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...response to the letter from the chairman of Standard Oil Co. of California urging temperance toward the Arabs [Aug. 20] is indicative of deep Israeli influence, and of the widespread lack of understanding of the Palestinian problem. Perhaps some day the pro-Israel viewpoint will be weakened by a boycott of the public by the Chevron stations, owing to lack of Arab...
...Referring to Iran's late, mercurial Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, who in 1951 nationalized British oil interests in his country. In retaliation, the oil companies organized a boycott against Iranian petroleum. Within two years it proved so successful that with Iran's economy on the verge of collapse, Mossadegh was deposed, and Iran and the oil companies reached a compromise...
...wake of the allegations that Portuguese soldiers massacred Mozambique villagers last December, the African Liberation Support Committee announced July 27 a boycott of all Portuguese products. That decision added freeze dried coffee to the list of untouchables for Cambridge liberals. The farm workers' boycott of Gallo wine added a second item to the list...
...Another Boycott. At the heart of Chavez's weakness is a changed public attitude toward him and his crusade for the Chicano farm workers. In the late 1960s, la causa not only won the sup port of most Mexican Americans, but it also became a favorite issue among believers in good works. Urged on by national figures like Senator Robert F. Kennedy, conscience-troubled housewives across the country boycotted grapes - and pressured growers into negotiating contracts with the U.F.W. But now, the public seems to have grown tired of causes. Today, few housewives even know that Chavez has called...
...conducted a wide range of activities last year, including a support campaign for the United Farm Workers' lettuce boycott, a petition campaign against Harvard's Faculty hiring policy--which allegedly discriminates against radicals--and Vietnam-America Friendship Week, a program of films and teach-ins about...