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This is a list of boycotts.

Past

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Time frameParticipantsTargetCauseMain articleReferences
March 1769Philadelphia merchants
First Continental Congress
Great BritainOpposition to colonial taxation without representationContinental Association
1848MilanAustriaAustrian state monopoliesFive Days of Milan
1880Irish Land LeagueCharles Boycott
(origin of the term boycott)
Desired land reform in Ireland{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}
1891Iranian ShiaUnited KingdomThe Shah's granting of a tobacco monopoly to BritainTobacco Protest
1891-1950

|Australian unionists and local residents

|Local publicans and hotels around Australia

|Poor wages and conditions for staff in hotels and the high cost of alcohol, accommodation and food

|

|{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Iain |date=2022-05-02 |title=Beer Strikes: A History of Hotel Boycotts in Australia, 1900-1920 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/beer-strikes-a-history-of-hotel-boycotts-in-australia-1900-1920/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}

1902Jews in New York CityKosher meat productsPrice increases causing unaffordability1902 kosher meat boycott
1904–1906ChinaUnited StatesThe Chinese Exclusion Act of 1902, an extension of the original Act of 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act{{cite book |title=Hong Kong in Chinese History: Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842–1913 |last=Tsai |first=Jung-Fang |year=1993 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |chapter=Chapter 7}}{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=James|title=The Imperial Cruise: a secret history of empire and war|date=2009|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|isbn=978-0-316-00895-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/imperialcruisese0000brad/page/276 276–297]|url=https://archive.org/details/imperialcruisese0000brad/page/276}}
1905-1907Indian National Congress
Indian independence movement
British RajOpposition to the partition of Bengal and a desire for Indian economic independenceSwadeshi movement{{Cite journal |last=Keith schoppa |first=R. |date=2016-06-01 |title=Makers of Modern Asia. Edited by Ramachandra Guha. (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014. Pp. 385. $29.95.) |url=https://doi.org/10.1111/hisn.12204 |journal=The Historian |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=365–366 |doi=10.1111/hisn.12204 |issn=0018-2370}}
1912TunisiaCompagnie des tramways de Tunis, all Italian businesses in TunisYoung TunisiansTunis Tram Boycott
1919ChinaJapanMay Fourth MovementChinese boycotts of Japanese products
1919-1922

|Indian National Congress

Mahatma Gandhi

|British Raj

|Opposition to the Rowlett Act and demands for self-rule

|Non-cooperation movement

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-1927American JewsFord Motor CompanyAntisemitism by Henry Ford in The Dearborn Independent
1930-1934

|Indian National Congress

Mahatma Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

|British Raj

|Demands for Indian independence

|Civil disobedience movement

|

March 1933American Jewish Congress
International critics of Nazism
Nazi GermanyAntisemitism in Nazi GermanyAnti-Nazi boycott of 1933
April 1933Nazi GermanyGerman JewsAnti-Nazi boycottsNazi boycott of Jewish businesses
1941–1951IraqIraqi JewsFarhud{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13610702|title=Farhud memories: Baghdad's 1941 slaughter of the Jews|work=BBC News|date=June 2011 |access-date=19 January 2015}}
1942-1945

|Indian National Congress

Mahatma Gandhi

Jawaharlal Nehru

|British Raj

|Demands for Indian independence

|Quit India

|

1948

|Nii Kwabena Bonne III

Kwame Nkrumah

|Association of West African Merchants

|Price inflation

|1948 Accra riots

|

1950Soviet UnionUnited NationsThe UN not recognising the People's Republic of China as 'China'Soviet Union boycott of the United Nations
1955–1968African AmericansVariousRacial segregation in the United StatesCivil Rights Movement
Montgomery bus boycott
1961–1983West BerlinBerlin S-BahnEast German operation of the S-BahnBerlin S-Bahn
United Farm WorkersGrapes and lettuce in retail grocery storesLabor disputesDelano grape strike
1960s–1990Various academicsSouth African universitiesApartheidAcademic boycott of South Africa
VariousSouth African produceApartheidDisinvestment from South Africa{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}
1966–1987VariousCoors Brewing CompanyAnti-LGBT hiring practices

Discrimination towards minorities and women and anti-unionism

| Coors strike and boycott

{{cite web |title=Coors Brewing Company Boycott |url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/boycotts,2.html |publisher=glbtq.com |access-date=22 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224224429/http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/boycotts,2.html |archive-date=24 February 2012 }}
Early April 1973AmericansMeat productsIncreasing prices1973 meat boycott
1984–1993INFACTGeneral ElectricProduction and promotion of nuclear weaponsCorporate Accountability International
1988-1994

|Australian Rainforest Action Groups

|Companies importing rainforest timber from Malaysia to Australia

|Prevention of the destruction of Indigenous owned rainforests

|

|{{Cite web |last=Trinh |first=Jennifer |date=2021-09-30 |title=Australian Rainforest Action Groups boycott Malaysian rainforest timber, 1988-1994 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/australian-rainforest-action-groups-boycott-malaysian-rainforest-timber-1988-1994/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}

1989–1998Rainforest Action NetworkMitsubishiRainforest destruction through its forestry activitiesBoycott Mitsubishi Campaign{{cite book |title=Death of A Thousand Cuts: Corporate Campaigns and the Attack on the Corporation |last=Manheim |first=Jarol |year=2000 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-64857-2 |chapter=Chapter 5|pages=93–98}}
1990-1991African Americans in New YorkKorean-American businessesRacial tensionsFamily Red Apple boycott
1991–1998Friends of the LubiconDaishowaProposed logging of Lubicon Cree territory[http://tao.ca/~fol/pa/forestp/daifolp/pr980612.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403130050/http://www.tao.ca/~fol/pa/forestp/daifolp/pr980612.htm|date=2016-04-03}} "Daishowa gives in – Boycott called off", Friends of the Lubicon, June 12, 1998, Retrieved 17 January 2016.
1996

|CDU/CSU

|Mission: Impossible, Phenomenon and Chick Corea

|Association of Corea, Tom Cruise, and John Travolta with Scientology, which is not legally recognized in Germany

| {{section link|Mission Impossible (film)#Marketing}}

|{{Cite book|last=Wright|first=Lawrence |title=Going clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the prison of belief|date=2013|isbn=978-0-307-70066-7|location=New York|oclc=818318033}}

1990s–2000Andrew VachssThailandProstitution of children in ThailandDon't! Buy! Thai!
1998–2003American gun ownersColt
Smith & Wesson
Colt and Smith & Wesson's cooperation with Bill Clinton's gun control efforts{{cite book |title=Outgunned: Up Against the NRA – The First Complete Insider Account of the Battle Over Gun Control |first1=Peter H. |last1=Brown |first2=Daniel G. |last2=Abel |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7432-1561-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/outgunnedupagain00brow/page/63 63–65] |url=https://archive.org/details/outgunnedupagain00brow/page/63 }}
2001–2002Greenpeace
Friends of the Earth
People & Planet
Esso/ExxonMobilEsso's climate change denial and lack of investment in renewable energyStop Esso campaign
2003US conservativesVarious celebrities, such as the Dixie ChicksCelebrity opposition to the 2003 invasion of IraqDixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush
2005Association of University TeachersBar-Ilan University
University of Haifa
Bar-Ilan's operations in the West Bank
Haifa's discipline of a lecturer
{{section link|Association of University Teachers#Boycott of Israeli universities 2005}}
2005-2006

|Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd

|Nissui Company, Sealord Tuna, Gorton's Seafood

|Involvement of parent company in whaling

|

|{{Cite web |last=Leitner |first=Ryan |date=2021-09-07 |title=Greenpeace and Sea Shepherds force Japanese seafood company Nissui to sell stakes in whale hunting ships 2005-2006 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/greenpeace-and-sea-shepherds-force-japanese-seafood-company-nissui-to-sell-stakes-in-whale-hunting-ships-2005-2006/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}

2005–2013International Labor Rights Fund and othersFirestone Tire and Rubber CompanyForced labour and child labour on rubber plantations in LiberiaFirestone Natural Rubber Company{{cite web|title = A Company That, Literally, Has Blood On Its Hands|work = Pacific Standard|date = 14 June 2017|url = https://psmag.com/economics/a-company-that-literally-has-blood-on-its-hands |first1= T. Christian|last1= Miller|first2= Jonathan |last2=Jones}}[http://fpif.org/stopping_firestone_getting_rubber_to_meet_the_road/ "Stopping Firestone: Getting Rubber to Meet the Road", Foreign Policy In Focus, December 7, 2006 Retrieved October 8, 2017]
1 May 2006Illegal immigrants in the United StatesUS businesses and schoolsUS immigration policyGreat American Boycott
2008German labor unionsNokiaNokia's closing of a German plant{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-nokia-idUSL1780747720080117 |title=German unions urge Nokia boycott over plant closure |first=Sylvia |last=Westall |date=17 January 2008 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=20 September 2012}}
2008StonewallHeinzHeinz's pulling of a commercial featuring two men kissing{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2188557/Gay-rights-group-boycotts-Heinz-after-men-kissing-row.html |last=Clout |first=Laura |title=Gay rights group boycotts Heinz after 'men kissing' row |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=24 June 2008 |access-date=31 March 2011}}
2009Various countriesDurban Review ConferenceScope of the conferenceDurban Review Conference#Boycotts
2010VariousBPDeepwater Horizon oil spillReactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill#Public reaction
2010VariousArizonaRacial profiling law{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/arizona-immigration-law-sparks-huge-rallies-1.967969 | title=Arizona immigration law sparks huge rallies | publisher=CBC News | date=May 1, 2010}}
2011IsraelisTnuvaRising food prices and price gougingCottage cheese boycott
2013-2020

|350.org

|Numerous Australian banks, universities and local governments

|Divestment from fossil fuels

|

|{{Cite web |last=Gulliver |first=Robyn |date=2022-10-10 |title=Australian Campaign Case Study: Divestment Campaign 2013 - 2021 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/campaign-case-study-divestment-campaign-2013-2021/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}

2018MoroccansBottled water and dairy productsPrice gouging and corruption2018 Moroccan boycott
2019Residents of LouisianaNational Football League
CBS Sports
Negligence in rules enforcement that kept the New Orleans Saints out of Super Bowl LIII2018 NFC Championship Game{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/saints/2019/02/super-bowl-ratings-plummet-as-who-dats-strike-back.html|title=Super Bowl ratings plummet as Who Dats strike back|first=Mike|last=Scott|work=New Orleans Times-Picayune|date=February 4, 2019|access-date=February 4, 2019}}
2024Social media users, primarily TikTokersVarious celebrities and social media influencersSupport for Israel in, or lack of action over, the Gaza warBlockout 2024
2025

|David Portnoy (withdrew), Christian McCaffrey, Cheryl Bosa, Bills Mafia

|National Football League
Fox Sports

|Alleged match fixing and officiating misconduct in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs, particularly in the 2024 AFC Championship Game

|Super Bowl LIX boycott

|{{Cite web |last=Nalepinski |first=Kate |date=2025-01-28 |title=Petition calls for boycott of NFL games because of Kansas City Chiefs bias |url=https://www.newsweek.com/nfl-super-bowl-lix-2025-boycott-chiefs-eagles-2021760 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

Sporting

class="wikitable"
EventParticipantsHost nationCauseMain articleReferences
1936 Summer OlympicsAthletes from 22 nations{{Flag|Nazi Germany}}German fascism and NazismPeople's Olympiad
1938 FIFA World CupVarious South American nations{{Flag|Third French Republic|name=France}}Selection of a second successive World Cup in Europe{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}
1939 International University Games (Vienna)

|Confédération Internationale des Étudiants

|{{Flag|Nazi Germany}}

|German annexation of Austria

|

|

1956 Summer OlympicsCambodia, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, China{{Flag|Australia}}Suez Crisis, presence of the Soviet Union after the Hungarian Revolution, and the presence of Taiwan

|

{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}
1964 Summer Olympics

|China, North Korea, Indonesia

|{{Flag|Japan}}

|Suspension of Indonesia

| GANEFO

|

1966 FIFA World Cup

|31 Confederation of Africa Football nations

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|Play-off qualifications and readmission of apartheid South Africa

| {{section link|1966 FIFA World Cup#African boycott}}

|

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off)

|Soviet Union

|{{Flag|Chile}}

|1973 Chilean coup d'état

|

|

1976 Summer OlympicsVarious African nations{{Flag|Canada}}Participation of New Zealand, which had sporting contact with apartheid South AfricaSporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era
1980 Summer OlympicsUnited States
Various nations
{{Flag|Soviet Union}}Soviet–Afghan War1980 Summer Olympics boycott
1984 Summer OlympicsWarsaw Pact states (except Romania)
Cuba
{{Flag|United States}}1980 Summer Olympics boycott1984 Summer Olympics boycott
Friendship Games
1986 Commonwealth Games32 Afro-Asian nations and 10 Caribbean nations{{Flag|United Kingdom}}The Thatcher Government's attitude towards sporting links with South AfricaSporting boycott of South Africa during the Apartheid era
1988 Summer OlympicsNorth Korea
Albania, Cuba, Madagascar, Seychelles
{{Flag|South Korea}}Korean conflict{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}
1995 South Pacific Games

|Western Samoa, American Samoa, Nauru, Niue

|{{Flag|French Polynesia}}

|French nuclear weapons testing in Mururoa

|

|

2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9

|United States, Canada, Czech Republic, Ukraine

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|Russian doping scandal

Russo-Ukrainian War

|

|

2022 Winter Olympics

|Diplomats from various countries

|{{Flag|China}}

|Chinese human rights issues

|{{Section link|Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics#Diplomatic boycotts or non-attendance}}

Electoral

{{Main|Election boycott#Major instances of electoral boycotts}}

Ongoing

class="wikitable"
InitiationParticipantsTargetCauseMain articleReferences
1949Arab LeagueIsraelPartition of PalestineArab League boycott of Israel
1977VariousNestléNestlé's promotion of infant formula over breast milk in developing countriesNestlé boycott{{Cite web |last=Han |first=Soul |date=2021-09-30 |title=International groups boycott Nestle products to end indiscriminate advertising, 1977-1984 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/international-groups-boycott-nestle-products-to-end-indiscriminate-advertising-1977-1984/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}
1989LiverpudliansThe SunThe Sun{{'}}s coverage of the Hillsborough disaster{{section link|Coverage of the Hillsborough disaster by The Sun|Merseyside boycott}}{{cite web|url=http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/boycott-the-sun.shtm|title=Boycott The Sun in 2003 - Hillsborough Justice Campaign|access-date=25 June 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=ex-sun-editor--i-was-right-on-hillsborough&method=full&objectid=18190784&siteid=50061-name_page.html |title=Ex-Sun editor: I was right on Hillsborough |access-date=1 December 2006 |last=Lister |first=Sam |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061204011259/http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline%3Dex-sun-editor--i-was-right-on-hillsborough%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D18190784%26siteid%3D50061-name_page.html |archive-date=4 December 2006 }}{{failed verification|date=September 2012}}{{cite web |first=Paddy |last=Shennan |url=http://www.liverpool.com/capital-of-culture/alexi-sayle-s-liverpool.html |title=Alexi Sayle's Liverpool |publisher=Liverpool.com |access-date=7 May 2011}}{{failed verification|date=September 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-27761336|title=Hillsborough: Postal staff refuse to deliver free Sun copies |work=BBC News |access-date=25 June 2016}}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17113382 | title=Liverpool's 23-year boycott of the Sun newspaper | work=BBC News | date=24 February 2012 }}
2003Numerous union organizations including SINALTRAINALCoca-Cola CompanyAnti-union violence in Colombia and environmental degradation in IndiaCriticism of Coca-Cola[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia "Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants", The Guardian, 24 July 2003, Retrieved 19 July 2017][http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/articles/bulletin-archive/33--issue11-october--december-2003/68-boycott-coca-cola "Boycott Coca-Cola!", Colombia Solidarity Campaign, 1 October 2003, Retrieved 19 July 2017]
2005Various human rights and anti-occupation activistsIsraelIsraeli–Palestinian conflictBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions
2005Various Muslims worldwideDenmarkJyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversyEconomic and social consequences of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy{{cite journal |last=Henkel |first=Heiko |title=Fundamentally Danish? The Muhammad Cartoon Crisis as Transitional Drama |journal=Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-knowledge |date=Fall 2010 |volume=VIII |series=2 |url=http://www.okcir.com/Articles%20VIII%202/Henkel-FM.pdf |access-date=25 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194639/http://www.okcir.com/Articles%20VIII%202/Henkel-FM.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
2008Opponents of California Proposition 8Supporters of California Proposition 8 and UtahLDS Church support for Proposition 8Protests against Proposition 8 supporters{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/11/09/utah_faces_boycott_after_push_by_mormons_vs_gay_marriage/ |last=Vergakis |first=Brock |title=Utah faces boycott after push by Mormons vs. gay marriage |publisher=Boston.com |date=9 November 2008 |access-date=1 April 2011}}
2008

|Center for Biological Diversity

|Bluefin Tuna fishing

|Overfishing of Bluefin Tuna, leading to their status as an endangered species.

|

|{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/3518091/Bluefin-tuna-Call-for-boycott-after-quotas-set-higher-than-scientists-recommend.html |last=Clover |first=Charles |title=Bluefin tuna: Call for boycott after quotas set higher than scientists recommend |publisher=The Telegraph |date=25 November 2008 |access-date=2 November 2019}}

2009LGBT groupsThe Salvation ArmyThe Salvation Army's opposition to homosexuality{{cite news |url=http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/wisconsin/gay-rights-groups-urge-salvation-army-boycott |title=Group urges Salvation Army boycott |publisher=WLUK-TV |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=22 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125202941/http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/wisconsin/gay-rights-groups-urge-salvation-army-boycott |archive-date=25 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}
2010Canvass for a Cause and other LGBT groupsTarget Corporation and Best BuyDonations to politician Tom Emmer{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659492/lady-gaga-target.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310161604/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659492/lady-gaga-target.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Dissolves Relationship with Target |last=Vega |first=Jocelyn |publisher=MTV |date=9 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.newser.com/story/114916/target-sues-gay-rights-group-canvass-for-a-cause.html |last=Cantor |first=Matt |title=Target Sues Gay Rights Group |publisher=Newser |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.minnpost.com/dailyglean/2011/03/25/26926/what_gov_tim_pawlenty_supported_sharia_law |title=What? Gov. Tim Pawlenty Supported Sharia Law? |last=Lambert |first=Brian |newspaper=MinnPost |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/targetbest-buy-gay-rights-boycott-tests-citizens-united-decision/ |title=Best Buy Gay Rights Boycott Tests Citizens United Decision |last=Christoper |first=Tommy |publisher=Mediate |date=29 July 2010 |access-date=March 31, 2011}}
2010

|Boycott BP

|BP

|Deepwater Horizon oil spill

|Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

|{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2010/05/26/news/companies/boycott_BP/index.htm |title=Facebook fans organize to boycott BP |last=Chernoff |first=Allan |work=CNN |date=26 May 2010 |access-date=2 November 2019}}

2011LGBT groupsChick-fil-AChick-fil-A's CEO's support of politicians who oppose same-sex marriageChick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy{{cite news |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Feb11/Art_Feb11_17.html |last=Arnold |first=Lori |title=Chick-fil-A target of gay rights' boycott |newspaper=Christian Examiner |date=February 2011 |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704085155/https://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Feb11/Art_Feb11_17.html |archive-date=4 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}
2011VariousFossil fuel industryGlobal warmingFossil fuel divestment
2012

|PETA

|Air France

|Shipping monkeys to laboratories for experimentation

|

|{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/20/jane-goodall-peter-gabriel-air-france-stop-monkeys-transport|title= Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeys |newspaper= The Guardian |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=2 November 2019}}

2013Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa and various othersChevron CorporationFailure to adequately clean up widespread oil pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon from its former Texaco operationsLago Agrio oil field[http://news.abs-cbn.com/global-filipino/world/09/17/13/ecuadors-correa-calls-chevron-boycott Ecuador's Correa calls for Chevron boycott, Agence France Presse, September 17, 2003 Retrieved 22 August 2017]

[http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/berkeley-resolution.pdf City of Berkeley, Peace and Justice Commission, Action Calendar, January 29, 2008, Retrieved 22 August 2017]

2013

|Survival International

|Botswana

|Eviction of indigenous San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

|Ancestral land conflict in Botswana

|{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/botswana/articles/Should-we-boycott-Botswana/ |title=Should we boycott Botswana? |date=1 November 2013 |access-date=2 November 2019}}

2013International Labor Rights ForumTheo ChocolateNot living up to "fair trade" label because of proven union busting{{Cite web|url=http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/15/are-theos-fair-trade-chocolates-unfair-to-seattle-workers|title=Are Theo's "Fair Trade" Chocolates Unfair to Seattle Workers?|first1=Goldy •|last1=Feb 15|first2=2013 at 10:53|last2=Am|website=The Stranger}}{{cite news |url=http://laborrights.org/freedom-at-work/resources/aiding-and-abetting-how-unaccountable-fair-trade-certifiers-are-destroying |title=Aiding and Abetting: How Unaccountable Fair Trade Certifiers Are Destroying Workers' Rights |access-date=12 August 2013}}
2013Palestinians living in the United StatesSyria, IranSyria and Iran's treatment of Palestinians{{cite web|url=http://english.pnn.ps/index.php/international/4526-palestinians-for-boycotting-syrian-iranian-goods|title=PNN|access-date=25 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725224801/http://english.pnn.ps/index.php/international/4526-palestinians-for-boycotting-syrian-iranian-goods|archive-date=25 July 2013|url-status=dead}}
2013UkrainiansRussian productsRussian embargoes and the Russo-Ukrainian WarDo not buy Russian goods!
2013-2014LGBT groupsRussia, Stolichnaya vodka, 2014 Winter OlympicsRussia's anti-LGBT policies{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/07/gay-bar-russian-vodka-boycott-faces-predictable-backlash/67760/|title=Russian Vodka Boycott in Gay Bars Faces Predictable Backlash|date=30 July 2013 |access-date=25 June 2016}}
2014Citizens of Washington, D.C.Tourism to Maryland's 1st congressional district, Eastern Shore of MarylandInterference in District of Columbia home ruleBoycott of Maryland's 1st congressional district
2014VariousNabiscoSwitching production of products from the United States to MexicoOreo boycott
2015

|Ethical Consumer

|Amazon

|Tax avoidance, poor treatment of workers, anti-competitive practices.

|Criticism of Amazon

|{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2015/aug/17/why-i-am-finally-going-to-boycott-amazon|title=Why I'm finally going to boycott Amazon|work=The Guardian|date=17 August 2015|access-date=2 November 2019}}

2016American Family AssociationTarget CorporationMixed sex bathrooms and changing areas{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/online-petition-for-target-boycott-gets-hundreds-of-thousands-of-signatures/|title=Online petition for Target boycott gets hundreds of thousands of signatures - Fox News|website=Fox News |date=26 April 2016|access-date=25 June 2016}}
2016VariousCorporations backing Donald TrumpPolicies and rhetoric of Donald TrumpGrabYourWallet{{cite web|url=https://grabyourwallet.org/What%20We're%20About.html|title=Grab Your Wallet|access-date=15 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208162232/https://grabyourwallet.org/What%20We're%20About.html|archive-date=8 February 2017|url-status=dead}}
2017

|Right-wing commentators and fans of Andy Signore

|Screen Junkies

|Defy Media firing him due to allegations of sexual harassment

|

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/andy-signore-popcorned-planet-youtube-depp-heard-twitter-rcna40940 |title=He was canceled during the #MeToo movement. Now, he's using YouTube to attack celebrity accusers. |last=Tenbarge |first=Kat |date=December 9, 2022 |website=NBC News}}

2018

|Various companies with ties to the NRA

|National Rifle Association of America

|Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

|2018 NRA boycott

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/02/23/boycottnra-enterprise-omaha-bank-end-gun-lobby-deals-as-boycott-movement-gains-steam/|title=#BoycottNRA: Hertz and Avis are the latest companies to cut ties with gun lobby as movement gains steam|last1=Barbash|first1=Fred|date=2018-02-23|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-02-25|last2=Bever|first2=Lindsey|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/business/nra-boycott.html|title=Companies Cut Ties to the N.R.A., but Find There Is No Neutral Ground|last1=Creswell|first1=Julie|date=2018-02-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-02-25|last2=Hsu|first2=Tiffany|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/nra-boycott-full-list-companies-have-cut-ties-gun-lobby-over-florida-shooting-819050|title=The full list of companies who have boycotted the NRA over the Florida shooting|date=2018-02-24|work=Newsweek|access-date=2018-02-25|language=en}}

2018

|Various companies with ties to The Ingraham Angle, and The Ingraham Angle itself.

|The Ingraham Angle

|Laura Ingraham attacking Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor David Hogg

|Boycott of The Ingraham Angle

|

2018

|Various companies with ties to Sinclair, and Sinclair itself.

|Sinclair Broadcast Group

|Conservative media bias of Sinclair; Sinclair mandating local news to attack certain news organizations

|Boycott of Sinclair Broadcasting Group

|

2018

|Various

|Nike, Inc.

|Featuring of Colin Kaepernick in its advertising campaign, who sparked controversy by kneeling in protest during the national anthem

| U.S. national anthem kneeling protests

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.instyle.com/news/nike-boycott-sneakers-why|title=This Is the Reason People Are Setting Their Nike Sneakers on Fire|work=instyle.com|date=2020-09-14}}

2019

|Right-wing commentators and fans of Vic Mignogna

|Crunchyroll, LLC and Rooster Teeth

|Severing of ties with Vic Mignogna following sexual harassment allegations

|

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/vic-mignogna-lawsuit-failed-fan-rage/ |title=The Vic Mignogna Lawsuit Failed, But Fan Rage Made It Worse |last=Gramuglia |first=Anthony |date=September 15, 2019 |website=Comic Book Resources}}

2019

|Various

|Turkey

|Turkish invasion of Rojava

|2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria

|{{Cite news|url=https://roarmag.org/2019/10/22/cultural-academic-boycott-turkey/|title=Call for cultural and academic boycott of Turkey|date=2019-10-22|work=Roar Magazine|access-date=2019-11-02|language=en}}

2019

|South Koreans

|Japan

|Japan–South Korea trade dispute

|2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3017263/south-koreans-call-boycott-japanese-cars-beer-and-cosmetics|title=South Koreans call for boycott of Japanese cars, beer and cosmetics as 'trade war' intensifies|date=4 July 2019|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=28 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.traveldailymedia.com/south-koreans-are-cancelling-their-japan-trip-amid-trade-war/|title=South Koreans are cancelling their Japan trip amid trade war|date=23 July 2019|website=Travel Daily Media}}

2020

|Indians

|China

|2020–2021 China–India skirmishes

|Boycott of China in India

|

2020

|Muslim world

|France (products)

|French response to the murder of Samuel Paty

|Murder of Samuel Paty

|{{Cite web|last=Caroline Alexander|first=Zainab Fattah|date=2020-10-27|title=Muslim world faces divide after Erdogan takes on France for its crackdown on radical Islam|url=https://theprint.in/world/muslim-world-faces-divide-after-erdogan-takes-on-france-for-its-crackdown-on-radical-islam/531449/|access-date=2020-10-27|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/europe/france-boycott-muslim-countries-macron-intl/index.html|title=Calls to boycott French products grow in Muslim world after Macron backs Mohammed cartoons|last1=Salem |first1=Mostafa |last2=Bairin |first2=Pierre |last3=Liakos |first3=Chris |last4=Schmidt |first4=Nadine |last5=Dean |first5=Sarah |date=October 27, 2020 |website=CNN}}

2021

|American conservatives

|The Walt Disney Company

|Disney's firing of Gina Carano from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian

|

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/ted-cruz-among-conservatives-blasting-disney-over-gina-carano-firing-4131928/|title=Ted Cruz Among Conservatives Blasting Disney Over Gina Carano Firing |last=Parker |first=Ryan |date=February 11, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2021/2/12/22280565/gina-carano-fired-star-wars-mandalorian-social-media-conservative|title=Mandalorian star Gina Carano has been fired. Conservatives are angry. |last=St. James |first=Emily |date=February 12, 2021 |website=Vox}}

2022

|Various multinational corporations

|Russia and Belarus

|Response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

|Boycott of Russia and Belarus

|

2022

|Romanians

|Austria

|Austrian veto on Romania's bid to join the Schengen Area.

|

|{{cite web |title=Romania's Mass Boycott against Austria after the Schengen Decision |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/217924/Romania%27s+Mass+Boycott+against+Austria+after+the+Schengen+Decision |website=Novinite |date=2022-12-09}}

2022

|Twitter users and advertisers

|Twitter (X)

|Increase of hate speech on Twitter, and Elon Musk's political activities

|Twitter under Elon Musk

|{{cite news |last1=Rosney |first1=Dan |title=Leaving X can be a tricky decision for brands |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx9e0y17wwo |access-date=12 February 2025 |publisher=BBC News |date=30 January 2025}}

2022 (accelerated in 2025)

| Tesla consumers

| Tesla

| Elon Musk's political activities, primarily the Department of Government Efficiency from 2025

| Tesla Takedown

| {{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Carlton |title=Elon Musk's Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-toxicity-could-spell-disaster-for-tesla/ |access-date=20 February 2025 |publisher=Wired |date=14 February 2025}}

2023

|American conservatives

|Project Veritas

|Project Veritas' removal of James O'Keefe.

|

|{{Cite web |title=Right-wing media figures stand behind James O'Keefe after Project Veritas ouster |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/james-okeefe/right-wing-media-figures-stand-behind-james-okeefe-after-project-veritas-ouster |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Media Matters for America |date=22 February 2023 |language=en-US}}

2023

|American conservatives

|Anheuser-Busch (specifically Bud Light)

|Bud Light's sponsorship of Dylan Mulvaney.

|Bud Light boycott

|{{Cite web |title=Bud Light partnership with trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney prompts conservative backlash |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-kid-rock-tiktok-backlash-travis-tritt/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=6 April 2023 |language=en-US}}

2023

|American conservatives

|Activision (Call of Duty)

|Call of Duty supporting Pride Month after removing a pack dedicated to Nickmercs.

|

|{{Cite web |title=Dr Disrespect Boycotts Call of Duty Following NICKMERCS Controversy |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dr-disrespect-boycotts-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-warzone-2-nickmercs-skin-controversy/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Gaming |date=9 June 2023 |language=en}}

2024Canadians, spearheaded by the subreddit r/loblawsisoutofcontrolLoblaws stores and its divisionsAccusations of greedflation amidst rising profits as grocery prices increase2024 Loblaw boycott{{cite news |title=Month-long boycott of Loblaw-owned grocery brands and stores begins |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-loblaw-boycott-petition-may/ |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=1 May 2024 |language=en-CA}}
2025

|Southeastern Europeans

|Major retail stores

|Inflation and high food prices

|2025 Southeast Europe retail boycotts

|{{Cite news |date=2025-01-24 |title=Croatians boycott shopping over high prices, causing sales to plunge |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/croatians-boycott-shopping-over-high-prices-causing-sales-to-plunge |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The Straits Times}}{{Cite news |date=2025-01-24 |title=Bojkot trgovina: Broj računa pao za 43, a promet manji za 50 posto |url=https://vijesti.hrt.hr/hrvatska/poceo-bojkot-trgovina-i-benzinskih-crpki-zbog-visokih-cijena-11976720 |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=Hrvatska radiotelevizija}}

2025

|Numerous people worldwide

|United States

|Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to annex territory (Canada and Denmark)

| 2025 United States boycott
(in Canada: 2025 Canadian boycott of the United States)

|{{cite news |last1=Yousif |first1=Nadine |last2=Ahmadi |first2=Ali Abbas |title=Bourbon is out, patriotism is in - How Canadians are facing Trump threats head on |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd92ynwne18o |access-date=8 March 2025 |publisher=BBC News |date=8 March 2025}}

2025

|The People's Union USA, and other organisations

|Various companies, including Amazon, Target and Walmart

|Reversal of diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the Department of Government Efficiency's actions in the United States federal government and corporate greed in general

| Economic Blackout

|{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Adria |title='Hit them where it hurts': Americans boycott corporations to protest anti-DEI policies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/economic-blackout-boycott-trump |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=28 February 2025}}

2025

|Nintendo consumers

|Nintendo (Nintendo Switch 2)

|Accusations of corporate greed and anti-consumerism after revealing the Nintendo Switch 2's price

|

|{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Saqib |title=Nintendo Switch 2 comes under fire as gamers call for boycott over high prices|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-gamers-boycott-console-high-price-b1220588.html |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=Evening Standard |date=3 April 2025}}

See also

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References

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