077 international consumers boycott
"A consumers’ boycott operating in several countries against the products of a particular country because of a given grievance may be called an international consumers’ boycott. In contrast to the above method, not only are consumers in several countries involved, but the issue itself is normally a broader humanitarian one of international concern."...
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Carleton University students win divestment from apartheid South Africa, 1985-87
Across much of the world during the mid-1980s, students on university campuses led boycott, divestment, and other solidarity campaigns targeting the apartheid government of South Africa. This solidarity movement played a fundamental role in the ultim...
Greenpeace campaigns against dumping the Brent Spar oil rig, 1995
The Brent Spar, a 450-foot-long floating rig used as a loading buoy and storage tank for oil from the North Sea for fifteen years, was decommissioned in 1991. When Greenpeace learned of plans to dump the Brent Spar by sinking the structure in the Nor...
International groups boycott Nestle products to end indiscriminate advertising, 1977-1984
Artificial baby milks—so called “infant formula”—became widespread commercial product during the early decades of the twentieth century. Among many companies involved, Nestlé’s was the biggest promoter, controlling more than 40% of the estimated $1.7...
Greenpeace protects Indonesian forests against Asia Pulp and Paper, 2009-2013
Immediately before the 2009 UN Copenhagen Climate Summit, Greenpeace International took major direct action against Asia Pulp and Paper in the heart of the Indonesian forest, launching their “Asia Pulp & Paper under Investigation” campaign. Thirteen ...
Environmentalists defend old forest in Clayoquot Sound, B.C., Canada, 1993
On the western coast of Vancouver Island, fir, cedar and spruce trees fill the rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, one of the last, large, untouched forests in British Columbia (B.C.). In April of 1993, Michael Harcourt, the province's premier, announced ...
Tahitians campaign to stop French nuclear testing, 1995
France has conducted nuclear tests in its colonies since before the Cold War began. It conducted atmospheric nuclear tests in Algeria up until 1962 when they won their independence. Consequently, France began testing in French Polynesia in 1966 inste...
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