Tag Archives | Boycott

Is online retailer Amazon cracking down on the sale of pro-Palestine merchandise?

Originally published: Al Mayadeen on September 22, 2023 by Timo Al-Farooq (more by Al Mayadeen) | (Posted Sep 23, 2023)

Amazon, like other tech giants, is selectively banning and deplatforming pro-Palestine content on its Merch on Demand platform, while racist and inflammatory merchandise continue to be sold.
As anti-BDS bills become the norm, ACLU takes free speech fight to the Supreme Court

Originally published: MintPress News on July 7, 2022 by Jessica Buxbaum (more by MintPress News) | (Posted Jul 09, 2022)

In June, a federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law barring state contractors from boycotting Israel, sparking concerns over First Amendment rights in the United States.
Forced evictions near and far: Canada’s complicity in the dispossession of Palestinian homes

Originally published: Canadian Dimension on August 18, 2021 by Seema Kawar and Sahar Raza (more by Canadian Dimension) | (Posted Aug 20, 2021)

Does our commitment to reconciliation mean anything while we support settler-colonial regimes abroad?
Hundreds of law students announce boycott of Chevron law firm Seward & Kissel for “unethical” private prosecution of human rights attorney Steven Donziger

Originally published: Stanford Environmental Law Society on February 24, 2021 (more by Stanford Environmental Law Society) (Posted Feb 26, 2021)

Students from over 50 leading U.S. law schools–including Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and New York University–have announced a recruiting boycott of a prominent Chevron law firm to protest its “unethical” private prosecution of U.S. human rights lawyer Steven Donziger after he helped win a $9.5 billion pollution judgment against Chevron.