Freedom Activist Network's Guide To
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BOYCOTT ISSUES
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Freedom Activist Network provides the following information to help freedomists decide for themselves to either support specific boycotts, or support specific boycott targets, and should not be construed as an endorsement of either by Freedom Activist Network (except Ann Arbor News). Freedom Activist Network will correct or remove any allegations shown to be false. To request corrections or additions email us.
Animals
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken | Chicken cruelty | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals |
Cannabis
Also see Drug Testing, Drugs
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser, Busch) |
Cancelled sponsorship of Santana concerts after Carlos Santana was arrested with a cannabis cigarette | California
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Save Our Liberties |
| Ann Arbor News | Opposes medicinal cannabis; opposes Ann Arbor Hash Bash; trivializes cannabis freedom activists | Cannabis Freedom Activist Network |
| Doctor Martens | Doctor Martens commercial: "Don't be some dirty, hemp-wearing throwback ..." | |
| Hearst Corp (A & E Networks, Cosmopolitan, Country Living, ESPN Inc, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's, Houston Chronicle, King Features Syndicate, Lifetime Television, Midland Daily News, Netscape, O The Oprah Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Redbook, Seventeen, San Antonio Express, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post Intelligence, SmartMoney, XM Satellite Radio, Town & Country) |
Hearst Family cannabis prohibition activism | |
| Hershey Co formerly Hershey Foods Corp (Hershey Chocolate, Reeses Peanut Butter) |
Suing medicinal cannabis activist Kenneth Affolter for $100,000 for tradename infringement | Cannabis Culture cannabisculture.com/articles/4961.html, Marc Emery |
| Monsanto Co (Accord, Agent Orange, Alimet, AquaMaster, Asgrow, Astroturf, Avauer, BGH, Bronco, Buckle, Bullet, Butachlor, Campaign, Cropstar GB, Daypro, Dekalb, Demulen, Equal, Fallow Master, Far Go, Flagyl, Flavr Savr, Freedom, Harness Plus, Kerlone, Landmaster BW, Lariat, Lasso, Lomotil, Machete, Manage, Micro-Tech Partner, NutraSweet, Outrider, Parathion, PCB, Posilac, QuikPRO, Ram Rod, Rodeo, Roundup, Searle, Simple Pleasures, Simplese, Wear Dated Carpets) |
Manufactures herbicide glyphosate used for cannabis eradication | Disinformation The Great Boycott austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-07-02/pols_hightower.html |
| Philip Morris USA (General Foods, Kraft, Marlboro, Maxwell House, Miller beer, Post cereal) |
Refuses to participate in any forum that includes discussion of cannabis legalization or comparative health risks of cannabis and tobacco | |
| Urban Outfitters Troy MI store | Pulled The Marijuana Chef Cookbook after complaints by an anti-cannabis group | Adam Brook (advocates in-store protest) |
Clothing
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Abercrombie and Fitch | Photos of bare chested men in catalog | American Decency Association |
| Sports Illustrated | SI Swimsuit Edition nudity and bodypainting | American Decency Association |
| Victoria's Secret | Sells sexy lingerie | American Decency Association |
Drug Testing
also see FAN's Workplace Drug Testing, Definitive List of Companies That Drug Test, Non-Testers List
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Arby's | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Art Van Furniture | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Blockbuster | Requires employee drug testing | Ben Masel |
| Compuware Corp | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Delphi | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Dow Chemical | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Dow Corning Corp | Requires employee drug testing | |
| DTE Energy | Requires employee drug testing | |
| First Federal of Michigan | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Ford Motor Co | Requires employee drug testing | |
| General Motors Corp | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Henry Ford Community College | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Home Depot | Requires employee drug testing | Adam Brook |
| Johnson Controls | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Kroger | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Lear Corp | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Meijer's | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Motor City Casino | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Pfizer (Accupril, Aricept, Benadryl, Bextra, Celebrex, Diflucan, Glucotrol, Lipitor, Listerine, Lubriderm, Neosporin, Neuronitin, Norvasc, Relpax, Rescriptor, Rolaids, Sudafed, Tikosyn, Vfend, Viagra, Viracept, Visine, Zithromax, Zoloft, Zyrtec) |
Requires employee drug testing | |
| Standard Federal Bank | Requires employee drug testing | |
| TCF Bank | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Univ of Michigan | Requires employee drug testing | |
| Visteon | Requires employee drug testing | |
Drugs
also see Cannabis, Drug Testing
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Anheiser-Busch (Budweiser, Busch) |
Contributed to
Partnership for
a Drug-Free America Cancelled sponsorship of Santana concerts after Carlos Santana was arrested with a cannabis cigarette |
California
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws Save Our Liberties |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | Contributed to Partnership for a Drug-Free America | |
| Britannica | Contributes to Drug Abuse Resistance Education America | |
| Comcast | Partner of Partnership for a Drug-Free America; accepts then censors Edward Forchion's anti-drug war ad; gave ad to New Jersey state officials that later led to Forchion's probation arrest for "advocating criminal activity" | Forchion v Comcast
njweedman.com/comcast_lawsuit.html "Weedman TV ad yanked by Comcast" trentonian.com/site/news.cfm?... |
| E I du Pont de Nemours (Benlate, Benomyl, Cardazim, Comforel, Conoco, Dacron, Lycra, Nomex, Teflon, Tyvek) |
Contributes to
Partnership for
a Drug-Free America; DuPont Family drug prohibition activism |
The Great Boycott |
| Family Circle | Accepts money from Office of National Drug Control Policy for inserting anti-drug propaganda in articles | DrugSense drugsense.org |
| Hoffman LaRoche | Contributed to Partnership for a Drug-Free America | |
| Johnson & Johnson | Contributed to Partnership for a Drug-Free America | |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken | First DARE corporate sponsor | Milwaukee NORML Parents Against DARE |
| Merck (Aggrastat, Cacidas, Cosopt, Cozaar, Crixivan, Fosamax, Hyzaar, Maxalt, PedvaxHIB, Pepcid, Pneumovax, Propecia, Proscar, Recombivax, Singulair, Vioxx, Zocor) |
Contributed to
Partnership for
a Drug-Free America Coverups, retaliates and threatens critics of Merck's Vioxx 38,000 deaths from Vioxx Hostile to unions Uses embryonic cells to produce vaccines |
Antitrust Coalition for Consumer Choice in Health Care
healthantitrust.org/nyt6-30.htm Children of God's Merck Boycott cogforlife.org/merckproducts.htm Human Life International hli.org/merck_take_action.html |
| Monsanto Co (Accord, Agent Orange, Alimet, AquaMaster, Asgrow, Astroturf, Avauer, BGH, Bronco, Buckle, Bullet, Butachlor, Campaign, Cropstar GB, Daypro, Dekalb, Demulen, Equal, Fallow Master, Far Go, Flagyl, Flavr Savr, Freedom, Harness Plus, Kerlone, Landmaster BW, Lariat, Lasso, Lomotil, Machete, Manage, Micro-Tech Partner, NutraSweet, Outrider, Parathion, PCB, Posilac, QuikPRO, Ram Rod, Rodeo, Roundup, Searle, Simple Pleasures, Simplese, Wear Dated Carpets) |
Manufactures herbicide glyphosate used for drug plant eradication Contributes to Partnership for a Drug-Free America |
Disinformation The Great Boycott austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-07-02/pols_hightower.html |
| Parade | Accepts money from Office of National Drug Control Policy for inserting anti-drug propaganda in articles | DrugSense |
| Pfizer (Accupril, Aricept, Benadryl, Bextra, Celebrex, Diflucan, Glucotrol, Lipitor, Listerine, Lubriderm, Neosporin, Neuronitin, Norvasc, Relpax, Rescriptor, Rolaids, Sudafed, Tikosyn, Vfend, Viagra, Viracept, Visine, Zithromax, Zoloft, Zyrtec) |
Contributed to Partnership for a Drug-Free America | |
| Philip Morris USA (General Foods, Kraft, Marlboro, Maxwell House, Miller beer, Post cereal) |
Contributed to Partnership for a Drug-Free America | |
| Procter & Gamble (Always, Bold, Bounty, Camay, Charmin, Cover Girl, Dawn, Downy, Era, Febreze, Fixodent, Folgers, Gain, Gleem, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Iams, Infusium, Ivory, Luvs, Max Factor, Metamucil, Miss Clairol, Mister Clean, Noxema, NyQuil, Olay, Old Spice, Pampers, Pert, Prilosec, Pringles, Puffs, PUR, Safeguard, Scope, Secret, Swiffer, Tampex, Tide, Vicks, Vidal Sassoon, Zest) |
Contributed to Partnership for a Drug-Free America | |
| Reader's Digest | Drug prohibitionists Distorts drug information |
|
| RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co (Barclay, Belair, Camel, Doral, Kool, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Raleigh, Salem, Tareyton, Viceroy, Winston) |
Contributed to Partnership for a Drug-Free America | |
| Seventeen | Accepts money from Office of National Drug Control Policy for inserting anti-drug propaganda in articles | DrugSense |
| Smith Kline Beecham | Contributed to Partnership for a Drug-Free America | |
| Sporting News | Accepts money from Office of National Drug Control Policy for inserting anti-drug propaganda in articles | DrugSense |
| US News and World Report | Accepts money from Office of National Drug Control Policy for inserting anti-drug propaganda in articles | DrugSense |
| USA Weekend | Accepts money from Office of National Drug Control Policy for inserting anti-drug propaganda in articles | DrugSense |
| Washington Post | Washington Post Dir, James E Burke is also former Chair of Partnership for a Drug-Free America and Board Dir w National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University |
Economic
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) | Monopoly | stopatt.com |
| Arco | Does business in Burma | Action Resource
Center Free Burma Project Maje |
| Best Western | Does business in Burma | Free Burma |
| China, People's Republic | Slave labor | Boycott Beijing
silcom.com/~taxabo/china.htm,
email taxabo@silcom.com Free World Alliance (defunct?) |
| Citgo | Owned by Venezuela government headed by Pres Hugo Chavez | |
| Citibank | Rockefeller bank | Free World Alliance
(defunct?) NewsMax |
| Coca-Cola | Implicated with paramilitary violence against Colombian union activists Eritrea union activists arrested |
International Union of Food ...
iuf.org/en LabourStart labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=50 Colombian union activists |
| DeBeers aka Diamond Trading Co (US) aka Central Selling Organization (UK) (almost all natural diamonds) Also see Salon |
Cartel of natural diamonds Buys and merges with new sources of natural diamonds to control supply to maintain higher prices Buys "conflict diamonds" from Sierra Leone rebels, who amputate opponents hands (DeBeers claims to have stopped selling conflict diamonds) Anti-competitive distribution practices Manipulates, subliminalizes and propagandizes to women Propagandizes to gemologists about the inferiority of synthetic diamonds Financially rewards scriptwriters and producers who showcase diamonds as a female necessity (i.e. Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend") |
African Unification Front (AUF)
africanfront.com/diamondboycott.php Campaign to Eliminate Conflict Diamonds phrusa.org/campaigns/sierra_leone/update_010303.html Courageous men Principled women |
| Ford | Ford Foundation contributes to the "Communazi" cause | Free World Alliance (defunct?) |
| Gap | "America's worst sweatshop" | Blackout Books panix.com/~blackout |
| Hershey Co formerly Hershey Foods Corp (Hershey Chocolate, Reeses Peanut Butter) |
Closing PA facilities and moving to Mexico West African child slave labor |
Hershey's employee union Interdenominational Ministers' Conference globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/1855.html |
| McDonald's | "Exploits" young workers Hostile to unions |
McSpotlight
mcspotlight.org VIVA! |
| Microsoft | Anti-competitive distribution practices Defacto controls software innovation with dominant position in market "Buying" MS software is really renting with "product activation" |
Boycott Micosoft
vcnet.com/bms Boycott Microsoft! vps.arachnoid.com/boycott/ Boycott Microsoft Site grelb.src.gla.ac.uk:8000/~explora Tiemann's Lion King Archive lionking.org/boycott.html Torrent torrent.sj.ca.us/Commentary/Boycott-MS.html |
| Nestle (Buitoni, Carnation, Friskies, Ice Mountain, Libby's, Maggi, Nescafe, Nesquik, Nestea, Nestle, Purina) |
Baby formula inadequate substitute for breast milk which may contribute to infant mortality, especially in under-nurished regions where Nestle markets its product | Action for Corporate Accountability Baby Milk Action babymilkaction.org/pages/boycott.html |
| Nike | Subcontracts with Indonesian and Vietnamese businesses who "exploit" workers | Justice! Do It Nike! |
| Olympics | Corrupt site selection by International Olympic Cmte Taxpayers burdened with costs and financial shortfalls |
Burn The Olympics burntheolympics.org |
| Procter & Gamble (Always, Bold, Bounty, Camay, Charmin, Cover Girl, Dawn, Downy, Era, Febreze, Fixodent, Folgers, Gain, Gleem, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Iams, Infusium, Ivory, Luvs, Max Factor, Metamucil, Miss Clairol, Mister Clean, Noxema, NyQuil, Olay, Old Spice, Pampers, Pert, Prilosec, Pringles, Puffs, PUR, Safeguard, Scope, Secret, Swiffer, Tampex, Tide, Vicks, Vidal Sassoon, Zest) |
Does business in Burma | Free Burma |
| Shell Oil | "Exploits" workers with help from repressive Nigerian government | African Fund Amnesty International Friends of the Earth Greenpeace Rainforest Action Network Sierra Club TransAfrica WRAG |
| Taco Bell | "Exploits" Florida tomato pickers | Taco Bell Truth Tour CIW ciw-online.org Student Farmworker Alliance Metro Detroit Greens |
| Texaco | Does business in Burma | Free Burma Project Maje Rainforest Action Network |
| Unocal | Does business in Burma | Free Burma Rainforest Action Network |
Environment
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Coca-Cola (Coke, Sprite, Tab, Fanta, Barq's, Minute Maid, Nestea, Hi-C, Fresca, Dasani, Evian, Powerade, Seagrams, KMX, Mello Yello, Pibb, Simply Orange) |
Plant polluting India | Colombian union activists |
| DeBeers aka Diamond Trading Co (US) aka Central Selling Organization (UK) (almost all natural diamonds) also see Salon |
Pollution from diamond mines | African Unification Front (AUF) africanfront.com/diamondboycott.php |
| Dow Chemical | Manufactures persistent toxic chemicals Concealed health risks of silicone breast implants |
The Great Boycott |
| McDonald's | Depletes rainforests | London Greenpeace McSpotlight mcspotlight.org |
| Mitsubishi | Depletes rainforests | Rainforest Action Network |
| Monsanto Co (Accord, Agent Orange, Alimet, AquaMaster, Asgrow, Astroturf, Avauer, BGH, Bronco, Buckle, Bullet, Butachlor, Campaign, Cropstar GB, Daypro, Dekalb, Demulen, Equal, Fallow Master, Far Go, Flagyl, Flavr Savr, Freedom, Harness Plus, Kerlone, Landmaster BW, Lariat, Lasso, Lomotil, Machete, Manage, Micro-Tech Partner, NutraSweet, Outrider, Parathion, PCB, Posilac, QuikPRO, Ram Rod, Rodeo, Roundup, Searle, Simple Pleasures, Simplese, Wear Dated Carpets) |
Manufactures herbicide glyphosate Manufactures persistent toxic chemicals Produces genetically modified food |
Disinformation The Great Boycott austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-07-02/pols_hightower.html Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering nwrage.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=536, nwrage.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=496 |
| Nestle (Buitoni, Carnation, Friskies, Ice Mountain, Libby's, Maggi, Nescafe, Nesquik, Nestea, Nestle, Purina) |
Ice Mountain diversion of Great Lakes water | Sweetwater Alliance waterissweet.org |
| Nike | Visual pollution by Nike's logo | Justice! Do It Nike! |
| Shell Oil | Pollutes Nigeria with help from repressive Nigerian government | African Fund Amnesty International Friends of the Earth Greenpeace Rainforest Action Network Sierra Club TransAfrica WRAG |
| Texaco | Depletes Ecudoran rainforest | Free Burma Project Maje Rainforest Action Network |
| Unocal | Building pipeline through Burmese rainforest | Free Burma Rainforest Action Network |
Erotic
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Movie Gallery | Rents erotic videos | American Decency Association |
Firearms
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| K Mart (Waldenbooks) |
Spokesperson Rosie O'Donnell's anti-firearms activism | American Family Association |
| Sara Lee Corp (Ball Park, Champion, Jimmy Dean, Hanes, Hillshire Farms, Kiwi, L'eggs, Playtex) |
Donated $50,000 to Center to Prevent Handgun Violence | |
| Verizon | Fired Jeffrey "the Hunter" Jordan of Liberty Round Table for a firearm violation committed in another state and unrelated to work or Verizon | Liberty Round Table |
Justice
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| China, Communist | Tienanmen Square massacre, Tibet repression, slave labor, threatens Taiwan, espionage, Hong Kong repression, religious repression, forced abortions, harvests organs of executed prisoners | Boycott Beijing
silcom.com/~taxabo/china.htm,
email taxabo@silcom.com Free World Alliance (defunct?) |
| Church of Scientology | Sues and harasses critics and former members | |
| Hershey Co (Hershey Chocolate, Reeses Peanut Butter) |
Suing medicinal cannabis activist
Kenneth Affolter for $100,000
for tradename infringement Closing PA facilities and moving to Mexico |
Cannabis Culture cannabisculture.com/articles/4961.html, Marc Emery |
| McDonald's | Sues media critics | McSpotlight
mcspotlight.org US McLibel Support Campaign, email dbriars@world.std.com |
| Microsoft | Subpeonas writers critical of MS to disclose sources Sues competitors |
Boycott Micosoft
vcnet.com/bms Boycott Microsoft Site grelb.src.gla.ac.uk:8000/~explora Lindows boycott-riaa.com/article/10903 Tiemann's Lion King Archive lionking.org/boycott.html Torrent torrent.sj.ca.us/Commentary/Boycott-MS.html |
| Monsanto Co (Accord, Agent Orange, Alimet, AquaMaster, Asgrow, Astroturf, Avauer, BGH, Bronco, Buckle, Bullet, Butachlor, Campaign, Cropstar GB, Daypro, Dekalb, Demulen, Equal, Fallow Master, Far Go, Flagyl, Flavr Savr, Freedom, Harness Plus, Kerlone, Landmaster BW, Lariat, Lasso, Lomotil, Machete, Manage, Micro-Tech Partner, NutraSweet, Outrider, Parathion, PCB, Posilac, QuikPRO, Ram Rod, Rodeo, Roundup, Searle, Simple Pleasures, Simplese, Wear Dated Carpets) |
Sues farmers for replanting seeds from plants grown from patented seeds | Disinformation The Great Boycott austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-07-02/pols_hightower.html |
| Olympics | Corrupt site selection by IOC Forced removal of homeless in host cities |
Burn The Olympics burntheolympics.org |
| Terminix | Sues critics |
Life
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| American Girl | Donates to pro-choice Girls Inc | Aid for Women aidforwomen.org Illinois Right to Life illinoisrighttolife.org Operation Rescue operationrescue.org Priests for Life priestsforlife.org Pro-Life Action League prolifeaction.org/#boycott Stand True Ministries standtrue.com/index2.html |
Privacy
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Intel | Pentium & Celeron chips' inclusion of Processor Serial Number (PSN) compromises user privacy | Bigbrotherinside.com
bigbrotherinside.com Electronic Privacy Information Center epic.org JunkBusters junkbusters.com Privacy International privacyinternational.org |
| US Census | Intrusive, invasive, compulsory | Bureaucrash
bureaucrash.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=489&forum=24 Libertarian Party lp.org/action/censusboycott.html |
Property
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Madonna (singer) | Stole madonna.com from owner | |
| Mansanto | Sues farmers for replanting seeds from plants grown from patented seeds and from plants fertilized with stray pollen from patented seeds grown by neighbors | Disinformation The Great Boycott austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-07-02/pols_hightower.html |
| Recording Industries of America Association (RIAA) | Boycott-RIAA.com boycott-riaa.com |
Religion
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Bi-Lo | Discriminates against Wiccan religion in its customer donor Booster Program | Witches Against Religious Discrimination
ward-hq.org Witches Anti-Discrimination League aren.org/position.html |
| Boy Scouts of America | Discriminates against atheists | |
| China, Communist | Religious repression | Boycott Beijing
silcom.com/~taxabo/china.htm,
email taxabo@silcom.com Free World Alliance (defunct?) |
| Church of Scientology | Sues and harasses critics and former members | |
| Clear Channel | Owned by fundamentalist religious Fellowship | Ban Clear Channel
banclearchannel.com Clear Channel Sucks! clearchannelsucks.info |
| Israel | Bulldozes Palestinian homes for Jewish roads Discriminates against non-Jews Illegal settlements violate international law Occupation of Palestine Sectarian government Separation wall (may surround Palestinians) Takes Palestinian land and water rights Zionism |
Boycott Israel
inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.html Boycott Israel mylinkspage.com/israel.html |
Reproduction
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| American Girl | Donates to pro-choice Girls Inc | Aid for Women aidforwomen.org Illinois Right to Life illinoisrighttolife.org Operation Rescue operationrescue.org Priests for Life priestsforlife.org Pro-Life Action League prolifeaction.org/#boycott Stand True Ministries standtrue.com/index2.html |
Sexual
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
Sexuality
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| ABC Family Channel formerly Fox Family Channel |
Anti-gay propaganda dominated by Pat Robertson's personal views | Soulforce soulforce.org/main/valday.shtml, soulforce.org/foxaction.html |
| Boy Scouts of America | Discriminates against gays | |
| Disney (ABC, Miramax) |
Extends benefits to domestic partners Distributes films and programs with gay, sexually explicit and violent content Sponsors Gay Day at Disneyworld |
American Family Association |
| Ford Motor Co | Member of National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce | American Family Association |
| McDonald's | Member of National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce | American Family Association |
Smoking
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
Speech
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Church of Scientology | Sues and harasses critics | |
| Clear Channel | Fired Howard Stern; refuses to pay Howard Stern contractually owed compensation | Clear Channel Sucks! clearchannelsucks.info |
| Comcast | Accepts then censors Ed "Weedman" Forchion's anti-drug war ads; gave ad to NJ state officials that later led to Forchion arrest for "advocating criminal activity" | Forchion v Comcast
njweedman.com/comcast_lawsuit.html "Weedman TV ad yanked by Comcast" trentonian.com/site/news.cfm?... |
| Internet Link Exchange | Censors conservative and anti-Democrat member banners | |
| K Mart (Waldenbooks) |
Sells adult content music CDs | American Family Association |
| McDonald's | Sues media critics | McSpotlight
mcspotlight.org US McLibel Support Campaign, email dbriars@world.std.com |
| Microsoft | Subpeonas writers critical of Microsoft to disclose sources | Boycott Micosoft
vcnet.com/bms Boycott Microsoft Site grelb.src.gla.ac.uk:8000/~explora Tiemann's Lion King Archive lionking.org/boycott.html Torrent torrent.sj.ca.us/Commentary/Boycott-MS.html |
| Movie Gallery | Rents erotic videos | American Decency Association |
| Olympics | Suppression of speech in host cities | Burn The Olympics burntheolympics.org |
| Terminix | Sues critics | |
| Urban Outfitters Troy MI store | Pulled The Marijuana Chef Cookbook after complaints by an anti-cannabis group | Adam Brook (advocates in-store protest) |
| Wal-Mart | Refuses to sell CDs with warning labels | Rock Out Censorship |
Status
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
Technology
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Microsoft | Defacto controls software innovation with dominant position in market | Boycott Micosoft
vcnet.com/bms Boycott Microsoft Site grelb.src.gla.ac.uk:8000/~explora Tiemann's Lion King Archive lionking.org/boycott.html Torrent torrent.sj.ca.us/Commentary/Boycott-MS.html |
Tobacco
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| Philip-Morris (General Foods, Kraft, Marlboro, Maxwell House, Miller beer, Post cereal) |
Markets tobacco to children Refuses to participate in any forum that includes discussion of comparative health risks of cannabis and tobacco |
INFACT infact.org/helpstop.html |
Travel
| Boycott Targets | Allegations | Boycott Endorsers |
| China, People's Republic | Tienanmen Square massacre, Tibet repression, slave labor, threatens Taiwan, espionage, Hong Kong repression, religious repression, forced abortions, executes prisoners to harvest organs | Boycott Beijing
silcom.com/~taxabo/china.htm,
email taxabo@silcom.com Free World Alliance (defunct?) |
| Israel | Bulldozes Palestinian homes for Jewish-only roads Discriminates against non-Jews Illegal settlements violate international law Occupation of Palestine Sectarian government Separation wall (may surround Palestinians) Takes Palestinian land and water rights Zionism |
Boycott Israel
inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.html Boycott Israel mylinkspage.com/israel.html |
| Oklahoma | Long prison sentences for cannabis and drug offenses (93 year prison sentence for medical cannabis patient William Foster) |
Chuck Conrad fortunecity.com/meltingpot/parklands/166/foster.html |
Boycotts Research Organizations & Websites
The Great Boycott
NewsFollowUp.com
Rock Out Censorship