boycotts

The Limited Efficacy of Unplanned Boycotts

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 5, 2021

I wanted to build on Scott's post from earlier on boycotting Texas. There are a bunch of problems with the idea of doing that. First, I wanted to link to the scholar of Black food geographies Ashanté Reese: otherwise many of these public calls feel...

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This Day in Labor History: August 19, 1987

By Erik Loomis

On August 19, 2021

On August 19, 1987, the AFL-CIO called off its long-standing boycott against Coors beer, one of the more iconic boycotts in American history and one that reminds us what a.

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Are Consumer Movements Inherently Neoliberal?

By Erik Loomis

On April 4, 2017

I am currently reading Finis Dunaway's excellent 2015 book Seeing Green: The Use and Abuse of American Environmental Images. Examining many of the most iconic environmental images of the last.

Wendy’s Boycott

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 18, 2016

On the issue of consumer boycotts, the general rule should be that if affected workers are calling for it, then it's something we should support (the UFW grape boycott) and if it's consumers calling for it without consulting the workers, we should probably find out...

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