None of those should be too difficult. We've boycotted Amazon for years, ever since the city raised our property taxes to compensate for the revenue loss of a 100% property tax abatement to Amazon, for one of their dark, satanic warehouses, for 15 YEARS.
That one's the hardest for most people, I'd think, but it CAN be done.
I learned a long time ago one can't ask rural people to do the same things city people can, and often vice-versa. I'm not going to get on a moral high horse and damn someone for using Amazon because they can't drive 150 miles to get something they need.
I’m currently living in the largest warehouse areas in the country, The Inland Empire of Southern California. Thousands of jobs, many UPS and FedEx warehouses, and of course warehouses for, you guessed it, Amazon. People are happy to have a paycheck in one of the most rapidly growing economies and housing markets in the country. Riverside has a mayor that is determined to prevent homelessness and house those who are mentally ill chronic street dwellers with the new tax initiative just voted into existence. She also has licensed many home businesses with people baking, sewing, drawing, painting , and designing in their homes, and opening street corner restaurants and retail stores on wheels. There are some bright spots and encouraging developments in this area.
Need to find new ways forward and rebuild in different ways. It’s always been the way out
The mayor of Toledo "sold" a huge parcel of land that was once a shopping mall to Amazon for the huge sum of $1!! Now there's an ugly warehouse there with low paying jobs.
Thank you for this list! It's fairly easy to boycott all these products for us, but unfortunately we have a HP printer and no store in this area stocks generic or off brand ink cartridges for it. :(
I know the situation. As Walmart and Walgreens have oozed across the landscape, locally-owned businesses have disappeared. In a town I recently lived in the local town board used tax dollars to make some street changes so that a Walgreens would move to town. Within a month or two three generations-old local pharmacies had to close. One of those was originally owned by a pharmacist who was a pilot and was known to have often flown to larger cities to obtain emergency medications not stocked locally.
The same thing happened when Walmart came to town. It's all so disgusting and part of the corporate plan to transform us all into 'customer units'.
Don't get me going on "customer units" and the like! I remember my husband about blowing his stack when we were trying to order some of our books into a local B & N store for a large book-signing event. We were told they didn't have enough time or room or something to order more "units" for the book-signing... Because I guess "books" aren't necessary to stock in a chain "bookstore". Only "units". I suppose books and coffee are all the same to the B & N corporate heads!
I've heard that. My local Walmart is remodeling, making three-quarters of their check-out lanes automated to throw out more jobs. I hope small businesses can find a way back in the absence of Walmarts.
In the UK please also boycott Tesco Bank. It is being sold to Barclays later this year who will offer "Tesco-branded" accounts, credit cards, etc. When I submitted a complaint regarding Barclays' role in the genocide and how this would tarnish Tesco's reputation I was informed that Tesco was "unable to comment on Barclays or on any of their activities". When closing my accounts I stated the association with Barclays as the reason.
Also the Tesco CEO's assistant who replied to my complaint about stocking Israeli produce told me that so do other retailers and it's all done in line with (UK) government guidelines. So that must be ok then...
Thanks for this; Barclays isn’t a surprise. They like genocide, having backed South Africa when it was an apartheid state.
None of those should be too difficult. We've boycotted Amazon for years, ever since the city raised our property taxes to compensate for the revenue loss of a 100% property tax abatement to Amazon, for one of their dark, satanic warehouses, for 15 YEARS.
That one's the hardest for most people, I'd think, but it CAN be done.
Isn't amazing how one of the mot profitable (exploitative) companies in the world can get tax breaks. Disgusting.
I live in a rural area, so there are things I cannot find locally, so I have to use Amazon, but only as a last resort.
I learned a long time ago one can't ask rural people to do the same things city people can, and often vice-versa. I'm not going to get on a moral high horse and damn someone for using Amazon because they can't drive 150 miles to get something they need.
I’m currently living in the largest warehouse areas in the country, The Inland Empire of Southern California. Thousands of jobs, many UPS and FedEx warehouses, and of course warehouses for, you guessed it, Amazon. People are happy to have a paycheck in one of the most rapidly growing economies and housing markets in the country. Riverside has a mayor that is determined to prevent homelessness and house those who are mentally ill chronic street dwellers with the new tax initiative just voted into existence. She also has licensed many home businesses with people baking, sewing, drawing, painting , and designing in their homes, and opening street corner restaurants and retail stores on wheels. There are some bright spots and encouraging developments in this area.
Need to find new ways forward and rebuild in different ways. It’s always been the way out
here. It’s progressing slowly but surely.
Sounds promising.
The mayor of Toledo "sold" a huge parcel of land that was once a shopping mall to Amazon for the huge sum of $1!! Now there's an ugly warehouse there with low paying jobs.
#BoycottAmazon
Thanks for this important information. We need to know who to boycott as Israel's genocide against Palestine continues.
Already shared this and reposted everywhere. But it does need a boosting:
Keep sharing people!
Thank you for this list! It's fairly easy to boycott all these products for us, but unfortunately we have a HP printer and no store in this area stocks generic or off brand ink cartridges for it. :(
I know the situation. As Walmart and Walgreens have oozed across the landscape, locally-owned businesses have disappeared. In a town I recently lived in the local town board used tax dollars to make some street changes so that a Walgreens would move to town. Within a month or two three generations-old local pharmacies had to close. One of those was originally owned by a pharmacist who was a pilot and was known to have often flown to larger cities to obtain emergency medications not stocked locally.
The same thing happened when Walmart came to town. It's all so disgusting and part of the corporate plan to transform us all into 'customer units'.
Don't get me going on "customer units" and the like! I remember my husband about blowing his stack when we were trying to order some of our books into a local B & N store for a large book-signing event. We were told they didn't have enough time or room or something to order more "units" for the book-signing... Because I guess "books" aren't necessary to stock in a chain "bookstore". Only "units". I suppose books and coffee are all the same to the B & N corporate heads!
YOU ARE ALL UNITS, NOW ...
YOU ARE ALL UNITS, NOW ...
YOU ARE ALL UNITS, NOW...
Consider it the UNIT(ed) STATES of 'MERICA!
Well said Mark.
We’re all in a Cone Head skit from SNL now!
🤯
Hadn't thought of that, but you are right!
If it’s any consolation Mark(?):
Wally World is closing hundreds of stores nation wide. They’re experiencing severe down turns in many states.
I've heard that. My local Walmart is remodeling, making three-quarters of their check-out lanes automated to throw out more jobs. I hope small businesses can find a way back in the absence of Walmarts.
They’re doing just that in thousands of cities across the country.
In the UK please also boycott Tesco Bank. It is being sold to Barclays later this year who will offer "Tesco-branded" accounts, credit cards, etc. When I submitted a complaint regarding Barclays' role in the genocide and how this would tarnish Tesco's reputation I was informed that Tesco was "unable to comment on Barclays or on any of their activities". When closing my accounts I stated the association with Barclays as the reason.
Also the Tesco CEO's assistant who replied to my complaint about stocking Israeli produce told me that so do other retailers and it's all done in line with (UK) government guidelines. So that must be ok then...
Just "bizness" as usual, right? As long as the money flows makes no difference whose blood flows.
Thanks for the information and your actions.
Boycotting Asda because they neither label the origins of their fresh produce, nor are their staff able to tell us if we enquire!