One of the world’s largest retailers will cease buying leather from the country, where cattle farmers are blamed for their part in accelerating deforestation.
Tag: Boycotts
Brazil Marshals Forces to Fight Amazon Fires (and Restore ‘Positive Perception’)
The fires had burned for weeks but plunged President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration into crisis mode only now, after photographs began circulating widely.
Tlaib Renounces Trip to West Bank Under Israel’s Conditions
Israel said Ms. Tlaib could visit her grandmother in the West Bank if she agreed not to “promote boycotts.” Ms. Tlaib initially agreed then canceled.
In Tlaib’s Ancestral Village, Grandmother Weathers a Global Political Storm
Suddenly pulled into an international uproar, the 90-year-old grandmother of Representative Rashida Tlaib has barely kept up with the dizzying drama.
Rashida Tlaib Says She Won’t Visit West Bank Under Israel’s Conditions
Israel said on Friday that Ms. Tlaib could visit her grandmother in the West Bank if she agreed not to “promote boycotts.” Ms. Tlaib canceled her trip.
Is B.D.S. Anti-Semitic? A Closer Look at the Boycott Israel Campaign
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement aims to press Israel to change its policies toward the Palestinians. It has generated heated debate and much misinformation.
The Power of a Unified ‘No!’: U.S. Asylum Restrictions Hit a Bump
Institutions that are not normally partisan or political have begun to declare that the Trump administration’s border policies violate their core values.
Boycott by Whites of South African Restaurant Reflects Growing Sense of Grievance
Many Afrikaners are spurning a once-cherished restaurant chain to protest its banning of a white man. The boycott has drawn “an eye roll” among many black South Africans.
Abortion Rights Groups See Northern Ireland’s Film Industry as Boycott Target
Abortion rights campaigners in Northern Ireland, a thriving film and TV production hub, are hoping to draw attention to their region’s stern laws.
Eurovision Arrives in Tel Aviv, in Range of Rockets and the Focus of Protests
Hosting an annual international song contest, Tel Aviv has tried to remain an island of secular liberalism divorced from Israel’s troubles.