Abbas Boosts Boycott of Settlement Goods

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2010 A boycott of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank gained some heft Saturday when Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threw his executive weight behind the campaign, calling on all Palestinians to stop buying settlement-made products. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arizona vs. Los Angeles, Round Two

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2010 An Arizona utility official has responded to Los Angeles' high-profile boycott of his state by threatening to starve LA of electrical power generated in Arizona L officials quickly fired back by pointing out that while the city gets about 25 percent of its power from plants in Arizona, it partly owns those facilities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Glee’ Creator Calls for Newsweek Boycott

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2010 Oh, it's on now: Ryan Murphy, the mind behind Fox's camp-tastic hit show "Glee," is lowering the boom on Newsweek, urging readers to boycott the magazine after columnist Ramin Setoodeh questioned a "Glee" character's credibility (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boycotting Arizona’s Racism

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 29, 2010 Arizona was the only territory west of Texas to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy during the Civil War. A century later, it fought recognition of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. This week, an anti-immigrant bill was signed into law. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

S.F. City Attorney Calls for ‘Sweeping Boycott’ of Arizona

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2010 San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera drew parallels Monday between Arizona's refusal to recognize Martin Luther King Jr Day and the adoption of its new, controversial immigration law By way of sending a strong message in protest, Herrera proposed (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Beck’s Jeebus Boo-Boo

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2010 Glenn Beck has managed to piss off religious folk by ordering his listeners to "run as fast as you can" from churches that talk about "social justice and economic justice." That doesn't sit too well with Catholics, people who like to quote that justice-loving hippie Jesus and even Beck's own Mormon church. (Audio after the jump). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boycott FedEx

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 22, 2010 Now that unions have been broken, rapacious corporations like FedEx and toadies in Congress and the White House are turning workers into serfs. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Leonard Cohen Defies Boycott to Perform in Israel

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2009 Leonard Cohen performed in a soccer stadium near Tel Aviv on Thursday over the objections of activists who want artists and entertainers to stay away from the Holy Land. Unlike Madonna, as The Washington Post points out, Cohen donated his earnings to Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation and managed to avoid wrapping himself in the Israeli flag. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Van Jones and the Boycott of Glenn Beck

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 9, 2009 The right-wing radio and TV host may have helped oust activist and green jobs adviser Van Jones from the administration, but in doing so he further justified the boycott against his broadcasts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Can Whole Foods Repair Its Image?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2009 Turns out comparing unions to herpes and raving against health care reform in The Wall Street Journal isn't great for business, at least when your business sells granola to progressives, hippies and other Truthdig readers. Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's efforts have earned him a boycott. Guess we'll just have to get our gluten-free almond cookies elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Women Push Boycott of Berlusconi

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2009 Three Italian women academics have called upon the wives of world leaders attending the G-8 summit in Italy next month to boycott the gathering in a stance against Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's "sexist" and "offensive" attitude toward women. Could they be referring to his harem of call girls, his rumored affair with an 18-year-old, or his nominations of ex-showgirls to the European Parliament? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spike Lee Throws Down in N.Y. Post Cartoon Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2009 If the higher-ups at the New York Post thought that running a simple apology for printing the now-notorious chimpanzee cartoon this week would constitute enough damage control to do the trick, here comes filmmaker Spike Lee -- along with the Post's arch-rival publication, the New York Daily News -- to disabuse them of this notion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )