Even if it was useless, one must decide to put their (metaphorical or literal) money where their mouth is if they have any principles. And principles wither without their exercise.
If not for Palestine, for your own soul.
I think the key is that it has to be a significant share of the consumer base that's boycotting for it to cause a spook.
Spotify might back down from the hypothetical idea of region locking their palestinian themed albums if threats of a boycott went up high enough, but Kid Rock could not give less of a shit about a "boycott" against him since literally nobody who listens to him is gonna abide it.
That's the case where you need to begin making tactical decisions about who the biggest offenders are, and begin rolling protests where they can't run away to inflict reputational damage.
Precisely. Bit of a goldilocks thing. Too many targets and it’s a meaningless noisy mess, too few and it’s a witch hunt. The BNC has done a fairly good job from what I can tell to identify a small number of institutions which will deliver the maximum impact.
Yesterday NPR ran an interview about student calls for divestment... with an economist who had no connection to either the protests or BDS. She was literally just guessing at what the goals might be and then explaining why it won't work. "If their goal is..."
That's just not actually journalism, is it?
yikes thats rough lmao, shame on them
I like how the left-hand panel writes like a child - comma splice and all - and the right-hand panel like an adult. Subtle.
thanks i guess 🙃
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