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Public Broadcasters Quit Eurovision 2026 Over Participation Of Israel

December 5, 2025 Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch. , , , ,
At least four countries will withdraw from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest following a decision to allow Israel to compete. After a European Broadcasting Union (EBU) discussion in Switzerland this week, public broadcasters from Slovenia, Spain, Ireland, and the Netherlands issued statements denouncing the failure to address concerns over Israel’s participation in the contest, while Palestine solidarity movements elsewhere in Europe are demanding from more broadcasters to follow suit. “For more than a year, we have been warning that we cannot stand on the same stage with a representative of a country that has committed genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza,” said Ksenija Horvat

Starbucks To Shut Down Hundreds Of Stores Amid Global Boycott

September 27, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
Starbucks announced on 25 September that it will permanently close 900 stores across the US and Canada, saying the decision was linked to “underperforming” outlets and a $1-billion restructuring plan, while dismissing any connection to the global boycotts that have heavily targeted the brand during Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. The company framed the move as an attempt to revive business after six straight quarters of falling US sales. Chief Executive Brian Niccol said certain cafes could not deliver the “physical environment our customers and partners expect,” adding that the closures are part of a $1-billion restructuring drive to cut underperforming outlets, reduce management layers, and speed up service.  He described the plan as an effort to restore the chain’s “coffeehouse” feel and move away from the sterile, corporate setting that had replaced it over time.

Health Groups Shun Advertisers Working For Fossil Fuel Companies

May 28, 2025 Ellen Ormesher, DeSmog. , , , ,
More than 30 medical organisations representing 12 million health professionals worldwide have pledged to boycott advertising and public relations agencies that work with the fossil fuel industry, citing the impacts of the climate crisis on human health. “Health organisations have great power that they can bring to bear in their hiring of advertising, marketing, and design companies by choosing to work only with agencies that do not take money from fossil fuel companies,” said Jeni Miller, global executive director of the Climate and Health Alliance, a consortium of more than 200 organisations that developed the initiative.

Norway’s Largest Trade Union Votes For Boycott Of Israel

May 10, 2025 Palestine Chronicle. , , , , ,
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), the country’s largest labor federation, has voted in favor of a comprehensive boycott of Israel, including a ban on trade and investment with Israeli companies. The decision was passed with an overwhelming 88 percent majority during LO’s national congress, held in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, from May 8 to 9, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestine Committee of Norway also announced the move on its Instagram page, saying the LO “will introduce an economic boycott of Israel, with 240 votes for economic boycott, and 69 votes against.” It said the resolution “means that LO now requires that the State Pension Fund abroad, Norwegian companies and financial institutions withdraw from companies that contribute to the Israeli occupation.” “The resolution shows strong support among LO’s one million members to introduce boycott, divestment and sanctions,” it added.

Tesla Takedown Protesters Hit Musk Where It Hurts: His Bottom Line

May 4, 2025 Cody Bloomfield, Truthout. , , , ,
On April 26, protesters outside a Tesla Dealership in Washington, D.C. were elated. That week, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and head of the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), indicated to shareholders that he would step back from government, allocating a mere “day or two per week” toward DOGE projects. In mandatory Securities and Exchange Commission filings and comments to Wall Street analysts, Tesla acknowledged that protests had created a risk factor for the valuation of Tesla stock. “Changing political sentiment,” Tesla wrote in a shareholder report, “could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near term.”

Student Unions Overwhelmingly Vote For ‘Fossil Free Careers’

May 3, 2025 The Canary. , , , , ,
Students’ unions at two universities have voted overwhelmingly to boycott fossil fuel recruiters. Non-profit People & Planet coordinated the successful student-led Fossil Free Careers campaigns at University College London (UCL) and the University of Bath. Students there are demanding that their institutions end oil, gas, and mining industry recruitment on their campuses for good. As a result of student campaigning by the Bath People & Planet Society and the UCL Climate Action Society, UCL and Bath Students’ Unions are now mandated to actively campaign for their universities’ careers services to implement an ethical careers policy that excludes oil, gas, and mining companies from recruiting on campus.

ICE Contracts Avelo Airlines To Fly Deportees

April 29, 2025 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
Avelo Airlines has entered into a controversial agreement with US immigration authorities to operate deportation flights, sparking protests from coast to coast. Activists, legal organizations, and local communities are mobilizing against the carrier’s role in deportations. The controversy reflects a broader reckoning with the US’s long and bipartisan history of immigration enforcement. Avelo Airlines started off flying gamblers in 1989 as Casino Express. Rebranded in 2005 as Xtra Airlines, it provided air transport for the Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign among other ventures. Current CEO and former United Airlines CFO Andrew Levy acquired the carrier in 2021, renamed it Avelo, and expanded from charter flights to low-cost commercial operations.

The Best Response To Tariff Wars? Declare Economic Independence

April 12, 2025 Michael Shuman, Resilience. , , ,
Where I live, in Palm Springs, California, Canadian snowbirds are selling off their properties and angrily vowing never to return to the United States. Once back home, our northern neighbors are pulling Kentucky bourbon and other US goods from the shelves and liberating themselves from the tariff-obsessed lunatic in the Oval Office. The same story is playing out across the globe, including with close friends in Europe, the United Kingdom, and Australia, where the most immediate result of our self-inflicted trade wars is the collapse of Tesla sales.

More Than 1,800 Academics Say They Will Boycott Columbia

April 5, 2025 Jessica Halliday Hardie, In These Times. , , , ,
Near the end of March, Gary Wilder, a professor of anthropology at the City University of New York, sent an email about his decision to decline attending a conference at Columbia University, explaining he was doing so because Columbia is ​“actively colluding with the U.S. government’s project to destroy higher education and criminalize dissent.” “A boycott is one of the few instruments available to the academic community through which to censure Columbia,” Wilder wrote to many of those involved in the gathering. Wilder is one of more than 1,800 academics and 50 organizations who have joined a quickly expanding boycott of Columbia, which has been at the center of U.S. state and political repression surrounding activism for Palestinian liberation.

Trump Has Ignited A Wave Of Economic Defiance In Canada

March 26, 2025 Aparajita Ghosh, Waging Nonviolence. , , , ,
The relationship between Canada and the United States, once a symbol of economic interdependence and diplomatic cooperation, now stands at a crossroads. The recent imposition of sweeping 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports by U.S. President Donald Trump has ignited a wave of resistance in Canada. But beyond the sharp exchanges of political rhetoric and retaliatory measures, a quieter but resolute movement is emerging — one that is reshaping Canadian consumer behavior, business practices and national identity. In response, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau swiftly retaliated with tariffs on $20.8 billion worth of American goods, signaling a sharp departure from Canada’s traditionally measured approach to trade disputes.

Tesla Takedown Protests Grow With Grassroots Spirit For Fifth Week

March 16, 2025 John Zangas, DC Media Group. , , , ,
Arlington Virginia—On week five of the Tesla Takedown protests one could be led to believe a block party was in full swing outside the Tesla dealership in Arlington, Virginia. Many went with their signs and banners but some brought sound systems with playlists and boomed the line with resistance dance music. And the music was in the right key of freedom to dance. Someone even brought a case of Budweiser nonalcoholic energy drinks in the classic aluminum cans. The community got a large share of favorability ratings from passersby honking their support and thumbs up for the block long protest line.

Activists Continue Target Boycott Until Corporation Brings Back DEI

March 4, 2025 Niko Georgiades, Unicorn Riot. , , ,
Minneapolis, MN — After boycotting Target for Black History Month, activists and residents in Minnesota are continuing that boycott indefinitely until the corporation brings back their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs. During a protest at Target’s downtown Minneapolis corporate office on Feb. 27, speakers called for a “buycott” of Black businesses, advocated for picketing outside of Target stores and vowed to not shop at Target. “We want to make sure that we’re holding Target, in our community, accountable for the promises that they made following George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police,” said Monique Cullars-Doty, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Minnesota and Black Lives Matter Twin Cities.

Tesla Protests Grow, Tap Rage Towards Elon Musk

March 2, 2025 John Zangas, DC Media Group. , , , ,
Washington DC—Saturday marked the third week of Tesla protests in the DC-Maryland-Virginia (DC-MD-VA) area as the protests outside Tesla dealerships continued growing and spreading across the country. The protests reflect the extent of the rage many feel towards mega-billionaire Elon Musk for his role in the takeover and takedown of vital Federal agencies and functions. Protesters are urging car owners to sell their Teslas or boycott the electric car company altogether. They are calling their actions Tesla Takedown in response to Musk’s Federal Government takedown.

UFW Announces Boycott Of Windmill Farms Mushrooms From Sunnyside

December 22, 2024 Jasper Kenzer Sundden, Seattle Times. , , ,
The United Farm Workers union is calling for a boycott of mushrooms from the Windmill Farms plant in Sunnyside, Yakima County, its first boycott in nearly 20 years. Workers are seeking the community’s support in their efforts to form a union, said Gabriela López, a member of the workers’ committee, during a gathering Wednesday night. Officials with Windmill Farms did not comment on the boycott. The union’s last boycott was E. & J. Gallo Winery in California in 2005, UFW organizer Roman Pinal said. The union called on consumers to look out for mushrooms produced in Sunnyside and sold in Washington, Oregon and Alaska.

Hundreds Of Authors Pledge To Boycott Israeli Cultural Institutions

October 28, 2024 Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub. , , , , , ,
Hundreds of prominent authors have signed an open letter pledging not to work with “Israeli cultural institutions that are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians.” The letter represents perhaps the most forceful statement of condemnation—and largest commitment to cultural boycott—ever made by the American literary community with regard to the Israeli cultural sector: This is a genocide, as leading expert scholars and institutions have been saying for months. Israeli officials speak plainly of their motivations to eliminate the population of Gaza, to make Palestinian statehood impossible, and to seize Palestinian land. This follows 75 years of displacement, ethnic cleansing and apartheid.
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