This is a list of boycotts. A boycott is a refusal to buy, sell, or otherwise trade with an individual or business who is generally believed by the participants in the boycott to be doing something morally wrong. ...

Historical Milestones

• the boycott of Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League, 1880
• by African Americans during the U.S. civil rights movement, late 1950s and 1960s (especially the Montgomery bus boycott)
• the United Farm Workers union's grape and lettuce boycotts
• the American boycott of British goods at the time of the American Revolution
• the Indian boycott of British goods organized by Mohandas Gandhi
• the Arab League boycott of Israel and companies trading with Israel
• the boycott of South Africa by a large part of the world's countries during its apartheid period

Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832-1897) was an English estate manager in Ireland. ... The Irish painter Henry Jones Thaddeus enlisted the conscience of the propertied classes with the sentimental realism of La retour du bracconier (The Wounded Poacher), exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1881, at the height of the Irish Land War Irish land League poster dating from the 1880s The Irish... The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. ... It has been suggested that Montgomery Improvement Association be merged into this article or section. ... The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta. ... The American Revolution is the series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the revolution and ensuing political separation of thirteen colonies in North America from the British Empire and the creation of the United States of America with a new political system. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ... The Arab League Boycott is the systematic effort by Arab states to economically isolate Israel by boycotting products and services which originate in Israel (the primary boycott), businesses that operate in Israel (the secondary boycott), and businesses which have relationships with businesses which operate in Israel (the tertiary boycott). ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...

Sporting boycotts

• by African states at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• by the US and some allied states of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
• by Warsaw pact states of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
• led by North Korea and followed by Cuba , Ethiopia and Nicaragua of the 1988_Summer_Olympics .

A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Motto: Official (Latin): E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Translated: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government  â€¢ President  â€¢ Vice President Federal... The Games of the XXII Olympiad were held in Moscow, Soviet Union. ... Seal of the Warsaw Pact Distinguish from the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement among airlines about financial liability. ... The Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States. ... The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ...

Current boycotts

Political boycotts

• Tax resistance - a boycott of governments by their subjects
• PABAAH
• The Home Depot

A tax resister resists or refuses payment of a tax because of opposition to the institution collecting the tax. ... Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood (or PABAAH) is a U.S. nationalist-conservative organization that calls for the boycott of Hollywood films made by film makers who have made statements deemed by the group to be unpatriotic, anti-American or treasonous. ... The Home Depot NYSE: HD, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a big box home improvement retailer that aims for both the do-it-yourself consumer and the professional in home improvement and construction. ...

Consumer boycotts

• Boycott Aruba, a boycott of Aruba following the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway.
• Boycott of Muslim goods
• Claremont Resort.
• Stop Esso campaign.
• Boycott of McDonalds on December 3 in response to softwood lumber dispute[1].
• Nestlé boycott.

2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yearbook portrait of Natalee Holloway Natalee Ann Holloway (born October 21, 1986) is a U.S. teenager from Mountain Brook, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, whose disappearance on May 30, 2005 during a post-graduation trip in Aruba caused citizen concern in Aruba along with a media sensation in the... As a reaction against the protests and boycotts caused by the Mohammed Cartoons in Muslim Countries, there is now a move in the west to support the Danish people by buying more Danish produce; Boycotting all goods and services from Islamic countries; Boycotting muslim businesses. ... The Claremont Resort & Spa is an historic hotel that straddles the border between Berkeley, California and Oakland. ... Greenpeace protest against Esso The Stop Esso campaign is a campaign by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and People and Planet aimed at boycotting the oil company Esso because they believe it is doing damage to the environment. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants [1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ... The Nestlé boycott is a boycott launched on July 4, 1977 in the United States against the Swiss based Nestlé corporation. ...

Past boycotts

• The AUT Boycott of Israeli Academics.

On Friday the 22nd of April 2005 the AUT debated a set of motions calling for a Boycott of three Israeli Universities. ...

See also

• moral purchasing
• non-violent resistance
• election boycott

Ethical consumerism is the practice of boycotting products which a consumer believes to be associated with unnecessary exploitation or other unethical behaviour. ... Nonviolent resistance (or nonviolent action) is the practice of applying power to achieve socio-political goals through symbolic protests, economic or political noncooperation, civil disobedience and other methods, without the use of physical violence. ...

External links

• List of current UK-related boycotts at EthicalConsumer.org
• badcorp.org