Oh, Boycott...

Send us Fan MailBoycotts! We don’t talk about them much anymore. Still, considering that the founding of our country technically started with American revolutionaries boycotting British goods, we think it’s important to discuss their history as well as where boycotts have worked and where they could work again. This is America and the one language we all speak is the dialect of the dollar. But, do boycotts actually hurt corporate revenue or is the potential or actual harm to a business’s reputation the tactic that moves the needle? All this and more with Jen & Carolyn this week.   https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/power-boycott?utm_https://fiveable.me/key-terms/hs-ethnic-studies/consumer-boycotts?utm_https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott?utm_https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott?utm_https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2023/12/22/do-boycotts-actually-work-examining-the-use-of-boycotts-to-drive-social-change/?utm_https://nypost.com/2024/08/31/business/how-anti-israel-protests-are-costing-companies-billions/?utm_Do Boycotts Work?: Institute for Policy Research - Northwestern UniversityMcDonald’s drops diversity initiatives after pressure from activistAnti-Trump Burnout: The Resistance Says It’s Exhausted - The New York TimesWhy protests work, even when not everybody likes them | Waging NonviolenceIn times of crisis we need more people power — mass trainings are the key | Waging NonviolenceFestinger, L. (1957). A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance. Stanford University PressWood, W., & Neal, D. T. (2009). The habitual consumer. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 19(4), 579-592.Leary, M. R., & Kowalski, R. M. (1990). Impression management: A literature review and two-component model. Psychological Bulletin, 107(1), 34-47.Protest Fatigue-The Outline, Moskovitz January 2018