Word: boycotts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Despite Kifaya's calls for a boycott, on the grounds that the election is a farce designed to maintain Mubarak in office with the pretense of a democratic vote, some of Mubarak's staunchest opponents lept at the chance to push the margin of freedom as far as they could. Among them is Ayman Nour, a 41-year-old member of parliament and former journalist who is Mubarak's most outspoken critic and who promises to supervise the adoption of a new democratic Egyptian constitution and then call for new elections within two years. Security forces jailed Nour...
...former political director of Howard Dean's campaign, to lead Wake-Up Wal-Mart; Jim Jordan, who was one of John Kerry's campaign managers, is advising Wal-Mart Watch, a group affiliated with the Service Employees International Union. Wake-Up Wal-Mart is calling on parents to boycott the retailer as they shop for school supplies. The battle will heat up again in November, when documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald releases Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price. You can expect a quick rebuttal. --By Perry Bacon Jr./Washington
...asks. "But how many people who are pro-life [would not buy one]? You may get a certain percentage of the public who says, 'I'm just not going to buy their appliances because of that.'" Whirlpool says its changed donation policy was a response to customer pressure, including boycott threats, not Aquinas' efforts. Walt Disney and Best Buy declined to comment...
...pamphlets distributed by the Church bore messages such as “Sulla vita non si vota,” or “Life can’t be put to a vote.” Responding to calls from Benedict and the College of Cardinals to boycott the vote, the vast majority of eligible Italian voters declined to take part in the referendum, thus voiding its results...
...meantime, a special South African parliamentary committee is studying the impact of sanctions and exploring ways of circumventing them. Businessmen are attending strategy sessions on how to continue exporting iron, steel and other goods despite the U.S. boycott. Under discussion are techniques ranging from the creation of foreign "front" companies to the rerouting of trade through such neighboring black states as Lesotho and Swaziland...