Word: boycotts
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...Regardless of disagreements over the boycott, there's no question that much of the usual customer base in Cicero and elsewhere will evaporate today, causing local retail spending to take a major hit. Illinois has an estimated 285,000 undocumented workers, nearly the same number of protest participants that Chicago-area organizers are projecting for today. At the city?s March 10 immigrant rally, about 100,000 were estimated to have demonstrated downtown in a far more hastily planned grassroots effort...
...with pay - to march, but he personally will not protest. "I think there have already been too many marches. We?ve made our point," said the Mexican-born Soto, who says he is a legal resident. He plans to stay home and honor the spirit of the boycott. "I?ll watch it on TV, but I plan to spend zero dollars." He said the true economic impact of work stoppages by immigrants - legal and illegal - will be felt not from a boycott lasting one day, but if the customers who are here illegally are deported "If there...
...Vatican is asking Catholics to boycott the film version of The Da Vinci Code, not because of the content, but because Tom Hanks' hair looks ridiculous...
...Even some once steadfast boycott proponents, including radio DJs in Los Angeles, seem to be softening their stance. It's a tough call for those who want to heed - or perhaps hawk - the call to action, but who do not want to unravel their ties with local industries, schools and churches. Gabriel Gonzalez of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights says they are strongly encouraging people to walk out of school and work that day to support the larger movement - but not to stop shopping: "We don't want to hurt the business community...
...Many organizers who will not boycott believe that the movement is too young for such a radical display. "The action can't be for action's sake," says Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. She says she is concerned a boycott will not help the American public embrace immigrants, but could have much the opposite effect. "We have to be critical of our actions because at the end of the day, we have a long haul...