096 international trade embargo

methods of noncooperation economic noncooperation boycotts action by governments
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"An international trade embargo is a combination of the international seller’s embargo and the international buyer’s embargo. It involves a total prohibition of trade with the opponent country, or a near-total ban, exempting perhaps medicines and the like."...

((Sharp, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action (p. 270). Albert Einstein Institution. Kindle Edition.))

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High scoring campaigns using this method

Historical cases from the Nonviolent Action Database that used this method

French citizens and soldiers nonviolently defend against Algerian putsch, 1961

10.0/10

At the beginning of April 1961, after nearly seven years of war in Algeria as France tried to maintain its control there, French President Charles de Gaulle announced that he would begin negotiations with the Algerian nationalists and soon relinquish...

Haitian citizens struggle with removal of incinerator trash (1988-2000)

8.5/10

In 1988, after being rejected by many landfill sites and governments across the United States and Caribbean, a ship carrying thousands of tons of incinerator ash from Philadelphia dumped half of its contents on a beach in Haiti. This sparked a twelve...

Dominican activists challenge Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship (Fourteenth of June Movement), 1959-1960

4.5/10

Rafael Leónidas Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic from the moment he won the fraudulent elections of 1930, up until his assassination in 1961. Through his more than thirty-year rule, Trujillo demanded strict obedience from all Dominicans, and had...

Unions and students in Hong Kong and Canton strike-boycott against British imperial rule, 1925-1926

4.0/10

In a shooting incident on May 30, 1925, Sikh police under British command opened fire on Chinese protestors in the International Settlement of Shanghai, killing nine demonstrators and wounding many others. News of the incident spread across China, tr...

Burmese (Myanmar) monks campaign for democracy (Saffron Revolution), 2007

2.5/10

In 1988 Burmese students led mass demonstrations against the oppressive military junta of Burma (the country now referred to as Myanmar). The result was 3,000 civilians dead after a governmental crackdown and a prevailing junta. Shortly after, as the...

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Historical cases from the Nonviolent Action Database that used this method

Burmese (Myanmar) monks campaign for democracy (Saffron Revolution), 2007

2.5/10

In 1988 Burmese students led mass demonstrations against the oppressive military junta of Burma (the country now referred to as Myanmar). The result was 3,000 civilians dead after a governmental crackdown and a prevailing junta. Shortly after, as the...

Effectiveness profile

Success by Opponent
Government / State Body 6.8
Military / Police 2.5
Success by Theme
Success by Group Type
Success by Campaign Scale
Success by Goal Magnitude

Risk profile

Risk by region

Compared to the worldwide average for this method

Americas
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Lethal Force and Harm trending_flat Average
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Arrests and Legal Action trending_flat Average
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Asia
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Risk by regime

Compared to the worldwide average for this method

Closed autocracy
Liberal democracy