Word: boycotts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trying to do (at least those with state money) is use the force of government to contain freedom of speech. What Donald Wildmon, the free-lance moralist from Tupelo, Miss., does when he gets Pepsi to cancel its Madonna ad is censure the ad by calling for a boycott. Advocating boycotts is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment. As Nat Hentoff, journalistic custodian of the First Amendment, says, "I would hate to see boycotts outlawed. Think what that would do to Cesar Chavez." Or, for that matter, to Ralph Nader. If one disapproves of a social practice...
...most serious case people usually make against grapefruit is that it's a bit too tart. But last week consumer groups in South Korea launched a boycott of U.S. grapefruit because they believe the produce is contaminated with Alar, a chemical preservative and suspected carcinogen that has been used by apple processors...
Activists have become more sophisticated and effective in their protests. When Michigan homemaker Terry Rakolta was offended by Fox Network's raunchy Married . . . With Children, she threatened the program's advertisers with a boycott. The sponsors in turn pressured the fledgling network, which toned down its show. Animal-rights groups singled out the Draize test, in which dyes are injected into rabbits' eyes, in their effort to persuade the cosmetics industry to cut down on animal testing. Last week Avon Products announced that it would stop such experiments. Even Ralph Nader, the quintessential business basher, has adopted a more moderate...
...asked your supporters to boycott PepsiCo because of their Madonna promotion...
...boycott Madonna concerts? Why not boycott the video instead of the sponsor...