The Role of Boycotts in the Fight for Peace

Sporadic and spontaneous boycotts, local in form, have been taking
place in cities throughout the globe. National Public Radio (U.S.)
reports that thousands of Europeans, repulsed by the election of Bush,
are refusing to buy American goods. One placard in a Paris window
says: "Promote peace. Don't buy American." According to Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, Europe is simmering. "You're
going to see American profits disappear. American corporations are
going to be in big trouble. It's going to be a mantra not to buy
American. All our major manufacturers are reporting major slowdowns in
Europe. You're going to see the dollar disappear."

The boycott is spreading. Greenpeace is already involved in a boycott
against Exxon-Esso and Mobil Oil. Fermiamo La Guerre, a coalition of
peace groups in Italy, called for a boycott of Esso when the U.S.
invasion commenced. Sales of Pepsi and Coca Cola have plummeted in the
Mideast during the occupation, and Islamic nations are creating
alternative cola drinks called Zam Zam and Mecca Cola. Iran banned ads
for U.S.-manufactured goods. South African protesters in Cape Town
demanded that Denel, a South African contractor, cancel all its
contracts to supply military components to the U.S. war machine. The
people of South Africa are well aware of the power of boycotts. As
South Africa Indymedia put it: We must "take aim at the only thing
that can bring Bush to his knees—the American economy."

In the capital of Pakistan, the bustling Jehangir restaurant has taken
U.S. soft drinks off the menu. "We only serve Pakistani drinks," one
waiter said in an interview with Inter Press Service. "We don't serve
Pepsi or Coca-Cola or any other American soft drinks anymore."
Fast-food chains—Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken—are under a
boycott in Pakistan. As one member of the Islamist Party said: "We
must stop buying anything American or British. We must hurt American
interests as much as possible."

Excerpted from:
 
The Role of Boycotts in the Fight for Peace
Notes on Post-Election Strategy
by Paul Rockwell
 
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1118-24.htm

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Report: 100,000 Iraqis killed since invasion
British medical journal says 'airstrikes major factor' in deaths.
by Tom Regan | csmonitor.com
 
The Times of London reports Friday that the survey attributes most of
the extra deaths, many of whom were women and children, to "airstrikes
by coalition forces." ....

http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2004/1029/dailyUpdate.html

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The USA is  the world's biggest obstacle to world peace. Please
Boycott USA goods and services! Don't give your money to people who
endorse a swaggering president who terrorizes and kills innocent women
and children, while calling it a 'war on terror'. Just say "No" to the
murderous, warmongering Bush, supporters.

We are very sorry and we need to be punished, otherwise things will
never change. Maybe Bush will invade your country next.


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