten louder.
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Apple and other U.S. firms are also vulnerable to consumer boycotts in China.
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These stories are frequently accompanied by calls for economic boycotts of Muslim businesses.
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The UN has not called for boycotts or sanctions based on the database.
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These are perilous times for brands, with partisans on both sides threatening boycotts.
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Legislation protecting Israel from boycotts has already passed in over 20 U.S. states.
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Hannity has been outspoken in his opposition to ad boycotts of all kinds.
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It prompted boycotts by sports leagues, businesses and others, harming the state's economy.
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The law has prompted many high-profile boycotts by sports organizations and entertainers.
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That included the bus boycotts and the lunch counter sit-ins across the south.
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But I also find myself frustrated by calls from other places for statewide boycotts.
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On big tech campuses, like Facebook and Google, there were protests, rallies, and boycotts.
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Given the foreseeable fallout — brand credibility, the potential for boycotts — the stakes are high.
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Boycotts are employed the world over, and not all of them are about consumerism.
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But the tricky thing is that boycotts, especially digital ones, are hard to sustain.
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It has drawn a national firestorm, fueling business boycotts and even a federal lawsuit.
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Boycotts had been threatened and jerseys burned and — most worrisome — TV ratings were declining.
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Franchot noted that in both North Carolina and Indiana, the boycotts had sports connections.
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Throughout 2018, users have attempted boycotts of Facebook in response to its myriad scandals.
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"We are categorically against any boycotts for political or any other reasons," Zhukov said.
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" Laycock called the threat of boycotts "ill-informed and deeply intolerant of religious minorities.
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When companies don't speak up, consumers are often organizing widespread boycotts to spur action.
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" Trump on Tuesday appeared unbothered by the boycotts, downplaying it as "all a fix.
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The bill was later partially repealed amid extensive backlash and boycotts of the stage.
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As with many boycotts, the travel bans stir complex feelings even among their supporters.
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This reveals one of the dangers of using boycotts to safeguard basic human rights.
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Things like the Montgomery bus boycotts; those helped lead MLK to the national stage.
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Hundreds of people on social media are advocating boycotts of Amazon during Prime Day.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested outlawing boycotts and other efforts to pressure businesses.
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Boycotts and protests have followed the passage of the North Carolina law, but Gov.
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Boycotts, they say, are nothing more than consumer choice over where to spend money.
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Boycotts are a controversial way to get your message across, and rarely ever work.
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"Very few boycotts have led to changes," he added to the Los Angeles Times.
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There are labor strikes, sit-ins, boycotts, and, yes, smashed windows and Nazi punching.
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The backlash began immediately, first in the form of demonstrations, then with the boycotts.
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The video of the incident went viral and ignited protests and calls for boycotts.
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They took demonstrations, they took economic boycotts, they took negotiations, they took freedom riders.
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Boycotts against them and their parent entities may persuade them to stop doing so.
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These boycotts rarely succeeded in their aim of driving the restaurants out of business.
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And with the boycotts in the '80s, everybody knows that it hurt both sides.
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Their products are so central to daily life that tech boycotts aren't so effective.
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Both have called for boycotts against Israel, a position Mr. Gillum says he rejects.
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Even then, there's an argument to be made against all-out palm oil boycotts.
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Social media increasingly has made brands the target of rumors, boycotts and other attacks.
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Since then, Mr. Xi's government has reined in nationalist street protests and mass boycotts.
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That led to lawsuits, boycotts and the cancellation of conventions and concerts in Arizona.
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Boycotts have been critical in allowing citizens to peacefully press for political change globally.
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Both actions, however, were not actual boycotts, at least if you ask a purist.
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His methods — boycotts, mass strikes and seizing the moral high ground — inspired the Rev.
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Civil rights groups and activists have protested against the league and called for boycotts.
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But, until now, boycotts have usually been staged in response to specific corporate practices.
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While boycotts were certainly important, they were not as decisive as B.D.S. supporters claim.
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Factory workers, politicians, and the German public were outraged, generating massive boycotts against Nokia.
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Today, the National Civil Rights Museum has a display on the Montgomery Bus Boycotts.
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Instead, protesting artists have proposed everything from boycotts to museum closures to public statements.
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By contrast, the Cardin-Portman legislation would extend the existing prohibition to cover boycotts against Israel and other countries friendly to the United States when the boycotts are called for by an international government organization, like the United Nations or the European Union.
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It could deploy measures against U.S. multinational companies operating in China such as consumer boycotts.
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The left has created a political culture where demonization of opponents and boycotts are routine.
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It has organised consumer boycotts of South Korean goods and entertainment to punish its neighbour.
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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the boycotts.
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Calls for boycotts The game's release comes just after Activision Blizzard was embroiled in controversy.
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Still, Winkler noted, corporate boycotts are "an increasingly important avenue for social change" in America.
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The latter two have called for city-wide boycotts of or actions against gentrifying agents.
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I mean, there's been so many boycotts and things like that on the other side.
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Rivas says she is facing boycotts of her restaurant and death threats from Trump haters.
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The real wild card is how the issue of the Oscar boycotts will play out.
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Activists opposed to the president have called for boycotts of retailers who sell Trump products.
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A complicated web of political commitments, rivalries, boycotts and demands make forming a majority impossible.
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Observers say, however, that these boycotts are just harming Koreans rather than the Japanese government.
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He opposed politically motivated boycotts by academic groups — against Israeli speakers or institutions, for instance.
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If progressives are going to use boycotts, they need to be tied to broader agendas.
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They often led boycotts and their silkscreened political posters became the imagery behind those causes.
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Canadians canceled trips across the border and began personal boycotts of American goods in protest.
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As a private citizen, Mr. Trump has attacked companies, including calling several times for boycotts.
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PANDOR CALLS FOR "COOL HEADS" AFTER NIGERIA BOYCOTTS ECONOMIC SUMMIT IN CAPE TOWN OVER ATTACKS
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Bureaucrats can deploy state-inspired consumer boycotts, surprise inspections, denials for licenses and so forth.
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Some called for boycotts of American products and avoiding taking vacations in the United States.
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But the upsurge in nationalism spread to other cities in China, inspiring strikes and boycotts.
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China retaliated with an edict to strike back at any foreign company that boycotts Huawei.
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There have been no calls for strikes and protests, no appeals for boycotts or shutdowns.
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The #GrabYourWallet movement organized consumer boycotts of companies doing business with the Trumps; it worked.
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Mr. Carlson and Ms. Ingraham have both faced ad boycotts for offensive on-air comments.
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There have been boycotts over the use of sweatshop labor, dangerous chemicals and even microbeads.
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Stallman boycotts all commercial software, and had to ask someone to send it to him.
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Where would civil rights in the United States be without the heroic Montgomery bus boycotts?
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The government-controlled news media, in brassy editorials, has urged boycotts of South Korean products.
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South Koreans have since been denouncing Japan with protest marches and boycotts of its goods.
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They have also used boycotts to pressure companies linked to the project to back out.
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In a statement, RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel credited "boycotts from Hollywood liberals" and Rep.
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South Koreans have since been denouncing Japan with protest marches and boycotts of its goods.
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The bastions of fried chicken were the sites of protests and a call for boycotts.
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A related motivation must surely be to avoid a staple of Chinese economic warfare: consumer boycotts.
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It tolerated boycotts of Japanese goods when tensions between China and Japan ran high, for instance.
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Israel this month ordered Omar Shakir to leave the country, claiming he supports boycotts of Israel.
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David Coman-Hidy, executive director of The Humane League, says corporate boycotts are an effective tool.
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"Boycotts ... will not resolve an issue that is ultimately our federal government's responsibility," the chamber said.
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But it adopted rules in line with international norms after mass boycotts of its state tenders.
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But it can target American businesses in China, by organising consumer boycotts or disrupting their factories.
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Elected officials aren't responding to the boycotts, he said, but to the public opinion behind them.
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When passed, HB2 also led to a wave of business boycotts due to its discriminatory nature.
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Israel has also begun enforcing a ban on foreign activists who support boycotts of the country.
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But the boycotts were led by women like Jo Ann Robinson of the Women's Political Council.
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Drivers protested outside the company's offices in Queens, and tried unsuccessfully to arrange boycotts and strikes.
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They carefully time each allegation, roll out demands for apologies or resignations, and organize "grassroots" boycotts.
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Within 24 hours, Figula estimates they received thousands of complaints, some threatening boycotts, protests and threats.
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North Korea has managed to develop their ICBM program despite U.N. boycotts dating back to 2006.
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Now he is for boycotts, because unfortunately, if you don&apost fight fire with fire, Judge.
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Nevertheless, the influence of advertiser dollars in media is exactly why ad boycotts are so effective.
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The world's second largest advertiser, Unilever, stuck by Google through some of its fellow advertisers' boycotts.
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Consumer boycotts have proven effective in Beijing's earlier disputes with South Korea, Japan and the Philippines.
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Major Cold War boycotts also disrupted the Moscow and Los Angeles Games in 1980 and 1984.
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But then gun makers are facing costs from boycotts by both consumers and businesses like REI.
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The state-run Global Times suggested China might retaliate with boycotts in tourism and higher education.
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Boycotts have always been accepted as a legitimate form of nonviolent protest in the United States.
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Israel strongly opposes such calls for boycotts, which it considers a biased approach to the conflict.
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You could argue that the network was just trying to stave off bad publicity or boycotts.
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Any of us may agree with some boycotts and strenuously disagree with, even actively oppose, others.
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These kinds of boycotts tend to draw more supporters and have a greater chance of success.
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POLITICO media columnist Jack Shafer wrote on Wednesday that he opposes the advertiser boycotts on principle.
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Adam Silver, the N.B.A. commissioner, anticipated the possibility of White House boycotts shortly after the election.
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Perhaps his most striking finding was that boycotts usually had only a small impact on sales.
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"The U.S.O.C. does not, and will not, support blanket boycotts of any events," the spokesman added.
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You don't need a crystal ball to predict that boycotts of Trump-affiliated businesses will continue.
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After the threat of boycotts, many companies have decided to cut business ties with the NRA.
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African women fought for their space and organized campaigns such as the 1934 beer hall boycotts.
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On Reddit and Twitter, some proposed class action lawsuits against McDonald's, while others called for boycotts.
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Brand boycotts might be enough to push YouTube to take relatively painless steps to appease PR concerns.
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Meanwhile, a host of artists and writers are protesting the inauguration in events and boycotts this week.
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The video's virality then inspired the #YouTubeWakeUp hashtag, which Watson and others used to demand advertiser boycotts.
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If there's one thing we learned from the #GrabYourWallet campaign in October, it's that boycotts can work.
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But the calls for boycotts are unlikely make a dent in "Call of Duty" sales, analysts said.
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Boycotts and consumer movements have existed for decades; social media and hashtags that propel them have not.
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But under existing law, Washington already forbids American companies to cooperate with state-led boycotts of Israel.
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Unfortunately, customers threatened boycotts and Coca-Cola's own bottling partners were reluctant to distribute New Coke products.
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Anti-apartheid campaigners mounted boycotts against firms that did business with the South African regime, for example.
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Indeed, they were just the latest in a series of protests or boycotts freighted with political significance.
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But that could lead to widespread boycotts of the 2017 election, which isn't desirable for the military.
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Across 4chan, trolls floated Google boycotts and campaigns to "push back against" the company for its decision.
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Medgar Evers was a civil rights activist who organized several boycotts across Mississippi in fighting for integration.
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But in the meantime, the General Assembly can stop the boycotts by getting rid of H.B. 2.
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Also, boycotts sometimes win symbolic or partial victories at the expense of full justice for the vulnerable.
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Bottom line for Floyd ... boycotts don't work, and the real answer is working together to find solutions.
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Boycotts of the 1980 Moscow Games and the 1984 Los Angeles Games almost crippled the Olympic movement.
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But the law was costly to Arizona, resulting in boycotts and loss of concerts, conventions and business.
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She cited Uber and Nike boycotts and how it put pressures on the organizations to make changes.
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Boycotts wouldn't harm Trump or his friends but will harm a great many in the working class!
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On considering the current state of boycotts, we realized that they were stuck in the 20th century.
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While he has advocated boycotting settlements in the West Bank, he said the interrogator never mentioned boycotts.
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He added that although boycotts "create discussion," it's ultimately up to legislators to make substantial policy changes.
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Especially in light of her commitment to abide by Israeli law and not advance boycotts against us.
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This was all playing out on social media, and people were calling for boycotts of The Times.
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Despite Bach&aposs comment, boycotts and protests have had a role in the Olympics for many decades.
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Activists protested for the desegregation of transportation by enacting boycotts or refusing to comply with existing laws.
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Big advertisers are "still shunning Ingraham's Fox News show months after boycotts," Politico reported earlier this month.
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Then in 2017, Uber was upended by damning headlines about its workplace culture and by customer boycotts.
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Red state types, influenced by left-leaning boycotts, may stop seeing their movies or buying their products.
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While Nigerian music stars Burna Boy and singer Tiwa Savage have also weighed in with similar boycotts.
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ATLANTA — For a year, it prompted boycotts, demonstrations and economic fallout that helped dethrone a sitting governor.
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But in 2017, Uber was upended by damning revelations about its workplace culture and by customer boycotts.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycotts in Alabama lasted 381 days, from December 5, 1955, until December 20, 1956.
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No arguments over free speech, Black Lives Matter, Israeli boycotts, abortion, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, President Trump.
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Here are all the brands that have cut ties with the NRA following gun-control activists' boycotts
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In those cases, too, some progressive groups argued against the boycotts because they'd hurt working-class people.
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They are also calling for boycotts against agencies and companies that benefit from prisons and prison labor.
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Maduro was re-elected last May in elections marred by opposition boycotts and charges of widespread fraud.
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But a federal judge in Arkansas ruled that boycotts aren't protected speech and threw the case out.
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Board of Education and integrating the military and bus counters and boycotts and all of those things.
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For Ms. Gonzalez-Martinez, it is a form of activism that goes beyond social media outrage or boycotts.
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Even with these latest findings about teams pulling away from Trump-owned businesses, Trump hotel boycotts aren't new.
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The delay was unusual, and was seemingly unrelated to recent Democratic boycotts of committee votes on Trump nominees.
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Chip companies are even less at risk since they are not as vulnerable to consumer boycotts, he said.
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We're hearing threats of boycotts and social isolation, attacks on Starbucks, and emotional, insistent lobbying of his advisers.
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Activists are now calling for Fox News boycotts and protests outside of the company's New York City headquarters.
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The government has form in whipping up consumer boycotts, as South Korean retailers and Japanese carmakers can attest.
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With Friday's Bundestag motion, Germany has effectively backed Israel's position that international boycotts are discriminatory and anti-Semitic.
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Firms may also displease customers, who can more easily complain about companies and organise boycotts using social media.
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Springsteen boycotts are one thing, but porn site xHamster is hitting North Carolina's legislature where it really hurts.
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In Nairobi on October 25th Mr Odinga called for "national resistance", including boycotts, strikes and other economic disruption.
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White women have alienated our sisters of color with myopic Twitter "boycotts" and an infuriating disregard for intersectionality.
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" Goldberg – who showed off an unexpected shoulder tattoo – continued: "Boycotts – to me – are a pain in the butt.
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Arizona's "papers, please" law led to unflattering national attention, protests, and tourism boycotts that cost the state millions.
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Despite recent boycotts (including the #grabyourwallet campaign), Ivanka Trump's company sales are actually booming in one category: fragrance.
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Though turnout tends to be low in the U.S., such organized boycotts are staples of Latin American politics.
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Boycotts depend on the goodwill of multinational corporations, whose interests don't necessarily align with those of vulnerable people.
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The move led to boycotts among Hungarians and has made the beer company seriously unpopular in the region.
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Someone who boycotts Israel contends (according to the ACLU) only that his right to free speech is violated.
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Upset fans have flooded message boards for Blizzard's most popular games with posts calling for boycotts of Blizzard.
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Those who organize boycotts seek more than to persuade you that a team does not deserve your admiration.
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They fear boycotts by pro-Beijing advertisers and the loss of distribution deals with Chinese state media publications.
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Since then, a number of the companies ties to Ross have faced boycotts, most notably SoulCycle and Equinox.
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Last week, he told CNBC the arrests and the calls for boycotts did not affect Starbucks' April sales.
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The economic boycotts of the New Deal era were part of larger collective projects, often spearheaded by unions.
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Conservative media will point to boycotts and highlight other retailers that are stepping in to serve disaffected consumers.
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But ultimately, there's only so much of an impact these boycotts can have on Google's core ads business.
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In Washington, Congress is weighing legislation that would keep American companies from participating in boycotts — primarily against Israel.
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There were boycotts during the last parliamentary election in 2014, and voting-day violence killed some 20 people.
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S. courts have protected the right of individuals to participate in boycotts as a form of political protest.
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But more drastic moves, like closing factories or encouraging consumer boycotts of American goods, could eliminate Chinese jobs.
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The big picture: Advertising boycotts have become more frequent in the era of Trump, #MeToo and accountability politics.
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In a brief statement, Hudson's Bay made no reference to boycotts and declined to comment on their effect.
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Alumni and students flooded administrators' inboxes with emails protesting the decision, and faculty members have called for boycotts.
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Unchecked deforestation could end up hurting Brazilian farmers if it leads to foreign boycotts of Brazilian farm goods.
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Some South Korean shops and customers took it a step further, calling for boycotts of all Japanese goods.
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Strikes and boycotts might not be for everyone, he said, no matter how dire the situation might seem.
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Protests and boycotts in Mexico are complicating a visit from the U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, today.
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Social media has helped fuel a host of boycotts in the nearly three years since President Trump's election.
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The media opportunities generated by the publishing house's parent company, CBS, will likely compensate for any boycotts that materialize (the Chicago Review of Books has announced it would not review any Simon & Schuster books in 2017 as a protest and others, from indie booksellers to celebrities, are talking about boycotts).
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Cities and states threaten boycotts for companies bidding to build Trump's border wall Cities and states threaten boycotts for companies bidding to build Trump's border wall Companies looking to help build Donald Trump's border wall may face stiff penalties if lawmakers in several key markets have their way, especially in California.
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It led to a massive backlash, sparking protests in the state and boycotts from several businesses around the country.
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They try these boycotts every now and then, they attack you, they go after you, what is that like?
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Some have actively come out against NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, staging boycotts and slamming the NFL.
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Administrative punishments can range from approval delays to product boycotts to blocking deals – like Qualcomm's attempt to buy NXP.
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And Gonzalez wonders why it takes media scrutiny and student boycotts to convince CPS to cook a reasonable lunch.
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That prompted an outcry from some sports officials and boycotts of competitions in Russia by American and Canadian biathletes.
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Facing boycotts and public outrage, Starbucks decided to close its US stores for an afternoon of racial bias training.
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At the time, sales initially increased, though the company also drew boycotts in protest of the Trump administration's policies.
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China punished South Korea with boycotts of its products and a ban on Chinese tour groups visiting South Korea.
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The law has run into enormous political opposition, drawing boycotts from big business entities like PayPal and the NBA.
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Recall the list of American companies currently operating in Israel; they would find themselves vulnerable to boycotts and sanctions.
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Georgia state Representative Renitta Shannon wrote to VICE that while boycotts can be effective, they adversely impact actual residents.
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Following a pattern established last year in Indiana, the fallout included litigation and boycotts, including one by Bruce Springsteen.
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In 2012, during tension over islands in the East China Sea, Japanese brands in China were subject to boycotts.
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The AP estimated that the bill would cost the state $3.76 billion in lost revenue because of the boycotts.
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The measure was partially repealed in March after the state lost hundreds of millions of dollars from economic boycotts.
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It's led boycotts (Outdoor Retailer trade show, 2017) to protest legislation that would transfer federal lands to the state.
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"I will respect any restrictions and will not promote any boycotts against Israel during my visit," the application said.
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Sure, some socially conservative groups were upset and there were a couple of boycotts called by right-wing organizations.
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"We are going to use legal means, our constitution allows for picketing, for peaceful demonstrations and boycotts," Odinga added.
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The DSA could organize boycotts of exploitive landlords, to help bring the issue of housing costs to the fore.
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For Banal-Estañol, this is not a deal-breaker as boycotts have been circumvented by Catalonia in the past.
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HB 2's enactment a year ago prompted boycotts that cost the state economy hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Nike calculated that Kaepernick's loyal following and popularity with star athletes would outlast boycotts and short-term stock pressure.
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In keeping with longstanding U.S. policy, it affects commercial conduct concerning boycotts that are contrary to U.S. foreign policy.
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In China, the row has led to a freeze of South Korean television dramas and music, and product boycotts.
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Maduro won a second term last May in elections marred by boycotts and allegations of corruption and widespread fraud.
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I don't see boycotts when women like Ijeoma Oluo, Blair Imani, Feminista Jones of BIWOC get threatened en-masse.
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The movement is the latest example of American voters channeling their frustration into consumer boycotts when political action fails.
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It was repealed in 2017 after a national uproar and boycotts of North Carolina by businesses and sports leagues.
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Between the opposition boycotts and widespread disillusionment with the voting system as a whole, there was strikingly low turnout.
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They fear consumer boycotts and the EU pulling out of a recently concluded trade agreement, as Mr Macron threatened.
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Expect to see more ad boycotts and an increase of pressure on advertisers leading up to the 2020 election.
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Activists have called for boycotts on a diverse set of countries that includes Myanmar, South Korea, Botswana and Iran.
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This long and storied history of boycotts does not justify any one boycott as strategically effective or morally sound.
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Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), boycotts the poll, saying the laws governing it are "unjust".
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Despite backlash and boycotts by some consumers, Nike's online sales actually rose in the days after the advertisement debuted.
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Netflix, Disney, AT&T's WarnerMedia and Comcast's NBCUniversal each threatened boycotts while other media giants also considered such moves.
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Opponents of that provision argue that Americans' participation in boycotts is protected by the constitutional right to free speech.
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Starbucks and the police later apologized, after boycotts and protests erupted across the U.S. Cover image: Screenshot of video
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With politically charged boycotts arising again and again in today's divisive climate, it can be hard for any movement against a company to retain staying power, Brayden King, a professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management told the Chicago Tribune in 2017 after boycotts were called against Nordstrom, Starbucks and Under Armour.
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Amid the growing controversy and threats of boycotts, Isaacs released a statement in January, expressing her "disappointment" with the outcome.
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But how many more anti-Latino or anti-Muslim comments will consumers tolerate before calls for boycotts take on momentum?
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Similar boycotts by other sports organizations, companies and entertainers cost North Carolina hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business.
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Calling for boycotts of Israeli products is not currently a violation of Facebook's community standards, Facebook's Allan told BuzzFeed News.
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But the boycotts that followed were often xenophobia-tinged retaliations, depicting a sort of tit-for-tat cycle between communities.
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Facebook groups have organised boycotts of Muslim-owned shops; fake pictures of huge weapons caches "found in mosques" have circulated.
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Other platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, have also faced advertiser boycotts after reports have surfaced about troubling or controversial content.
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No repercussions, no boycotts, they say it, they get away with it, and they are celebrated for it, congressman. REP.
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The arrival of worldwide consumer boycotts, campaigns to sell off stock of any company doing business with this pariah state.
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Hannity has called the effort a "kill shot," similar to calls for boycotts against former fellow Fox host Bill O'Reilly.
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And the entire HB2628 episode should warn activists and citizens in other states that economic boycotts can be very risky.
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On this program, we never call for boycotts, we never say that people should be fired or lose their jobs.
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International ire over the treatment of Palestinians leads to calls for boycotts of Israeli goods and divestment from Israeli companies.
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As yet, however, nothing suggests that the angry political mood is being converted into boycotts of foreign goods or firms.
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It is not clear whether these boycotts had an impact on sales and whether these customers actually canceled their memberships.
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A recent proliferation of politically motivated boycotts seeks to punish "bad" viewpoints; protesters are eager to shout down incorrect speech.
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HB2 has led to boycotts of the state and cancellations of North Carolina concerts by Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam.
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The videos and comments spread rapidly on Chinese social media, drawing accusations of racism and calls for boycotts from celebrities.
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The most extreme resort to Holocaust inversion, boycotts, blacklists, and other singling-out methods reminiscent of Europe's anti-Semitic past.
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Since news of the fundraiser broke, a number of companies backed by Ross faced boycotts — most notably, SoulCycle and Equinox.
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If this list is published, it will almost certainly lead to new, unsanctioned boycotts against Israel and other U.S. allies.
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The bottom line: During the Cold War, critics scoffed at sports-oriented diplomatic action, like Olympic boycotts, as pure symbolism.
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All of these efforts, along with the grass-roots protests, boycotts and petitions, have been happening without the Democratic Party.
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The law brought calls for boycotts on products from Indiana, and continues to be a problem for the state today.
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They booed kneeling players and called for boycotts; teams argued politics among themselves, and some former players criticized current ones.
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Marketing experts say it's difficult to determine whether calls for boycotts can truly have an impact on a company's business.
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Beijing's initial response was muted, although it vowed to retaliate with its own tariffs and possible boycotts of American products.
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Groups like Mazaska Talks are running large consumer campaigns trying to force banks to recognize their responsibility or face boycotts.
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Many companies experience boycotts, said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean at Yale School of Management, "and they survive just fine."
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Boycotts ensued — but good luck to you if your goal is to change the mind of a guy like that.
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Now, the administration boycotts meetings on a voluntary global migration compact, making the nonsensical claim it would undermine American sovereignty.
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It is right to decry this culture of intolerance and advocate for civility and engagement instead of boycotts and reprisals.
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That effort stemmed from #GrabYourWallet, a grass-roots social media campaign that urges boycotts of companies selling Trump-related products.
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A top government official said on Sunday that the administration "steadfastly opposed" the planned class boycotts, calling them extremely irresponsible.
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Nordstrom is planning to reduce its stock of Ivanka Trump merchandise following boycotts of retailers by protesters, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
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Advertiser boycotts and protests at the Manhattan headquarters of News Corp, one of Mr. Murdoch's companies, were ratcheting up pressure.
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Such boycotts could send the shares and profits of U.S. companies plummeting, negatively affecting U.S. jobs, taxes, and the economy.
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It took the ripple of boycotts targeting Woolworth stores across the country to turn the protest into a national matter.
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Here are some factors to keep in mind: Boycotts are an American tradition dating back to the Boston Tea Party.
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As an aside, economic boycotts have quite a rich history and make up one of the pillars of ethical consumption.
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The Combating B.D.S. Act does not infringe on Americans' First Amendment rights or prohibit their right to engage in boycotts.
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L.L. Bean, New Balance, Kellogg's and more have all found themselves at risk of politically motivated boycotts in recent years.
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There is precedent for this: South Korean companies faced boycotts when deployment of a U.S. antimissile system angered China's government.
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The proposed repeal was prompted by increasing backlash—North Carolina stands to lose $3.7 billion from business boycotts of the state.
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It's a gutsy move in the age of boycotts, and it shows how shallow Disney's carefully crafted progressive image really is.
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It had been under pressure from the Grab Your Wallet campaign, which has encouraged boycotts against companies selling Trump-branded merchandise.
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Boycotts were threatened, launch sales fell, and EA responded with an apology and promised changes all before the game was released.
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Businesses and politicians have announced boycotts of North Carolina, and legal challenges ensure that the wedge issue will dominate Republican Gov.
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Consumer activism, boycotts included, puts power in the hands of the people — "or at least they think it is," adds Glickman.
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S. subsidiaries of Chinese companies" from "complying with foreign boycotts seeking to coerce U.S. companies to conform with #China's government views.
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The bill would allow local and state governments to require businesses contracting with them not to participate in boycotts of Israel.
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The movement cites the South African anti-apartheid movement, which successfully employed financial boycotts to incite political reform, as its inspiration.
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"Every Hollywood cause is generally complete with calls for boycotts and career-targeting for those who are politically disapproved," Shapiro wrote .
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However, each of these boycotts will be occurring at slightly different times owing to the decisions of the local coalitions involved.
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These are fighting words for a company that has spent the past months battling boycotts and a whirlwind of negative press.
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Prisoners will conduct work stoppages, hunger strikes, and spending boycotts in the hopes that their list of 10 demands is met.
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He said he was looking to prevent boycotts from spreading to any industry with a significant carbon footprint, such as airlines.
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These arguments, though plausible in some contexts, do not make sense in the context of organized boycotts or shunning from jobs.
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But the campaign was far smaller than previous nationalist boycotts, and state media outlets warned protesters to avoid any illegal behavior.
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Such a ban already exists for boycotts organized by foreign governments, but not those promoted by IGOs, like the United Nations.
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"It is necessary to prohibit social boycotts as a matter of social reform in the interest of public welfare," he said.
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The resulting boycotts have cost North Carolina more than $560 million in economic activity, according to the online magazine Facing South.
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"Boycotts politicize trade and thus make consumers and corporations worse off," Thomas Byrne, the president of The Korea Society, told CNBC.
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On Prime Day, Amazon's very own Christmas in July, workers in Spain, Poland, Germany, Italy, and France staged strikes and boycotts.
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Some countries and companies are now threatening boycotts of Brazilian goods in light of the government's handling of the recent fires.
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Within a day, it was the subject of a battle in which support for its message collided with calls for boycotts.
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But the announcement came just before the local City Council and the university's student government passed resolutions advocating boycotts of Wendy's.
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Some investments by the country's sovereign wealth fund, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, were targets of boycotts and calls for divestment.
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There is precedent for this: South Korean companies faced boycotts when deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system angered China's government.
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On social media, they are calling for boycotts of American products and encouraging one another to look elsewhere for vacation destinations.
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And earlier this year, it passed a law that allows Israel to deny entry to foreigners who have publicly supported boycotts.
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Fox News, Breitbart and other conservative-leaning outlets have faced numerous ad boycotts in response to advertising pressure from activist groups.
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"Some staff didn't realize that we have a practice of not engaging in boycotts," a spokeswoman said of the deleted tweet.
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" He also said there is "not a one-size-fits-all solution or prescription with regards to ethics, boycotts and authoritarianism.
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Multiple businesses and entertainers have since announced boycotts of North Carolina in retaliation for the law that has sparked national outrage.
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In a statement, it said such boycotts "undermine good community relations, poisoning and polarising debate, weakening integration and fuelling anti-Semitism".
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The company has survived an almost comical number of scandals, lawsuits, regulatory challenges, protests, boycotts, and more — and it's still kicking.
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Zhang Mengjie, 29, who adores South Korean boy bands like BTS, said boycotts of South Korean goods and artists were irrational.
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"I think it really shows who has the power in our democracy," Bleakley said of Morrison's proposal to criminalize secondary boycotts.
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For centuries, movements have used the tactic of boycotts to pressure states and complicit institutions to end discrimination, colonialism and apartheid.
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For centuries, movements have used the tactic of boycotts to pressure states and complicit institutions to end discrimination, colonialism and apartheid.
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There's little evidence that broad-based boycotts actually hurt a company's bottom line; in fact, loyal customers often increase their patronage.
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The struggle to end apartheid took over three decades of organizing boycotts and divestment campaigns — including 15 years of former Rep.
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The company has calculated that Kaepernick's loyal following and popularity with star athletes will outlast boycotts and short-term stock pressure.
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FedEx also tried to deflect attention from the boycotts by pointing out that the NRA uses its rival, UPS, for shipping.
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It's a grave charge: If the accusation is valid, Israel deserves the censure, boycotts and isolation that the B.D.S. movement demands.
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The movement points to the boycotts it says brought down apartheid, and argues that this is the way to attack Israel.
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The law drew fierce condemnation from activists around the country and prompted a number of high-profile boycotts of the state.
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Hannity survived both boycotts, and Fox has thus far stood firmly behind Carlson, who has remained consistently unapologetic throughout the firestorm.
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Nor is she a typical celebrity, clinging to fame by remaining apolitical and hoping that no one boycotts her next movie.
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Trump has targeted at least 21 companies with calls for boycotts, threats of taxes, and other ominous warnings — see the list.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycotts brought national attention to the civil rights movement across the United States that continued through the 1960s.
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The relationship between capitalism, white supremacy and civil rights is a fascinating one marked by boycotts, sit-ins and bus rides.
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Similar widespread threats of boycotts forced Indiana to amend its religious freedom law to clarify that it does not allow discrimination.
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On May 7, only days after Tatour's indictment, Shakir's work permit was revoked over accusations that he supports boycotts of Israel.
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Boycotts of the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade are launched over banned LGBTQ veterans group Boycotts of the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade are launched over banned LGBTQ veterans group Several Massachusetts politicians announced Wednesday that they would boycott Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade because parade organizers are refusing to let a group of LGBTQ veterans march.
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In the past, creators have been impacted after YouTube changed rules around monetization following advertiser boycotts over ads appearing on extremist content.
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In turn, thousands of artists — including big names like Katy Perry and Paul McCartney — threatened boycotts of Sirius' parent company Liberty Media.
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To that point, the hashtag #GrabYourWallet is a social media campaign for economic boycotts against companies that have any connections to Trump.
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That law prompted economic boycotts and the loss of sporting events that estimates said cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Hollywood heavyweights like Netflix, Disney, NBC and WarnerMedia are all considering film production boycotts if Georgia upholds its "fetal heartbeat" abortion ban.
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According to Sprave, the door was now open to more threats of advertiser boycotts as a tactic to gain leverage over Youtube.
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"The organization is not defined by us as a boycott group, but it takes part in activity that supports boycotts," he said.
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The North Carolina law prompted economic boycotts and the loss of sporting events, and was later revamped in the face of criticism.
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At the same time, I view boycotts by private citizens — whatever the cause, including B.D.S. — as representing the highest expression of liberty.
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The ministry's report included a call for the EU to "immediately halt funding to organizations which promote anti-Israel boycotts and delegitimization".
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Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.), Jared Huffman (Calif.), Katherine Clark (Mass.) and Barbara Lee (Calif.) have also issued public statements to announce their boycotts.
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"Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," Trump tweeted Wednesday.
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Israeli media reported that she had agreed not to promote boycotts against Israel as part of her request to Israel's Foreign Ministry.
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The brand was hit by boycotts and by her father's own problems, including allegations of (and bragging about) abusing and assaulting women.
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When companies cut ties with the NRA after the Parkland shooting, gun-rights advocates immediately targeted these companies for a counter-boycotts.
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From a bottom-line perspective, there is some merit to this strategy: boycotts today rarely have an immediate economic impact on brands.
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In 22018, controversy and subsequently boycotts stemmed from a Pennsylvania branch donating food to marriage seminars held by an anti-LGBTQ organisation.
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Minister Aryeh Deri published a letter from Tlaib, saying she would respect any restrictions and would "not promote boycotts" during her visit.
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The western Indian state last month passed the law against a decades-old practice of village panchayats, or councils, ordering social boycotts.
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In March, the Knesset passed a law barring those who support boycotts against Israel or West Bank settlements from entering the country.
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They have achieved unprecedented political impact, but that has brought more intense scrutiny of their journalistic integrity, along with boycotts and lawsuits.
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Creative non-violence, including boycotts, sit-ins and other measures worked precisely because they incited state actors to enforce unjust laws unjustly.
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Boycotts must move beyond their narrow focus on punishing miscreants (be they neo-Nazis, O'Reilly, or Trump) toward more ambitious civic goals.
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The strikes and boycotts led to a severe crackdown by police and soldiers, say groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
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BioWare will likely do the same thing with Anthem, and no amount of protests or boycotts from the community will change that.
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Advertising time was slashed by more than 50% on the program in the wake of boycotts, according to data from Kantar Media.
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Dick's Sporting Goods contended with both boycotts and "buycotts" in the wake of its decision to draw back from the gun business.
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Fearing customer boycotts, Western brands worked with unions, factory owners, nongovernmental organizations and the Bangladeshi government to improve safety, with notable results.
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A wave of ridicule and threats of boycotts persuaded the company to withdraw plans to rename its mayonnaise-like condiment Sandwich Cream.
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"It's just posturing," said Harvey Schiller, who has worked in the Olympic movement for decades, including during the boycotts in the 1980s.
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Advertiser boycotts have been a potent and attention-grabbing tool in channelling political pressure, and Fox News personalities have been frequent targets.
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In recent months, Botswana has come under immense international pressure to preserve the ban, including multiple petitions and threats of tourism boycotts.
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Boycotts against nations have been called from factions across the political spectrum for reasons that span from human rights to animal protection.
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They are hitting businesses they see, rightly or wrongly, as sympathetic to the authoritarian Chinese Communist Party with boycotts and sometimes vandalism.
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Parents of victims of the Parkland shooting amplified the opposition to the game, calling for boycotts and seeking to block its release.
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It does sound like things could get out of control with China; boycotts, kick-outs, things going worse before they get better.
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"EVERY American should see the danger of politically motivated efforts and boycotts to silence speech they disagree with," he said last year.
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Marriott International had its website in China shut down by regulators after it caused a similar uproar, inviting boycotts from Chinese consumers.
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Some potential boycotts of unwitting targets, like Finch Knitting, turn out for the better, but it had the backing of a community.
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In a statement, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said "boycotts from Hollywood liberals and Democrats' shameful attacks on private citizens" boosted GOP fundraising.
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Beyond losing market share through viral boycotts, as the labor market tightens, the race for talent is becoming more competitive than ever.
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The North Carolina bathroom bill, passed in March 2016, prompted boycotts by celebrities and led to canceled sporting events and business meetings.
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So many companies are getting it wrong, and the consequences are real — public boycotts, massive fines, fired CEOs and falling stock prices.
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We have already seen some Republicans back off from this battle since North Carolina's law sparked a national uproar and business boycotts.
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" According to the German intelligence report from May, boycotts of products from the Jewish state are a "new variation of anti-Semitism.
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The episode drove the news cycle for weeks and sparked boycotts of the state just ahead of the Final Four in Indianapolis.
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"This respect for free speech does not equate to anti-Semitism," Ms. Tlaib wrote, defending economic boycotts as peaceful and constitutionally protected.
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That included threats of boycotts, pulling of investments and high-profile statements by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.
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On Wednesday, O'Rourke repeated the statement at another event when asked about support for boycotts of Israel, according to the Washington Post.
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When Macy's recently reported another period of declining sales, some on social media claimed the chain's poor performance was the result of boycotts.
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Let me be clear, I will never ever call for any boycotts, or anybody to be fired, or any show to be cancelled.
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" Josh Marshall, founder of Talking Points Memo , says we may disagree "when it comes to protests, mean words, civil disobedience, boycotts, public shunning.
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Last year, video-sharing site YouTube faced two advertiser boycotts after newspaper reports found ads of major brands appearing next to questionable videos.
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China's possible reactions range from encouraging boycotts of U.S. products, favoring other companies over American companies, and conducting nuisance regulatory enforcements and inspections.
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Over the last two weeks, gamers have been calling for boycotts of the company, accusing it of censoring political views to appease China.
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In the Trump era, some corporations have vaguely aligned themselves with social justice movements as rallies, boycotts, and public outrage make national headlines.
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Vans was threatened with boycotts from Hong Kong customers after the skateboarding apparel brand removed a popular entry from its sneaker design competition.
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quit the advisory board after threats of boycotts, but Elon Musk is in the exact same boat as Rometty.
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Chick-Fil-A once publicly opposed gay marriage, donating millions over the years to anti-LGBT organizations and facing boycotts because of it.
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Inspired by the boycotts and the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lewis became active early on in the civil rights movement.
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China claims the missile shield's powerful radar is a security threat, and state media have leapt to bash the conglomerate, calling for boycotts.
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The figures are slightly thrown by the boycotts of 1976, 1980 and 1984, but the general message is clear — it is not easy.
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Trump is scheduled to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference Monday night, and several groups are organizing boycotts of the speech.
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The ads — now off the air — showed barely dressed supermodels gorging on massive burgers, and led to boycotts against Carl's Jr. and protests.
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The law was repealed after boycotts by sports organizations, companies and entertainers cost North Carolina hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business.
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Potentially, the list may serve as an instruction manual for anti-Israel boycotts of Israel, and it will bear the United Nations' imprimatur.
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Calling for boycotts of the state is not a crime in Israel, but those who do so can be subject to civil lawsuits.
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A number of liberal veterans are also voicing concerns that any effort to stifle political boycotts poses a threat to the First Amendment.
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For months, Chinese TV had been saying that the arrangement was a threat to Chinese security and calling for boycotts of Korean goods.
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But none of this would necessarily protect Israel from the boycotts and assaults on its legitimacy that may stem from the U.N. vote.
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Polling guru Nate Silver suggests that boycotting Carlson will lead to ever more boycotts culminating in a blander media landscape: Jack is right.
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Netanyahu said that Israel had the utmost respect for Congress but that Tlaib and Omar were promoting legislation calling for boycotts against Israel.
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Maharashtra's new law declares social boycotts a crime punishable by up to seven years in prison, a fine of 500,000 ($7,500), or both.
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Zeldin also said the U.S. must tackle the Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions (BDS) movement and move the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
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Watch this space to see whether Chick-fil-A can pull off a reputational evolution now that boycotts are actually impacting its plans.
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One study from management professors Mary-Hunter McDonnell and Brayden King chronicled the effects of hundreds of corporate boycotts from 1999 to 2005.
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And what about companies working in the West Bank that succumb to the economic pressure of boycotts or divestment and move their operations?
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But for a lasting legacy, these consumer boycotts need to be form networks that not only resist the president, but advance positive change.
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Threats of boycotts stemming from discriminatory laws have forced governors in Indiana and, this week, Georgia to reject similar laws in those states.
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It appears to be the first use of a controversial Israeli law against calling for boycotts of Israel or the territory it controls.
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Resistance to the Trump administration has taken the form of rallies, speeches, fundraisers, boycotts, fervent Facebook posts, a sea of knitted pink hats.
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CARAMANICA I can't help but think, if boycotts are in order, this easily avoidable situation would make for a more than valid one.
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However, opinions in Brazil may change if trade sanctions or boycotts start to weigh on an already weak economy, politicians and analysts say.
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" In a letter requesting the visit to her family, Tlaib said she would "respect [her] restrictions" and would not "promote boycotts against Israel.
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Japan's decision to slow exports of sensitive materials that are crucial to South Korean tech firms prompted boycotts and marches in South Korea.
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Mr Ramaphosa explains that non-payment stems partly from the era of apartheid when, as a union leader, he called for rent boycotts.
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Mr. Bloomberg has also long opposed the movement of economic boycotts and sanctions against Israel known as B.D.S., or Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
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If attendance is treated as an endorsement of presidential policies, more and more seats will be left vacant as partisan voters demand boycotts.
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By allowing the Security Council to condemn Israel, America has undermined Israel and legitimized harmful boycotts and other commercial predatory practices against Israel.
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They are on the forefront of scientific, technological and medical innovations which benefit the entire world, and would be set back by boycotts.
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The threat of widespread regulation, and a few advertiser boycotts, appear to have spurred more focus on the issue from YouTube and researchers.
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In 1973, as chairman of the Liberty Union Party, Sanders had organized boycotts to stop proposed rate increases from New England Telephone company.
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" President Donald Trump later tweeted about the partnership and reaction on social media, saying: "Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts.
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HRW says it does not support boycotts of Israel but does defend the right of activists to engage in such non-violent protests.
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The original law prompted boycotts by athletic bodies and businesses that are estimated to have cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
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"Coca-Cola is abusive, manipulative," said Martin López López, a local activist who has helped organize boycotts and protests against the soda company.
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"Sometimes the pressure is significant, such as reducing the number of Chinese tourists or encouraging boycotts of products or companies," Ms. Economy said.
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The Associated Press recently estimated that North Carolina will lose $3.76 billion over 12 years as a result of business boycotts against HB2.
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Short of this, we'll get past the boycotts, mount the next exhibitions, hire the replacements, but the cracks add up, connect, and splinter out.
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The boycotts in Canada increased in the months following the Trump administration's decision to increase tariffs against Canada, raising fears of a trade war.
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HERE'S THE RUNDOWNLebron James Boycotts Trump HotelsDesiigner Wrecks A FerrariDave Chappelle Has Some Awesome Celebrity FriendsAndy Cohen is Suffering from Some Major Bieber Fever
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There are issues involving-- perhaps, not boycotts, we know that's off the table, but patriotism, in a strange way, meaning that, you know what?
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Interest in hosting the five-ringed circus waned in the 1970s after a series of games tainted by terrorist attacks, crippling debt and boycotts.
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The BDS movement is a global campaign that seeks to pressure Israel with economic, cultural and educational boycotts over its policies toward the Palestinians.
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The state argued that identifying their supplier would expose it to boycotts and harassment, and make it impossible to carry out the death penalty.
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Take #GrabYourWallet, which at present calls for boycotts of 21990 different companies (not including subsidiaries or partners), five over their Stephen M. Ross connections.
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Both Facebook and YouTube have faced advertiser boycotts because of advertisers' concern about having their ads placed next to objectionable content, like terrorist videos.
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Organisers are planning a host of protests in the coming weeks including a mass march, a city-wide strike and class boycotts at universities.
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Staff members threatened resignation and boycotts if the museum does not cancel the booking of its Milstein Hall of Ocean Life for the gala.
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Organizers are planning a host of protests in the coming weeks including a mass march, a city-wide strike and class boycotts at universities.
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Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor, a prominent UAE businessman, also urged boycotts of companies pulling out of the FII conference, including of Uber and Virgin.
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Moving forward, prisoners are planning another set of strikes as activists on the outside prepare to stage boycotts of companies that use prison labor.
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The scandal surrounding their union nearly torpedoed his career in 1958, leading to boycotts of his music, blacklisting at venues and dwindling performance fees.
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The threat of similarly large boycotts have been key in heading off anti-trans bills in many other states, including Indiana and South Dakota.
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Several states have moved to support Israel and prevent their governments and agencies from doing business with companies or individuals that endorse the boycotts.
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In the 120 years since Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French aristocrat, revived the Greek games in 1896, there have been bans and boycotts.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina has been pummeled with boycotts, criticism and cancellations in the wake of its new law on gay and transgender rights.
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"Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," Trump tweeted at the time.
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Ahead of the 22013 Seoul Olympics, Juan Antonio Samaranch, then president of the I.O.C., sought to end boycotts that had threatened the Summer Games.
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Presumably, those who end their boycotts and boost their gym visits will have the most sway in deciding which charities get the biggest payouts.
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AFSC is committed to anti-peace BDS (boycotts, divestment, and sanctions) tactics that have been consistently rejected and excoriated by Congress and state legislators.
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By relying on boycotts, progressives may be influencing corporate policy, but they're not advancing their goal of restraining big business via democratically enacted regulations.
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Given all of the above, it's hardly surprising to hear the athletes talking about coordinated action—protests and boycotts, for example—more than ever.
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Progressives have pushed for boycotts of companies with ties to the National Rifle Association and with retailers who sell Trump-branded products, for example.
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Now, in response to those actions, some Tim Hortons owners are facing down rallies and boycotts planned by labor activists and some everyday Canadians.
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Boycotts, bafflement, anger, disappointment and frustration were all to be found in your replies, along with a handful of comments supporting Mr. Trump's approach.
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A spate of mass shootings in the past year has led to boycotts, protests and legislation on both sides of the gun control debate.
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But in the days since the Florida school shooting, the push for boycotts and meaningful change has mobilized faster than with previous mass shootings.
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The claims in the flier were untrue, including the reference to the BDS movement, which seeks to punish Israel with boycotts, divestment and sanctions.
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It is difficult to measure the effects of calls for boycotts, but people have noticed that executives are taking a political stand more often.
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"Engaging in boycotts that dampen someone's freedom of expression is probably not a good idea, because those winds can turn on you," he said.
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For the meatpackers, the agreement relieved pressure from a growing international environmental campaign against them and threats of boycotts against retailers selling their beef.
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During its early years, Puente planned protest marches, organized boycotts against local businesses that supported Arpaio and ran know-your-rights classes in Spanish.
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The British Cabinet Office said that apart from where legal sanctions, embargoes and restrictions have been imposed, procurement boycotts by public authorities were "inappropriate".
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Whatever your beliefs about Israeli policy and the tactic of boycotts, outlawing the exercise of free speech is about as unconstitutional as it gets.
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Yet one thing remains the same, according to Werner: Boycotts have always been organized to send a message, not to hurt sales or revenue.
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It was a decision from the Middle District of Alabama that declared Montgomery's segregated buses unconstitutional following the boycotts galvanized by Rosa Parks' arrest.
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Customers have less trouble speaking out, but those looking to punish major tech companies are finding that but boycotts are easier said than done.
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SoulCycle, Equinox, Home Depot, LL Bean, and other household brands have been the subject of boycotts from progressives due to their ties to Trump.
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By contrast, the Trump boycotts, from both the left and the right, have been driven by issues extraneous to the targets' core business practices.
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Even as Australia burns, its current government is reaffirming its commitment to coal and threatening to make boycotts of environmentally destructive businesses a crime.
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Its relations with South Korea have been tense since an American antimissile system was deployed on Korean soil, prompting Chinese boycotts of Korean products.
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Western businesses and stars have faced backlash and boycotts amid accusations that they are aiding a public relations initiative from an oppressive Saudi government.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — There have been four years of civil disobedience, reputation-bruising boycotts over bathroom access, and legal battles over voting laws and gerrymanders.
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Several foreign companies have been tripped up by touching on certain topics that can provoke strong public reactions in China, including calls for boycotts.
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The nonprofit space, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, was the focus of anti-gentrification protests and boycotts by local activist groups.
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That law prompted economic boycotts and the loss of sporting events that were estimated to have cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor, a prominent UAE businessman, also urged boycotts of companies pulling out of the FII conference, including of Uber and Virgin [VA.UL].
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Activists in the country are keen to take advantage of the world spotlight, calling for boycotts of the event over Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.
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You remember the initial hubbub: North Carolina and the federal government suing each other, the boycotts and the hashtags and the Bruce Springsteen concerts cancelled.
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Montreal, which had its own share of boycotts in 1976, had to deal with decades of debt and a stadium with a balky retractable roof.
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With the consumer boycotts sparking travel cancellations, carriers such as Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have started to cut flights and suspend routes to Japan.
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S. protest this week in China, the tech firm's biggest overseas market and a country where foreign firms have suffered damaging boycotts following international spats.
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SNCC, a student-led group, staged sit-ins and boycotts to protest discrimination and engaged in community organizing to uplift and empower oppressed local people.
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Israel&aposs Strategic Affairs Ministry published a report with a list of groups that it says receive EU funding and call for boycotts against Israel.
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YouTube has experienced a series of boycotts over the past few years, often in response to media reports about nefarious content that on its site.
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Some call it a thinly veiled attempt to squelch political criticism of Israel, including student movements pressing for divestiture or boycotts against the Jewish state.
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This activism has expanded rapidly since the days of trade union boycotts against South Africa's apartheid regime or against Israel for its actions in Palestine.
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The measure spurred boycotts by corporations, conventions and concerts, as well as the relocation of the National Basketball Association's 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte.
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As the first daughter crafts a political career from her West Wing office, her brand is flourishing, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise.
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Chick-fil-A has previously faced criticism and boycotts for its donations to anti-LGBTQ groups and CEO Dan Cathy's public comments opposing gay marriage.
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The New York Times attributed the decline to the forgettable game, New Orleans fans tuning out, NFL boycotts over Colin Kaepernick's treatment and other factors.
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Central Park's summer Shakespeare production of "Julius Caesar," which appears to portray the slain Roman dictator as Trump-like figure, has attracted protesters and boycotts.
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But the principles of economic boycotts would suggest that what happens in Qatar may be felt in the City of London and on Wall Street.
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Cardin's bill would expand an existing prohibition on companies joining in anti-Israel boycotts led by foreign governments to those organized by international governmental organizations.
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In 2005 a controversial change to Japanese history textbooks, seen to whitewash Imperial Japan's sins, led to riots in China and boycotts of Japanese businesses.
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In fact, a fair-minded ACLU would have to concede that the baker's constitutional case is much stronger than that of someone who boycotts Israel.
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The civil rights leader went on to list boycotts, political rallies, education and legislation as tools that can be used to combat the Trump administration.
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Will market pressures such as the boycotts against North Carolina's bathroom regulation produce a better mix of solutions than the government's one size fits all?
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BLM has been increasingly going down this path, with calls to use boycotts as a way of punishing jurisdictions that allow police brutality to flourish.
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As Wizner points out in his statement, the ACLU has defended the constitutionality of boycotts long before Shakir even started at the organization in 2017.
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In an opinion piece today, Charlotte Observer associate editor Peter St. Onge wrote about the impact of boycotts like this one by Jonas and Lovato.
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The pandemic of censorship is by no means exclusive to the Middle East, and with it comes more and more cultural boycotts and creative resistance.
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Critics of Ivanka Trump's father led to boycotts of the brand, which was eventually pulled from Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom's and Hudson's Bay for poor sales.
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Lorber's hot dog company became the subject of boycotts in 2018, after Bloomberg reported that he was holding a fundraiser for Trump in the Hamptons.
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Many considered Blizzard's punishment an act of censorship and fans organized boycotts of Blizzard games on social media in the weeks leading up to BlizzCon.
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In a recent interview with Business Insider, Stack said that boycotts of Dick's ended up having a far greater impact on the chain's bottom line.
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They endured political boycotts fueled by the Cold War, and the bloated budgets and corrupt legacies of their own governing body, the International Olympic Committee.
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It may also be a lesson in the dangers of jumping to conclusions in the age of viral news stories, internet mobs and instant boycotts.
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China lashed out at Korea by promoting government-sanctioned trade boycotts, blocking online trade of South Korean products, and shutting down South Korean retail facilities.
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Even then, some drug companies were reluctant to market the pill, fearing boycotts of their products by religious groups and others opposed to birth control.
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An increase in boycotts, threats and blacklists under the Trump administration is putting pressure on corporate America to be more selective with their marketing dollars.
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There's been a record number of advertising boycotts on major ad platforms like Facebook and YouTube over their failures to police extremist or inappropriate content.
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Earlier this year, Hollywood heavyweights like Netflix, Disney, NBC and WarnerMedia all considered film production boycotts if Georgia upheld a controversial "fetal heartbeat" abortion ban.
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Western nations can also help reinforce the hopeful mind-set of June 1967 by speaking out against the boycotts — academic, cultural and otherwise — against Israel.
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"They are able to have impact on what their citizens do, and they can mobilize their citizens to hold boycotts if they want do that."
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"In the current climate, I suspect there would be considerable conservative backlash to any star that came out, possibly resulting in boycotts," he told CNN.
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But within a few short years, there would be protests, resignations, boycotts, and, in some cases, suicide—aftereffects of the a more on-demand economy.
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"They are calls for boycotts," said Monroe Friedman, the unofficial dean of American boycott studies and an emeritus professor of psychology at Eastern Michigan University.
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Her business interests have faced boycotts, and Nordstrom, citing poor sales, said in February that it would no longer sell Ms. Trump's shoes and clothes.
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Walmart employees in China, furious over low pay and exhausting schedules, have organized nationwide strikes and boycotts at some of the retail giant's 23 stores.
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She points to a November ad from Dolce & Gabbana, the one that resulted in a canceled fashion show, boycotts of the company's products and more.
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"It shows the unworkability of the prohibition on secondary boycotts in a world of fissured employment, of supply chains, of the gig economy," he said.
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Recent mass shootings in the U.S. have involved American Outdoor Brands products, she said, exposing the company and shareholders to boycotts, protests and negative publicity.
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In disputes with other countries — France, Japan and, most recently, South Korea — Beijing ramped up the hostility, orchestrated street protests and even encouraged consumer boycotts.
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And conservative boycotts of companies that have made statements perceived to be anti-Trump have also made news — like Nordstrom's, which dropped Ivanka Trump's shoe line.
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Some are even calling for boycotts of Maybelline (for which Hadid is a spokeswoman) and the upcoming Victoria's Secret fashion show (in which she will walk).
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Previously, the NCAA had joined in boycotts of North Carolina in response to HB2, the anti-LGBTQ law, and barred the state from hosting championship games.
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With the public feeling powerless to do anything to influence the politically powerful, it's continued to pressure companies that it considers collaborators through boycotts and shaming.
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Organisers are planning a host of protests in the coming weeks including a mass march, a city-wide strike and class boycotts at the city's universities.
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Google provides limited product-level financial disclosures, leaving investors increasingly uncertain about how pressures including regulatory scrutiny, advertiser boycotts and global trade tensions are affecting operations.
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In 2000 the suppression of an uprising in Soweto, a black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, ushered in sanctions and boycotts, crimping South Africa's economy.
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"Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," Trump said in a tweet last week.
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The NBA faces continued fallout—including boycotts, dropped sponsorships, and coverage blackouts—after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support for the protest movement.
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Yet in a country where economic boycotts were first popularised as a non-violent strategy to combat British rule, such appeals carry emotional and historical heft.
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The teenage survivors became leaders and activists, and their supporters put pressure on gun sellers and called for boycotts of companies offering discounts to NRA members.
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The group says that neither it nor Shakir, a U.S. citizen, support boycotts and accuses Israel of trying to muzzle criticism of its human rights record.
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Leaders of the campaign for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel, widely known as BDS, have called on artists and broadcasters to withdraw from the event.
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Israel has said it would turn to the Trump administration and could back lawsuits against Airbnb within U.S. states that have legislated against anti-Israel boycotts.
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Abdelhadi, a Texas State University student, said he was unable to judge high school debate tournaments for the Lewisville Independent School District because he boycotts Israel.
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YouTube, which has experienced the brunt of advertiser boycotts, lost one of the country's biggest ad spenders, AT&T, after the child exploitation scandal mentioned above.
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But on Wednesday, Republicans on both of those committees simply suspended the usual rules and sent the nominees through to the full Senate, bypassing the boycotts.
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Platforms like Twitter have made it easy for brands to talk to consumers, but it's also opened them up to new criticism, demands and potential boycotts.
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As Hoxie native Gates noted, her hometown's school board agreed to support the racial integration of its schools in 1955 despite protests and boycotts from segregationists.
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Saudi Arabia is holding this week in Riyadh a large investment conference, the Future Investment Initiative, despite boycotts by Western political figures, international bankers and executives.
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There's new evidence that Ivanka Trump's brand is thriving, despite boycotts and a swirl of negative press that have roiled the company since the presidential election.
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Shakir contested the argument that his past pro-Palestinian statements, before being appointed to the HRW post in 2016, constituted current backing for boycotts of Israel.
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In retaliation, Beijing has imposed boycotts on South Korean goods sold in China, raising pressure on new President Moon Jae-to help affected firms, analysts said.
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The first is an anti-boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) provision that would let states penalize businesses that take part in boycotts or divestments of Israel.
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Some Chinese have reacted by calling for boycotts on products from the Philippines and the United States, which many in China blame for pushing the case.
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As many of Apple's products are assembled in China, this move could cause disruptions to the supply chain and could spur other penalties such as boycotts.
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While these outlets' reputations may have been diminished under Trump, and boycotts have hurt one of them, it's not clear they're being punished by their fans.
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There is also talk of injecting new funds, leadership and urgency into the bureaucracy to fight politically motivated boycotts against America or any of its allies.
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The Finnish artist behind the "McJesus" sculpture, Jani Leinonen, also called for the piece to be removed because of his support for the boycotts against Israel.
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It was Election Day, the first time the Islamist organization had taken part after nearly a decade of boycotts, and Mr. Sukkar found himself in demand.
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When we turn too quickly to boycotts and shunning, we undermine what little is left of civic engagement and its potential for genuine dialogue and cooperation.
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Civil rights groups have unsuccessfully sought to organize boycotts of the dealership, which is run by Mr. Hoggle's grandson and has its share of black customers.
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Demonstrators in China called for boycotts at about a dozen KFC outlets on Monday to protest the United States' role in the South China Sea dispute.
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Video of the Philadelphia arrests spawned protests and calls for boycotts at the chain whose U.S. traffic has flattened in recent years because of intense competition.
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The hashtag #BoycottAlabama gained momentum online, with activists calling for boycotts of products ranging from Mercedes-Benz cars to broiler chickens that are produced in Alabama.
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Two leading Senate Democrats announces staunch opposition Wednesday to an ongoing effort to protect Israel from boycotts as part of a year-end spending package. Sens.
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The former 49ers quarterback was selected as the face of Nike's 30th anniversary ad campaign, a move that ultimately boosted sales for the company despite boycotts.
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The original law prompted boycotts by a number of athletic organizations and businesses that were estimated to have cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Or do they diffuse the movement's energy, failing to focus the attention of mainstream society in the way that boycotts, sit-ins, and marches once did?
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Now, large numbers of Charlton and Coventry fans are at the point of marches, boycotts and matchday disruption, so livid are they with their general treatment.
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This is crucial at a time for Israel as a small country that is struggling with constant threats from terror, anti-Semitism, boycotts, divestment and sanctions.
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The bipartisan IAB came about because certain nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been following in the footsteps of the Arab League in calling for boycotts of Israel.
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One answer is to accept that boycotts are about publicity, not consumer choice, and advertise wonky ethical positions like any other product: in vivid emotional terms.
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Marketing experts predicted that the brand recognition sparked by the ads would be successful in the long run, despite current calls for boycotts on social media.
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Whether boycotts actually accomplish their stated purpose of hurting a company's profit margins, of course, depends on their scale and often how much coverage they receive.
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At the S.C.L.C., he devised a structured fund-raising strategy and organized numerous protests, including a series of anti-segregation boycotts and demonstrations in Birmingham, Ala.
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Dolce & Gabbana has been the subject of boycotts so often that the company makes T-shirts inviting people to "#Boycott Dolce & Gabbana," with a red heart.
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Swelling employee protests and consumer boycotts have CEOs at large corporations spooked over how and when to respond to hot-button issues during the Trump administration.
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Other weapons of organized civil disobedience, he said, include boycotts, mock funerals, hunger strikes and what he called "dilemma protests," which hornswoggle governments into counterproductive responses.
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The incident has led to repeated complaints from Chinese diplomats, and calls on Chinese social media for boycotts of Swedish products and travel to the country.
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Her refusal and the subsequent arrest sparked the Montgomery bus boycotts, which lasted for a whopping 381 days ... and severely hurt the transit companies' bottom line.
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The BDS movement clearly demonstrates that boycotts of entities and individuals affiliated with specific countries can amount to ethnic, religious, racial and/or national origin discrimination.
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Historically, the reaction has been to organize boycotts, says Timothy Werner, an associate professor at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business who researches activism.
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But with President Donald Trump in the White House, critics of her father's politics have put Ivanka's brand at the center of boycotts and other protests.
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Eschewing wide-scale boycotts of the speech — a feature of Mr. Trump's inaugural address — members of Congress have used their invitations as another form of protest.
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The Atlanta-based company has faced criticism and boycotts for its past donations to anti-LGBTQ groups and CEO Dan Cathy's public comments opposing gay marriage.
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The HRW official, Omar Shakif, is contesting his threatened deportation, which Israel says stems from his alleged promotion of anti-Israel boycotts, an accusation he denies.
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The most notorious of these was North Carolina's House Bill 22019, signed into law in 2016 and partly repealed this year amid nationwide boycotts and protests.
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Koch Industries, overseen by the famous Koch Brothers, has long been a lightning rod for boycotts due to the right-wing proclivities of its dominant owners.
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But uncertainty remains over whether Chinese leaders will aggressively pursue that approach on wider scale — by encouraging consumer boycotts of US brands or disrupting supply chains.
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But in recent years, the Grammys have also faced boycotts from some artists who feel that not enough of the top prizes go to black artists.
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Well aware of the risk that taking a side could lead to protests, boycotts or worse, the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster have maintained strict neutrality.
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My more direct resistance to this administration has included participating in marches and boycotts, as well as making donations to Planned Parenthood and raising awareness whenever possible.
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This is the clear cost of HB2, the anti-LGBTQ law passed by the Republican-controlled legislature earlier this year that led to business boycotts and protests.
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Example: David Hogg has been allowed to slander and libel people by calling them Child murderer's, provoking undeserved boycotts, spreading hatred of opposing views and the likes.
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And it&aposs, you know, everyone needs to be denounced and we have to have boycotts and censor the people on the right whenever they do anything.
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And the man that turned his football team into Atlanta's cultural heartbeat soon became the focal point of protests and boycotts for his actions off the field.
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Asked about boycotts, Apple's Cook told CNBC last week that there have been reports of people talking about not buying Apple products because the company is American.
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More widely known is the BDS movement, which calls for boycotts, sanctions on, and divesting from Israel and is modeled after the campaign against apartheid South Africa.
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Kashuv was trying to make a point about double standards in the media about boycotts, but at least one company pulled its ads from MSNBC in response.
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The actress joins many other performers and industry leaders — including John Legend, Jordan Peele and Alyssa Milano — who have called for boycotts against the newly passed law.
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Public support, rather than boycotts, from players and game industry workers alike is the best-case scenario for those who want to support the people fighting back.
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But she also pointed out that, in coming years, youth organizers are likely to start moving into more aggressive tactics—back to protests, boycotts, and possibly more.
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According to that report, the two airlines decided to cut low-profit routes due to market pressures rather than any boycotts by South Korean travelers to Japan.
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The North Carolina law prompted economic boycotts and the loss of sporting events, with critics saying it promoted discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
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Human Rights Watch says that neither it nor Shakir, a U.S. citizen, support boycotts and accuses Israel of trying to muzzle criticism of its human rights record.
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The movement in SoftBank's stock comes amid a series of prominent boycotts of a high-profile investment conference due to happen later this month in Saudi Arabia.
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The group says that neither it nor Shakir, a U.S. citizen, support boycotts and accuses the government of trying to stifle criticism of its human rights record.
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Israel has also enjoyed new economic partnerships and diplomatic ties despite calls for boycotts, and it has become a top destination for international sporting and cultural events.
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Expressions of dismay at Trump's behavior towards Mexico have almost become a national pastime, and talk of boycotts against U.S. companies is gathering steam on social media.
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The North Carolina law has sparked boycotts of the state by corporations, entertainers and the National Basketball Association, which pulled its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte.
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In 2015, when Indiana passed a religious freedom law that was widely misinterpreted as allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination, businesses and celebrities threatened boycotts, drawing widespread media coverage.
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In the wake of the president's comments, companies that did not quit at once (among them PepsiCo, which sells fizzy drinks and snacks) faced campaigns threatening boycotts.
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We don't really have the option of moving our lives off of the internet, and coordinated boycotts of our monstrous platforms have been brief and mostly fruitless.
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Pat McCrory signed into law last May, costing the state millions of dollars as a result of boycotts and sparked the federal-state standoff over trans rights.
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The next day, the group was lobbying on Capitol Hill for three pieces of legislation on refugees, anti-Israel boycotts, and terrorists using civilians as human shields.
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Similar ad boycotts of YouTube and Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" this year demonstrate the growing pressure placed on brands to align themselves with brand-safe content.
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Brand boycotts by disenchanted consumers who want their capitalism without a side of any executive's ideology just might be the only bipartisan belief left in this country.
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They also view them as preferable to the kind of broad boycotts of Cuba, Iraq, and Iran that stunted those countries' economies, experts and former officials said.
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In 2011, the American Conservative Union, which organizes the conference, allowed GOProud to sponsor the event, a decision that prompted protests and boycotts from other conservative groups.
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Instead, to their surprise, the local arms of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group, have ended their boycotts of the ballot and are now the front-runners.
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In 2017 the Israeli Parliament passed an amendment to the Entry Law barring foreigners who have publicly called for boycotts against Israel or its West Bank settlements.
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"Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," the president tweeted shortly after the deal's announcement.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused European Union institutions on Friday of funding non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that promote "anti-Israel boycotts" and called for the support to end.
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Va.) that seeks to counter the "boycott, divestment, sanctions" (BDS) movement by allowing state and local government to boycott U.S. companies who engage in boycotts of Israel.
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Over the next 50 years protest politics would no longer center on mass marches, but shift to the active disruption of sit-ins, boycotts, and human blockades.
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The person who boycotts Israel claims that his or her free speech rights under the First Amendment are being violated; the baker can make the identical claim.
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But the package is getting pushback because it includes a bill that seeks to counter the "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions" movement by opposing boycotts or divestment from Israel.
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The growing backlash has echoes of previous boycotts in China which have followed perceived insults to the country and at times resulted in large-scale, destructive protests.
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The massacre revived America's intermittent debate about the Second Amendment and re-energized gun-control activists, who led a wave of boycotts against the NRA's corporate partners.
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Fox News Channel has figured out that if it caves to social media pressure and advertiser boycotts, it will soon have no shows left in its lineup.
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North Carolina lawmakers said they acted to replace the law in hopes of ending boycotts by businesses and sports leagues that considered the year-old measure discriminatory.
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Yet, there is no endless news coverage or reporters sniffing the vodka in pubs in England, nor calls for boycotts or change travel plans for those countries.
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Although the owners of some companies, like Chick-fil-A, have well-established political views that have prompted boycotts, others could be more quiet in their support.
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The ban is in accordance with a decades-old law that boycotts Israeli products and bars Lebanese citizens from traveling to Israel or having contacts with Israelis.
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"Abstention is no use," he said, pointing to past boycotts that had given the socialists big uncontested wins and arguing that 80 percent of Venezuelans wanted change.
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Why it matters: Johnson's quick movement on the issue shows how companies are having to get faster on their responses to these situations to prevent nationwide boycotts.
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The Associated Press estimated that if the law remained in place, similar boycotts would likely cost the state at least $3.7 billion over the next 12 years.
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Deep personal animosity for Donald Trump puts any corporation that cooperates with him on the firing line for potential boycotts, pickets, protests, employee walkouts and shareholder motions.
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North Carolina passed the blueprint for these bills in March last year, known as HB2, and the state was faced with fierce opposition as corporate boycotts escalated.
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Since the law remains on the books, presumably so too will the corporate boycotts of the state that are costing North Carolina hundreds of millions of dollars.
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In 2015, when Indiana passed a religious freedom law that was widely misinterpreted as allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination, businesses and celebrities threatened boycotts, drawing widespread media coverage.
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Some have urged Mr. Xi and the ruling Communist Party to take more severe actions, such as imposing boycotts on American goods or selling United States Treasuries.
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Would conservatives tolerate a President Hillary Clinton demanding that praying football players keep their religion to themselves, then calling for firings and boycotts if they didn't comply?
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He has criticized Mr. Bishop over H.B. 2, with an emphasis on the jobs and money the state stood to lose from the boycotts and negative attention.
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He led boycotts and marches, and decried injustice in all its forms -- from police shootings of unarmed black men to the lack of diversity at the Oscars.
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Those games have gone ahead, too — Canelas currently sits third, two points off the leader — suggesting to Madureira that the rationale for the boycotts was Canelas's success.
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In May, the "red" state of South Carolina became the first in the country to pass legislation defending against such commercial discrimination and boycotts, which includes Israel.
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I have sponsored legislation (AB 1552) that prohibits state entities from contracting with parties that engage in commercial discrimination and boycotts on the basis of national origin.
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It is unclear how much the boycotts and activism are shaping businesses' financial results, especially at big department stores, which are battling weak sales across the board.
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This legislation does not in any way regulate civil society organizations which are critical of Israeli policies or prevent them from speaking out in favor of boycotts.
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"Thanks to boycotts from Hollywood liberals and the Castro brothers doxxing private citizens who support President Trump, the RNC's fundraising hit record levels in August," McDaniel said.
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Meanwhile, cancel culture arose within black culture and appears to channel black empowerment movements as far back as the civil rights boycotts of the 1950s and '60s.
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The companies made the moves, which did not extend to Google's search ads, amid boycotts of YouTube by several European advertisers that began in the last week.
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U.S.A. Hockey is beginning to reach out to potential replacement players in case the women's national team boycotts the upcoming world championship over an ongoing wage dispute.
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Similarly, the United Church of Christ the year before passed a resolution calling for divestments and boycotts of companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories.
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" The Minnesota Democrat introduced her own legislation in response "affirming that all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights.
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Previously, when Indiana passed a religious freedom law in 2015 that was interpreted as allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination, businesses and celebrities threatened boycotts, drawing widespread media coverage.
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That measure is similar to one passed last year in North Carolina, which sparked boycotts that are estimated to have cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Anti-LGBT bills are being "completely stymied" in state legislatures because Republicans are terrified of corporations mounting backlashes and boycotts like we saw in North Carolina and Indiana.
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This is not to say that boycotts can't be effective, but they're often hardest on those who have the least, especially when the net is cast so broadly.
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He offered an eloquent defense of NFL protests, fitting them into the legacy of civil rights sit-ins and boycotts, and explaining what lay at the protests' roots.
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So I cut junior high school to go picket for the farm workers, it was during the Cesar Chavez boycotts, and I was an activist in high school.
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BILL FALCONER Boulder, Colorado Japan and South Korea are not the only countries to feel the brunt of carefully calibrated Chinese consumer boycotts ("War is peace", July 14th).
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Even Travis Kalanick, usually cast as the Lex Luthor of the tech world, bowed out of the president's advisory group after facing boycotts from riders and drivers alike.
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And certainly, those toxic fans can continue to cling onto boycotts and Rotten Tomato protests against titles like Captiain Marvel for the crime of having a female protagonist.
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The report was the latest salvo by Israel in its fight against a global movement calling for boycotts, divestment and sanctions over of its treatment of the Palestinians.
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Media exposés and boycotts from big-name advertisers are doing what government regulators haven't: They're forcing the country's biggest tech companies to change their products, policies and strategies.
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In the wake of the election, Trump supporters have been calling for boycotts of companies and products whose ideals they feel do not align with the President-elect's.
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Why it matters: Google-owned YouTube has faced several advertiser boycotts over the years in response to reports about ads showing up next to harmful or offensive content.
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After a year of boycotts by corporations, conventions and concerts, elected officials said the revised measure addressed discrimination concerns while still protecting safety and privacy in government restrooms.
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Why it matters: Advertiser boycotts at Fox led to the ousting of two of Fox's most notorious anchors: Glenn Beck in 2011 and Bill O'Reilly earlier this year.
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Some high-profile members of the community, including Scott Weinberg, cancelled plans to attend; other writers, including Mike Ryan, and Glenn Kenny, called for boycotts of the Drafthouse.
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The proliferation of social media has fueled their start and promoted the existence of movements, but consumers have typically had short memories when it comes to consumer boycotts.
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Mr. Morrison has also focused on an indirect form of disruption: boycotts or other efforts to pressure businesses, including banks, to cut ties with companies that environmentalists oppose.
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Starbucks sales in April were not affected by protests and calls of boycotts over the arrests of two black men at Philadelphia cafe, CEO Kevin Johnson said Friday.
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While they celebrate anti-Trump CEOs, they are just as likely to vilify those who are seen as his supporters, producing the potential for product and company boycotts.
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With the gale-force influence of social media as the wind in their sails, boycotts spur a media blitz that quickly subsides in our whiplash-inducing news cycle.
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Democrats were coming under fire over the bill because it includes a provision to counter the "boycott, divestment, sanctions" (BDS) movement by opposing boycotts or divestment from Israel.
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Stephen Ross — the investor at the center of nationwide boycotts against his portfolio companies Equinox and SoulCycle — has donated more than $378 million to the University of Michigan.
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"It's incredible to me that despite all the hectoring between the U.S. and China, Nike's name rarely comes up as a target of tariffs or boycotts," he said.
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The urgency behind the boycotts is owed to the world's largest rainforest's ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide, one of the primary greenhouse gases driving climate change.
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The group Sleeping Giants has led boycotts that have cut into the advertising base of Breitbart and which encouraged Fox News to kick Bill O'Reilly off the air.
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Protesting Israel's policies and advocating boycotts to pressure its government are practically electives for liberal college students furious about the growth of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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After nine months of boycotts and lost business deals in North Carolina, the state's lawmakers may be ready to finally quit HB2, the state's dreaded anti-LGBTQ law.
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Several Democrats indicated they would oppose the measure because of a provision that seeks to counter the "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions" movement by opposing boycotts or divestment from Israel.
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There's also the question of boycotts: Chinese officials could pressure consumers to steer clear of U.S. businesses that operate in China, like Starbucks and Yum China, Cramer warned.
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When it became clear that I was going to remain #NeverTrump, conservatives I had known and worked with for more than two decades organized boycotts of my show.
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Boycotts, as historians of business have argued, rarely lead to meaningful change and in this case it isn't entirely clear what forgoing Tom Cat products would actually accomplish.
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So far, it has not ratcheted up anti-American propaganda beyond the usual volume nor encouraged protests or boycotts of the sort directed at Japan in the past.
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Facing boycotts by church groups and the threat of federal censorship, Hays appointed an enforcer who could prevent the release of films unless producers complied with the code.
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According to Wired, the bill has cost the state an estimated $395 million since it was passed last March between company boycotts, lost tourism revenue, and court costs.
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And, in fact, they could come with enormous hidden costs in the form of damaged reputations, recruiting problems and customer boycotts that could swamp any short-term gains.
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The Highlander Center helped organize the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycotts of 1955 that were among the first major civil rights protests of the movement in the United States.
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Luxury hotels owned by the sultan, including the Dorchester in London and the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, faced calls for boycotts.
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Nike's sales and stock performance improved after running its Colin Kaepernick ad; despite some calls for Nike boycotts, consumers rewarded their support for Kaepernick's stand against police brutality.
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It came after Japan elected to slow exports of sensitive materials to South Korea on national security grounds, a move that provoked outrage and boycotts in South Korea.
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A year ago, Trump's attacks on the league unnerved N.F.L. owners, who were afraid they would inflame fans and lead to boycotts and sponsors canceling deals with teams.
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Latino and civil rights groups call it a "show me your papers" law that echoes the one enacted by Arizona in 2010 that led to lawsuits and boycotts.
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The new rules coincided with a visit to Israel by Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock during which, in a speech, he voiced opposition to "those calling for boycotts".
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Some experts disagree with boycotts, however, saying this could worsen the situation for exploited workers as it could stop demand for those goods and mean they lose jobs.
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The first few weeks of the Trump administration have been marked by huge protests, furious crowds at congressional town halls, customer boycotts of businesses seen as Trump allies.
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Editorial It took several decades of legal challenges and funding boycotts for the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on openly gay Scout leaders in 2015.
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Which suggests that there is something else going on, and it may have as much to do with the current cultural and political reality as the boycotts do.
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They would enact a number of measures that would help workers unionize and strike, like allowing them to lead boycotts of an employer's customers, which is currently illegal.
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The decision about the book came one year after North Carolina was the target of lawsuits, economic boycotts and intense criticism for legislation known as House Bill 2.
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Today, under antitrust laws, which forbid group boycotts, publishers are prohibited from collectively negotiating standards for improving trust and withholding content from platforms that don't meet these standards.
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In addition to these incidents, college campuses have seen movements like BDS, which encourage international boycotts and sanctions against the state of Israel, emerge in the last decade.
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But the number of Democratic boycotts this year has spiked, particularly after lawmakers expressed outrage over Trump's reported comments describing some nations as "shithole countries" earlier this month.
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Protests, boycotts and public anger in Mexico are complicating a visit from the U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, and the secretary of homeland security, John F. Kelly.
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But it is hard to explain Nordstrom's public stance in recent days without the efforts of #grabyourwallet and similar platforms channeling progressive resistance to Trump into consumer boycotts.
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Hickenlooper said he would reaffirm the country's commitment to the NATO alliance, revive arms control talks with China and Russia and reject boycotts, divestment or sanctions on Israel.
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While bans and boycotts of this nature come from a well-intentioned place, the people who suffer are the workers whose livelihoods depend on travel to their region.
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But the issue is highly sensitive as companies named could be targeted for boycotts or divestment aimed at stepping up pressure on Israel over its West Bank settlements.
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Consider relay team members who are stripped of medals because of a teammate's doping violation; or athletes who have been forced to comply with their nation's Olympic boycotts.
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While it's rarely clear what effect these boycotts have on bottom lines, they appear responsible, in part, for contributing to the growing conversation around corporations' involvement in politics.
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Liza Minnelli typically slams or boycotts movies associated with her mom, but Lady Gaga's role in "A Star Is Born" could totally change Minnelli's mindset ... TMZ has learned.
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Anger about that proposal is just one factor fueling consumer boycotts of US brands and goods in Mexico, where lawmakers have introduced a bill to stop buying US corn.
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Over the past few months, the fallout from these problems has started to snowball, and Uber has been hit with multiple lawsuits, the resignation of key executives, and boycotts.
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Many in the world found that state-enforced racism deplorable and its eventual demise came about after a global campaign of civic engagement and boycotts in the early 3313s.
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A new controversy this week over the sexualized exploitation of children on YouTube has set off a wave of advertiser boycotts and heightened tensions among the site's biggest channels.
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Another American company, the video game publisher Activision Blizzard (ATVI), was targeted with boycotts this week by western consumers after it banned a Hong Kong player from a competition.
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These could include higher tariffs, ramping up inspections, cancelling purchase orders or even encouraging consumer boycotts — a move that could unleash dangerous forces of economic nationalism on both sides.
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Less than a year after the end of apartheid and international boycotts, the Biennale aimed to reconnect South Africa with Africa and the rest of the world—through art.
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Divided into five sections, it uses food to tell the history of the American South from the mid-1950s, when the bus boycotts began in Montgomery, Alabama, to today.
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In the other, companies that prioritize engagement metrics are protecting their business interests by failing to limit offensive content — except when media coverage and ad boycotts make action unavoidable.
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YouTube's flat-footed response led to a series of advertising boycotts, pushing Wojcicki and her team to begin taking the issue much more seriously by employing more human moderators.
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The U.S. has openly contemplated bans of the company's 5G and energy products, and other countries aligned with the U.S. have already banned its equipment or are considering boycotts.
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WHAT DO WE SAY TO MAKE THE MANUFACTURERS IN THIS COUNTRY NOT CONCERNED THAT THERE WON'T BE BOYCOTTS, THAT THERE WON'T BE TARIFFS, BECAUSE OF THE PARIS ACCORD PULLOUT?
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A dispute between speedway management and the competitors for control of the sport devolved into boycotts, the split of sanctioning bodies and schedules, and the general flight of sponsors.
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The public has always had some impact with charitable donations, and there have always been occasional boycotts, but sometimes its greatest influence comes by leveraging daily consumer purchasing power.
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Western bosses could have to choose between virtuously condemning human rights abuses and profit-harming boycotts proposed by Chinese stakeholders on huge social media networks like Weibo and WeChat.
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Abortion rights groups contend if the regulations go into effect, funeral homes and crematoriums might face protests and boycotts if they are perceived as being aligned with abortion providers.
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Blizzard recently became the target of boycotts and protests after punishing a professional gamer who spoke out in support of the Hong Kong protests at an official, sponsored event.
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Equinox and SoulCycle recently faced boycotts threats after news broke that their chairman, Stephen Ross, was holding a fundraiser for Trump in his house in the Hamptons, New York.
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Plenty of other boycotts have fizzled, such as people avoiding Chick-Fil-A after it came to light that the CEO was donating to anti-LGBTQ organizations in 2012.
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"Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," the president tweeted shortly after the announcement of the deal.
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"This misguided legislation would enable greatly expanded federal action to penalize Americans for nonviolent political action and speech — including support for certain boycotts of Israeli settlements," the group wrote.
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The 22019 Export Administration Act, which I helped author at President Jimmy Carter's direction, prohibits American companies and individuals from participating in unsanctioned boycotts against U.S. allies, including Israel.
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South Korean companies doing business in China have faced pressure, including boycotts and cyber-attacks, over the U.S.-deployed anti-missile defense system which Beijing views as a threat.
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"Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," the president tweeted shortly after the announcement of the deal.
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"Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," the president tweeted shortly after the announcement of the deal.
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A few more followed when activists threatened boycotts, but it was only after Trump's truly unhinged defense of neo-Nazis on Tuesday that the remaining participants responded en masse.
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Not even six months after she uttered "shut up and dribble," and then tried to save face amid advertising boycotts and public shame, Laura Ingraham's audience continues to grow.
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Over the summer, boycotts against Equinox erupted online after news broke that the chairman of the company had hosted a fundraiser for President Donald Trump at his Hamptons home.
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When it comes down to it, people like things that taste good, and they like things that are convenient, and it's very hard for boycotts to gain lasting traction.
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A comprehensive Brookings study of 171 cases of boycotting around the world found that 96 percent of the time, the movements promoting the boycotts did not see positive results.
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Another option is for the Chinese government to encourage the country's consumers to boycott American products, or to allow such boycotts to be organized at a grass-roots level.
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Their suits, sit-ins, letter-writing campaigns, boycotts, marches and impassioned pleas to lawmakers failed to make a difference when legislators were determined to segregate no matter the costs.
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Worn down by about a year of battles and boycotts, its leaders cut a deal in March to repeal a law that had restricted restroom access for transgender people.
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Under the influence of antiwar leaders, students staged rallies, marches, school boycotts and hunger strikes to protest the war, American intervention and various policies of the South Vietnamese government.
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The self-dealing could have inspired an extra article of impeachment, lawsuits, demands for forensic accounting, boycotts by world leaders, defections by Republicans and other consequences Trump can't afford.
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One woman I met, who had been part of a group devising possible boycotts, announced that the group had come up with the idea of a Dump Trump event.
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And it was unclear late Wednesday whether the deal, if approved, would end the boycotts by sports leagues, businesses and others that have harmed the state's reputation and economy.
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Similar offenses by other high fashion houses such as Prada have led prominent black artists like filmmaker Spike Lee and rapper T.I. to call for boycotts of the brands.
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There's a long history of corporate boycotts: the labor movement used them during strikes at the turn of the twentieth century, and they've been common since the nineteen-sixties.
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There are some historical examples, like human rights, where there is broad international agreement, clear red lines that can't be crossed, and real economic threat from sanctions or boycotts.
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While Olympic boycotts have resulted from tense political differences between nations, opposing countries have also long found common ground on playing fields, on the track and in sports arenas.
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A few decades ago, the title of Jen Sincero's You Are a Badass series might have prompted boycotts; now it makes her look like a girl scout by comparison.
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Generally, boycotts aren't that effective, but as the Washington Post pointed out, lifestyle brands like SoulCycle, which are built on marketing their values, are more susceptible to such actions.
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SARA EISEN: Do you worry about boycotts of American products or other repercussions of the current trade war that only appears to be escalating between the U.S. and China?
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Since then, the company has been hit with boycotts by some members of the Black community, leading to declining sales 5 quarters in a row according to CNN business.
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Ronnie Dunn, a professor at Cleveland State University and co-author of "Boycotts, Busing, & Beyond," said Biden's old views opposing busing should not be disqualifying, but warrant a broader explanation.
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The tweet appeared to criticise a resolution of the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, which condemned the campaign for boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) against Israel as anti-Semitic.
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If the loss in reputation, outright bigotry, and business boycotts aren't enough to get North Carolina to reconsider its anti-LGBTQ law, maybe it should consider this number: $5 billion.
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In today's call out culture, where progressive values are dominant and social media ire leads to things being "cancelled," Chick-fil-A's continued missteps seem primed for outrage and boycotts.
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China has plenty of levers to pull, including allowing its currency to plunge, blocking the export of rare-earth minerals or even orchestrating boycotts of iPhones and other American goods.
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"Boycotts are a classic way to hold powerful actors to account," Brishen Rogers, a law professor at Temple University who studies the social cost of ride-sharing, told The Verge.
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Another protest is planned for Sunday in the working class district of Tsuen Wan, while demonstrators also plan a city-wide strike and class boycotts at universities in coming weeks.
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Alphabet provides limited product-level financial disclosures compared with some peers, leaving investors increasingly uncertain about how pressures including regulatory scrutiny, advertiser boycotts and global trade tensions are affecting operations.
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It was enthusiastic students who turned the idea into a mass campaign, starting with class boycotts and leading to the occupation of streets around the government's offices and farther afield.
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Despite its popularity, Chick-fil-A has faced "criticism and boycotts for its donations to anti-LGBTQ groups and CEO Dan Cathy's public comments opposing gay marriage," CNBC previously reported.
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The Israeli Foreign Ministry officially boycotts the Freedom Party, and Strache himself caused outrage in the country in 2012, when he posted an anti-Semitic cartoon on his Facebook page.
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Prior to leaving the company, Schnatter became embroiled in number of public scandals, including his use of the N-word on a conference call that led to calls for boycotts.
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The Palestinian Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement, which encourages boycotts of Israel, says that stars who take up the free trip will be propping up the occupation of Palestinian territories.
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On March 6, Israel's parliament passed legislation saying any individuals or representatives of groups supporting BDS-type boycotts - excluding Israeli citizens and permanent residents - would be barred from the country.
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But despite calls for boycotts over Black Friday and Prime Day in 2018, Amazon this year has extended its Prime Day shopping extravaganza to two days for the first time.
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Over the past few days, people have advocated boycotts of Amazon on Twitter in support of the workers who are on strike and protesting for better wages and working conditions.
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Ambassador David Friedman, in a statement following Israel's decision to block U.S. Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, also accused the lawmakers of supporting "economic warfare" against Israel via boycotts.
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Liberal organizations like Media Matters and Sleeping Giants, which have led similar boycotts against Fox News programming before, have publicly pressured companies to stop supporting Carlson's program through advertising dollars.
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While we do not advocate boycotts, these same groups never target other broadcasters and operate under a grossly hypocritical double standard given their intolerance to all opposing points of view.
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MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's Maharashtra state has become the first in the country to ban village councils from imposing "social boycotts" that ostracize individuals or families for defying tradition.
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A North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use bathrooms in government buildings that correspond with the gender listed on their birth certificates has drawn protests, boycotts and lawsuits.
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Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) would be allowed to enter to visit her grandmother on the West Bank, after she promised not to promote boycotts of the country while she's there.
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This also marks a huge win for organized boycotts on the left, which have included Jones for years on target lists that includes Breitbart News, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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After the Parkland shooting, gun safety activists launched boycotts against companies deemed sympathetic to the firearms industry; Delta, MetLife and several other businesses dropped deals with the National Rifle Association.
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Celebrities and Los Angeles officials called for boycotts of the hotels, and students at King's College London and Oxford have asked their universities to strip the sultan of honorary degrees.
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It is a striking contrast to the 254s, when Arab oil boycotts forced motorists to line up for blocks to fill their tanks and the economy went into a tailspin.
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One of the most robust boycotts began in May 1904 in Richmond, Va., in response to new laws segregating the cars and allowing the white conductors to enforce the separation.
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It sparked outrage and calls for boycotts from some customers of Ross' upscale health club, Equinox, as well as some of his other businesses, such as SoulCycle and Blink Fitness.
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That, and their outspoken support for BDS, placed them in the crosshairs of a 2017 Israeli law that prohibits any foreigner who publicly calls for boycotts from entering the country.
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"The United States has not won any war in modern times and that is why they were forced to use sanctions and boycotts against Iranian institutions and organizations," he added.
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Opponents of her father's administration nonetheless called for boycotts of her products, and major retailers like Marshall's, Nordstrom and T.J. Maxx have removed her clothing and accessories from store shelves.
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"To stay on the street is not the most effective way ... Organizing boycotts and strikes — these are actually the most powerful tools that any opposition movement can use," she said.
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That uneasiness is why Harriet is not the first movie by a marginalized director to face calls for boycotts from the community it represents before the movie is even released.
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The move did little to curtail calls for boycotts of the brand, which sold apparel, jewelry and accessories, amid controversies surrounding the president and Trump's role in her father's administration.
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North Carolina passed a similar law to this one, which ignited protests and boycotts of many of the state's businesses, costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
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And that put Mr. Fink, who has urged companies to serve a social purpose, in an uncomfortable position at a time of mass demonstrations and consumer boycotts over gun violence.
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China's state-controlled news media, in angry editorials, urged boycotts of South Korean products, which led to protests against South Korean businesses in China and canceled tours to South Korea.
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"Benny, this is not the time for disqualifications and boycotts, this is the moment to put our ego aside," Miri Regev, a Likud lawmaker and Netanyahu loyalist, wrote on Twitter.
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Yum Brands has also pointed towards food delivery apps luring diners with cut-price deals and recent U.S.-China tensions over the South China Sea triggering boycotts of its stores.
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Activists have threatened boycotts and flooded social media with comments criticizing companies that have deals with the NRA ranging from discount programs to a Visa credit card with NRA branding.
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It's led boycotts (Outdoor Retailer trade show, 2017) and sued the United States government and President Donald Trump after the administration proposed reducing two national monuments by up to 85%.
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But South Korean's installation of a U.S. missile-defence system has led to Chinese boycotts that shuttered Lotte department stores on the mainland and hit sales at Hyundai, among others.
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Brands, and the networks that rely on their ads, are sensitive to public criticism — boycotts helped lead Fox News to fire Bill O'Reilly earlier this year, following allegations of sexual harassment.
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China has pressured South Korean businesses via boycotts and bans since Seoul decided last year to deploy a U.S.-made missile defense system as a deterrent to nuclear-armed North Korea.
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I have seen time and again throughout my career media organizations dismiss consumer boycotts from conservatives as "mean spirited," but insurrections from, say, environmentalists and LGBT rights activists as fair game.
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The combined effects of the "defamation, boycotts, demonstrations, and refusal to do business with Gibson's Bakery was having a devastating effect on Gibson's Bakery and the Gibson family," the lawsuit stated.
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Those young people have launched calls for boycotts of companies doing business with the NRA and have demanded that Congress finally do something to curtail gun violence in the United Sates.
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China has pressured South Korean businesses via boycotts and bans since Seoul decided last year to deploy a U.S.-made missile defence system as a deterrent to nuclear-armed North Korea.
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There's been a huge amount of publicity generated by Amazon Prime Day (publicity that, in all honesty, The Verge has contributed to, covering both Prime Day Deals and Prime Day boycotts).
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