David S. Meyer
I'm a professor of sociology and political science at the University of California, Irvine. I've been thinking, and writing about, protest politics for almost ever. This site offers comments on contemporary events, informed (I hope) by knowing something about history and about the academic study of social movements.
Tag Archives: boycott
Strikes without unions: Walmart
Workers (“associates” to their employers) have walked off the job at several Walmarts sprawled across the United States. The workers at Walmart, like most workers in retail, and most workers in the private sector, and most workers in the United … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Friday, boycott, consumers, Joe Biden, labor, Occupy, pickets, strikes, UFCW, unions, Walmart
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Politics as consumption
After a boycott announcement, a buycott day, and a same sex kiss-in, the consumption thread of the battle over same sex marriage has taken a new turn. Yesterday (August 7), the front moved from fast food chicken to milk-saturated coffee. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, boycott, buycott, Chick-Fil-A, consumption, Ellen DeGeneres, gay, JC Penney, Jeff Bezos, Kraft, marriage equality, Starbucks
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Boycott everything!
Chick-Fil-A had a good day yesterday, as supporters of president Dan Cathy’s* stance in support of “traditional” marriage lined up to buy chicken sandwiches. Radio host and one-time Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee had urged his audience to stand up for … Continue reading
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Tagged boycott, Cheerios, Chick-Fil-A, chicken, Christian, countermovements, gay marriage, GLBT, Home Depot, markets, Mike Huckabee, Pat Dollard, religion, Rush Limbaugh, Starbucks
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Chicken in, chicken out
When the history of the struggle for same sex marriage is written, it’s unlikely that this week’s chicken battles will rate more than a footnote, but it’s an entertaining day. Opponents of same sex marriage, mobilized by Mike Huckabee, have … Continue reading
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Tagged boycott, Chick-Fil-A, GLBT, Mike Huckabee, same sex marriage, Sarah Palin
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Markets, movements, and municipalities: Who’s chicken? Whose chicken?
There are all kinds of good reasons for restricting the expansion of fast food restaurants, but are the political views of a chain’s founder enough? Boston’s Mayor Tom Menino, appalled by the “traditional marriage” stance of Dan Cathy,* founder and … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, boycott, Chicago, Chick-Fil-A, chicken, kiss-in, local government, Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Palin, Tom Menino
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Boycott politics
Chick Fil A is the most recent company to fall within the sites of a boycott campaign. Dan Cathay, president of the fast food chicken restaurant chain founded by his father, reaffirmed his commitment to an evangelical approach to his … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, Bible, boycott, celebrities, chicken, countermovements, fast food, gay, lesbian, Mike Huckabee, Muppets, same sex marriage
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Risks and realities of media boycotts
Rush Limbaugh’s ad feminem assaults on Sandra Fluke, who testified before Congress in support of requiring health insurance to cover birth control, provided an opportunity for his long time opponents to go after the radio host through his sponsors. They … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisers, birth control, boycott, Don Imus, health insurance, media, Mike Huckabee, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, talk radio
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ALEC, impact, and markets
ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, backed down in the face of the defections from its corporate members. As we discussed, activists targeted ALEC’s support of Voter ID and Stand Your Ground laws to pressure corporations to stop giving money … Continue reading
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Tagged ALEC, boycott, Coca-Cola, corporations, Gates Foundation, impact, stand your ground, voter ID
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Targeting ALEC
Coca-cola announced that it was ending its membership in ALEC; PepsiCo. had ended its membership in January. This is an activist story, covered well by Peter Overby on NPR. As we discussed, the long simmering campaign surrounding the Trayvon Martin … Continue reading
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Tagged ALEC, boycott, Coca-Cola, Color of Change, Pepsi-Cola, stand your ground, Trayvon Martin, voter identification
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