You should be boycotting these companies already because they support extreme right politics by their ALEC membership:
- FedEx
- UPS
- Motorola
- Anheuser Busch
- American Express
- Bose
- Chevron
- Marlboro
- Sony
- Texaco
- Boeing (fly on Airbus instead, see how to boycott Boeing)
You should be boycotting Amazon for many reasons.
If you oppose private prisons, then you already boycott these banks:
- #BankOfAmerica (#BofA)
- #FifthThird
- #JPMorgan #Chase
- #PNC Bank
- #Suntrust
- #USBank (#USBancorp)
- #WellsFargo
Don’t think they are out of reach to Europe – many European small banks that you assume are ethical actually outsource their investments to JP Morgan. Also, BofA uses different branding outside the US.
If you like transparency with food labeling, then you endorse labeling of #GMO food, in which case you boycott companies that lobbied against GMO labeling. There are hundreds of companies that fucked us over, but these are the top ten financers of anti-labeling lobby:
- PepsiCo
- Nestlé
- General Mills
- Coca-Cola
- ConAgra
- Campbell Soup
- The Hershey Company
- J.M. Smucker
- Kellogg
- Mondelez
Some of those mushroom into many brands. See the attached infographic.
So… Basically, what you are saying is just don’t buy anything, ever?
Because it’s damn near impossible to avoid Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Mondelez and Kelloggs.
Great idea! /s
The only way to abstain from ALL of these is if you buy all the ingredients from the store and make it all yourself, especially if you want chocolate and such!
But for 99% of people, this is not a financially viable option.
Just don’t boycott US companies at this point, they are all entrenched in world markets.
So… Basically, what you are saying is just don’t buy anything, ever?
The less disciplined folks who still at least have enough constitution to boycott will patronize the lesser of evils. If you have a bit more self control, of course you can nix a whole category of whatever product.
Because it’s damn near impossible to avoid Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Mondelez and Kelloggs.
I have to say if you struggle to avoid those brands you have an underdeveloped discipline and self control. Or if your problem is merely tracking all the brands, it’s a memory or attention deficeit. There are knock-off brands for most of it – which are always substantially cheaper. If you cannot find a knock-off Twix or whatever you think you can’t live without, shoplift it. I’m happy to buy Nestlé and Mondelez products from shoplifters.
The only way to abstain from ALL of these is if you buy all the ingredients from the store and make it all yourself, especially if you want chocolate and such!
It’s easier to find knock-offs or shoplifters in some cases. But indeed making it yourself is a decent approach. Instead of buying General Mills pancake mix, buy flour, baking soda, VegEgg (or eggs), and baking powder instead. It’s not going to kill you to give up a minuscule bit of convenience and add 2 or 3 more ingredients. If you make your own salsa and ketchup, you’ll find that what you make is better tailored to your taste than the junk that they try to make for the avg pallet.
But for 99% of people, this is not a financially viable option.
99% of the time it’s the other way around. Buying knock-offs, shoplifting, or buying from shoplifters is far cheaper than a lifestyle of brand loyalty. These brands advertise the most and the products have the highest prices.
Nestle is Swiss tho’
Orkla (Norway) has several chocolate brands across Scandinavi, same with Fazer (Finland)
We don’t need to go into all of these details. Cutting off the obvious few (like ditching whatsapp for signal) will get you 90% of the way there. But it’s a lot of effort to get to 91%.
Screw that, your energy is better spent elsewhere. Do 90%.
It’s a progression for sure. But there is no reason to draw an arbitrary line and give up. If you always look for ways to advance your ethical lifestyle, you will continually be able to feel a sense of greater progress from the former you.
I even nix whole cities. Oh, this city is uncyclable? Fuck that city; I won’t live there – I’m done with cars and the whole fucking car industry.
You forgot the “now can you pretty please stop the boycot” at the end of your talk
It’s the same thing… Life in the USA is so comercialized, every possible interaction with the land or its people means paying money to American corporations
If you oppose technofeudalism and surveillance advertising, then you already boycott these tech giants:
- Cloudflare
- Microsoft
- Amazon
- Apple
The archive.org link to hundreds of GMA members is dead. Bizarre, considering archive.org should not be losing stuff. Looks like redirection shenanigans. Anyway, attaching an image here:
If you can’t do graphics here is the 1st half of the list:
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3M Company St. Paul, MN Associate-Allied
A.T. Kearney, Inc. Chicago, IL Associate-Partner
AB SCIEX Framingham, MA Associate-Allied
Abbott Nutrition Columbus, OH General
Accenture Chicago, IL Associate-Partner
ACH Food Companies, Inc. Cordova, TN General
Acosta Sales & Marketing Company Jacksonville, FL General
Advantage Sales and Marketing Irvine, CA General
Aimia Minneapolis, MN Associate-Partner
American Spoon Foods, Inc. Petoskey, MI General
AmeriQual Foods Evansville, IN General
Andros UK Limited Bishops Stortford, United Kingdom General
Aon Risk Solutions Kansas City, MO Associate-Partner
Ardagh Group Carnegie, PA Associate-Supplier
Aurora Organic Dairy Boulder, CO General
Azuma Foods International Inc., USA Hayward, CA General
B&G Foods, Inc. Parsippany, NJ General
Bain & Company Boston, MA Associate-Partner
Ball Corporation Broomfield, CO Associate-Supplier
Barilla America, Inc. Bannockburn, IL General
Basic American Foods, Inc. Walnut Creek, CA General
Bayer CropScience Research Triangle Park, NC Associate-Allied
BeaconUnited Montvale, NJ General
Bell-Carter Foods, Inc. Lafayette, CA General
Bellisio Foods Minneapolis, MN General
Bemis Company, Inc. Neenah, WI Associate-Partner
Beverage House, Inc. Cartersville, GA General
Big Island Candies, Inc. Hilo, HI General
Bimbo Bakeries USA Horsham, PA General
bioMerieux, Inc. Hazelwood, MO Associate-Allied
Blue Diamond Growers Sacramento, CA General
Booz & Company Chicago, IL Associate-Partner
The Boston Consulting Group Chicago, IL Associate-Partner
Bruce Foods Corporation St. Martinville, LA General
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC San Diego, CA General
Bunge North America, Inc. St. Louis, MO General
Burdette Beckmann, Inc. Hollywood, FL General
Burris Logistics Rocky Hill, CT Associate-Allied
Bush Brothers & Company Knoxville, TN General
C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. San Antonio, TX General
C.B. Powell Ltd. Mississauga, Ontario L4W 4Y6, Canada General
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Eden Prairie, MN Associate-Partner
California Natural Products Lathrop, CA General
Campbell Soup Company Camden, NJ General
Can Corporation of America Blandon, PA Associate-Partner
Capgemini Consulting Atlanta, GA Associate-Partner
Cargill, Inc. Wayzata, MN General
Carlton Fields, P.A. Tampa, FL Associate-Allied
Catalina St. Petersburg, FL Associate-Partner
CEO Search Partners LLC Chicago, IL Associate-Allied
CHEP Orlando, FL Associate-Partner
Chiquita/Fresh Express, Inc. Charlotte, NC General
Clabber Girl Corporation Terre Haute, IN General
Clement Pappas & Company, Inc. Carneys Point, NJ General
Clemmy’s LLC Rancho Mirage, CA General
The Clorox Company Oakland, CA General
The Coca-Cola Company Atlanta, GA General
Colgate-Palmolive Company Piscataway, NJ General
ConAgra Foods Omaha, NE General
Consorcio C�tricos Dominicanos, S.A. Villa Altagracia 1382, Dominican
Republic General
Continental Mills, Inc. Seattle, WA General
Covance Laboratories Madison, WI Associate-Allied
Creative Foodworks, Inc. San Antonio, TX General
CROSSMARK Plano, TX General
Crown Holdings, Inc. Philadelphia, PA Associate-Supplier
Cyba Stevens Management Group Calgary, AB, Canada General
D.D. Williamson & Co., Inc. Louisville, KY General
Daymon Worldwide, Inc. Stamford, CT Associate-Partner
Dean Foods Company Dallas, TX General
Decernis LLC Washington, DC Associate-Allied
Del Monte Foods San Francisco, CA General
DelGrosso Foods, Inc. Tipton, PA General
Deloitte Consulting LLP New York, NY Associate-Partner
Diamond Foods, Inc. San Francisco, CA General
Dole Packaged Foods Company Westlake Village, CA General
Dow AgroSciences Indianapolis, IN Associate-Supplier
DSC Logistics, Inc. Des Plaines, IL Associate-Allied
DSM Nutritional Products, LLC Parsippany, NJ Associate-Partner
dunnhumby USA Cincinnati, OH Associate-Partner
DuPont Fort Wayne, IN Supplier
Durrset Amigos, Ltd. San Antonio, TX General
E. & J. Gallo Winery Hayward, CA Affiliate
Ecolab USA, Inc. St. Paul, MN Associate-Partner
El Encanto Inc. Albuquerque, NM General
Elanco Greenfield, IN Associate-Partner
Energizer Holdings, Inc. St. Louis, MO General
ES3, LLC Keene, NH Associate-Allied
Eurofins Scientific, Inc. Des Moines, IA Associate-Allied
Exponent, Inc. Washington, DC Associate-Allied
EY Chicago, IL Associate-Partner
Faribault Foods, Inc. Minneapolis, MN General
Ferrero USA, Inc. Somerset, NJ General
Florida Products San Jose, Costa Rica General
Flowers Foods, Inc. Thomasville, GA General
Foster Clark Products Ltd. San Gwann SGN 3000, Malta General
Freight Handlers, Inc. Fuquay-Varina, NC Associate-Partner
Furmano Foods Northumberland, PA General
GE Charlottesville, VA Associate-Partner
GENCO Pittsburgh, PA Associate-Allied
General Mills, Inc. Golden Valley, MN General
Genpact International Danbury, CT Associate-Partner
Georgia-Pacific LLC Atlanta, GA General
Giorgio Foods, Inc. Temple, PA General
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. New York, NY General
Golden Specialty Foods, Inc. Norwalk, CA General
Gossner Foods, Inc. Logan, UT General
Goya de Puerto Rico, Inc. Bayamon, PR General
Goya Foods Great Lakes Angola, NY General
Grandma Brown’s Beans, Inc. Mexico, NY General
Grant Thornton LLP Chicago, IL Associate-Partner
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Waterbury, VT General
Hanover Foods Corporation Hanover, PA General
Harlow-HRK Sales & Marketing, Inc. Springdale, OH General
H.J. Heinz Company Pittsburgh, PA General
The Hershey Company Hershey, PA General
Hewlett-Packard Company Plano, TX Associate-Allied
The Hillshire Brands Company Chicago, IL General
Hirzel Canning Company Toledo, OH General
Hoopeston Foods, Inc. Burnsville, MN General
Hormel Foods Corporation Austin, MN General
House-Autry Mills, Inc. Four Oaks, NC General
HRCP, a wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey & Co. Southlake, TX
Associate-Partner
Hunt Executive Search, Inc. New York, NY Associate-Partner
Hussmann Corporation Piscataway, NJ Associate-Allied
icix, North America South San Francisco, CA Associate-Allied
Idahoan Foods, LLC Idaho Falls, ID General
Infor Alpharetta, GA Associate-Allied
Inmar Winston-Salem, NC Associate-Partner
The Integer Group LLC Lakewood, CO Associate-Allied
Intermec Technologies Corporation Everett, WA Associate-Allied
Inventure Foods, Inc. Phoenix, AZ General
IRI Chicago, IL Associate-Partner
The J. M. Smucker Company Orrville, OH General
Jasper Products, LLC Joplin, MO General
JBT FoodTech Madera, CA Associate-Supplier
JDA Software, Inc. Scottsdale, AZ Associate-Partner
JOH Billerica, MA General
Johnson Foods, Inc. Sunnyside, WA General
Jones-Hamilton Company Walbridge, OH Associate-Supplier
Jyoti Natural Foods Sharon Hill, PA General
Kagome, Inc. Los Banos, CA General
Kane Is Able, Inc. Scranton, PA Associate-Allied
Kellogg Company Battle Creek, MI General
Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Beloit, WI General
Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Walworth, WI General
Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. Peach Glen, PA General
KPMG LLP Montvale, NJ Associate-Partner
Kraft Foods Group Northfield, IL General
Lakeside Foods, Inc. Manitowoc, WI General
Land O’Lakes, Inc. Arden Hills, MN General
Lang Pharma Nutrition, Inc. Newport, RI General
LDS Church – Welfare Services Salt Lake City, UT General
LLamasoft, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI Associate-Allied
Lowenstein Sandler PC Roseland, NJ Associate-Allied
Marakon, a CRA Company Chicago, IL Associate-Allied
Mariani Packing Company, Inc. Vacaville, CA General
Mars, Incorporated McLean, VA General
Martek Biosciences Corporation Columbia, MD Associate-Allied
McCain Foods USA, Inc. Lisle, IL General
McCormick & Company, Inc. Sparks, MD General => https://web.archive.org/web/20201126223317/https://www.mccormickcorporation.com/responsibility/corporate-governance/political-activity/political-contributions-2019
McDonald’s Corporation Oak Brook, IL Affiliate
McIlhenny Company Avery Island, LA General
McKinsey & Company, Inc. New York, NY Associate-Partner
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company Evansville, IN General
MeadWestvaco Corporation Richmond, VA Associate-Partner
M�rieux NutriSciences Chicago, IL Associate-Allied
Merisant Company Chicago, IL General
Michael Foods, Inc. Minnetonka, MN General
MOM Brands Lakeville, MN General
Mondelez International, Inc. Deerfield, IL General
Monsanto Company St. Louis, MO Supplier
Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. Watsonville, CA General
Moody Dunbar, Inc. Johnson City, TN General
Morgan Foods, Inc. Austin, IN General
Morton Salt Chicago, IL General
Mosaic Sales Solutions Irving, TX General
Musco Family Olive Co. Tracy, CA General
The Mushroom Company Cambridge, MD General
Nampak Ltd. Cape Town, South Africa General
The National Food Laboratory Livermore, CA Associate-Allied
National Fruit Product Company, Inc. Winchester, VA General
Nestl� USA, Inc. Glendale, CA General
Niagara Bottling, LLC Ontario, CA General
Nielsen Schaumburg, IL Associate-Partner
Nu-Tek Food Science Minnetonka, MN General
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Lakeville-Middleboro, MA General
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Thomasville, NC Associate-Allied
Oracle USA, Inc. Redwood City, CA Associate-Partner
Oregon Fruit Products Company Salem, OR General
Owens-Illinois, Inc. Perrysburg, OH General
Oy Transmeri Ab 02630 EESPOO, Finland GeneralThe remaining:
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Paradise Tomato Kitchens, Inc. Louisville, KY General
PBM Products, LLC dba Perrigo Nutritionals Gordonsville, VA General
PECO Pallet, Inc. Irvington, NY Associate-Partner
PepsiCo, Inc. Purchase, NY General
Peravia Industrial S.A. Bani, Prov. Peravia, Dominican Republic General
The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley, LLC Napa, CA General
Pfizer Nutrition Madison, NJ General
Pharmavite LLC Northridge, CA General
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC Parsippany, NJ General
Post Foods, LLC Brentwood, MO General
POWER Engineers, Inc. Hailey, ID Associate-Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, NY Associate-Partner
The Procter & Gamble Company Cincinnati, OH General
Procurian King of Prussia, PA Associate-Partner
QAD Inc. Santa Barbara, CA Associate-Partner
Ralston Foods, Inc. St. Louis, MO General
Reckitt Benckiser Inc. Parsippany, NJ General
Rehrig Pacific Company Dallas, TX Associate-Partner
Reily Foods Company New Orleans, LA General
Resource Columbus, OH Associate-Allied
Retail Solutions, Inc. Mountain View, CA Associate-Partner
Rich Products Corporation Buffalo, NY General
River Run Foods Northumberland, PA General
Robert Rothschild Farm, LLC Urbana, OH General
Rockwell Automation, Inc. Austin, TX Associate-Allied
Roka Bioscience, Inc. Warren, NJ Associate-Allied
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Troy, MI Associate-Partner
Ruiz Foods, Inc. Dinuba, CA General
RW3 Incorporated Alamo, CA Associate-Partner
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Racine, WI General
Safeway Inc. Pleasanton, CA Retailer-Manufacturer
SAI Global Toronto, ON, Canada Associate-Allied
salesforce.com San Francisco, CA Associate-Partner
SAP Americas Newtown Square, PA Associate-Partner
Saticoy Foods Corporation Ventura, CA General
Schawk, Inc. Des Plaines, IL Associate-Partner
Seafood Products Association Seattle, WA Associate-Allied
Sealed Air Corporation Elmwood Park, NJ Associate-Partner
SellEthics Marketing Group, Inc. Matthews, NC General
Shearer’s Foods, Inc. Massillon, OH General
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Kansas City, MO Associate-Allied
Siemens AG Milford, OH Associate-Partner
Signature Brands, LLC Ocala, FL General
Silgan Containers Corporation Woodland Hills, CA Associate-Supplier
Smithfield Foods, Inc. Smithfield, VA General
Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. Charlotte, NC General
Sonoco Products Company Hartsville, SC Associate-Partner
Southern Classic Food Group Brundidge, AL General
Starbucks Coffee Company Seattle, WA Retailer-Manufacturer
Stericycle ExpertRECALL Indianapolis, IN Associate-Partner
Strategic Solutions, Inc. Walnut Creek, CA Associate-Partner
The Sun Products Corporation Wilton, CT General
Sun-Maid Growers of California Kingsburg, CA General
Suncore Products, LLC Denver, CO General
Sunny Delight Beverages Company Cincinnati, OH General
Syngenta Corporation Greensboro, NC Associate-Partner
Target Corporation Minneapolis, MN Retailer-Manufacturer
Tasty Baking Company Philadelphia, PA General
Tata Consultancy Services New York, NY Associate-Partner
TelerX Marketing, Inc. Horsham, PA Associate-Partner
Teradata Corporation Miamisburg, OH Associate-Partner
Terra Technology Norwalk, CT Associate-Partner
Tetra Pak, Inc. Vernon Hills, IL Associate-Supplier
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville, TX General
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Waltham, MA Associate-Allied
Thomas, Large & Singer Inc. Markham, ON, Canada General
Tip Top Canning Company Tipp City, OH General
Tree Top, Inc. Selah, WA General
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Oakbrook, IL General
Two Chefs on a Roll, Inc. Carson, CA General
U.S. Bank - Food Industries Division Denver, CO Associate-Partner
The United States Pharmacopeial Convention Rockville, MD
Associate-Allied
Unilever Englewood Cliffs, NJ General
Unilever (Alberto Culver) Melrose Park, IL General
University of Phoenix Tempe, AZ Associate-Partner
Vanee Foods Company Berkeley, IL General
VWR International LLC Radnor, PA Associate-Allied
Waste Management, Inc. Houston, TX Associate-Partner
Waters Corporation Millford, MA Associate-Allied
Welch Foods, Inc. Concord, MA General
WhiteWave Foods Company Denver, CO General
Wipro Technologies Bangalore, India Associate-Partner
Wm Bolthouse Farms Bakersfield, CA General
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Chicago, IL GeneralMy list is a few years old but I don’t imagine GMA membership changes much.
It’s already nearly unsurmountable to boycott just the shitty detrimental corporations. I mean, how many people can boycott Microsoft? That means not emailing your government because chances are they use MS Outlook mail servers. As someone who boycotts all these companies and many more (Procter and Gamble, Unilever, etc), it’s a lifestyle change. Half the items in a European grocery store are from the US.
The only relatively non-evil corp from the US I can think of is Starbucks. I wouldn’t fixate on that. Focus on the shitty corps and it’s already more than most people can handle.
I’ve found that not many food items in my local shops are american, most of them are in fact European already. Especially if you buy the low price brands/the stores own brands. It’s very simple and affordable to deal with. However, the switch to linux instead of windows, has been proven to be more difficult for me. I haven’t done it yet. I have flashed the drive and tested, but not committed. This is, however, something I really want to do. Due to ethical reasons. However, I’m finding the discussion to move more business to Europe encouraging. To have european alternatives to credit cards and so forth. It is good that Europe is finally taking action. We do need to have the discussion about electricity and oil and gas though. If we choose to switch over to more EV’s we will need to produce more electricity, quickly. There are fast and easy green ways to do this. And we need to push for this. Boycotting little ol’ companies is a fart in the ocean of what we actually import. So I’d say, take it with a grain of salt. Do what you can. But have the real discussions. We are boycotting to send a message. But eventually we will have to think about the real issues, just like Europe should’ve done many years ago.
Don’t get distracted.
Why tf do you think Starbucks is a “non-evil” corporation?
Because it’s relative when boycotting. Why did you omit relative from your quote? Their competitor is Nestlé. Nestlé uses child slave labor, fights GMO-labeling, argues that water access is not a human right, among copious other shit, while the biggest dirt on Starbucks is tax avoidance in the Netherlands and serving milk from GMO-fed cows. Starbucks is one of the most ethical corporations of its size in the US.
Technically Nestlé is Swiss but nonetheless they are one of the worst, up there with Bayer-Monsanto and DuPont.
And exploiting workers, interfering in unionization, selling trash products, and much much more. Starbucks is definitely not better than all the others. In fact, all of big corp is evil.
exploiting workers
Bit vague. I’ve heard nothing significant along those lines.
interfering in unionization
Maybe some one-offs, but if that’s something you care much about, focus on ALEC members. Starbucks never was an ALEC member but most large corps in the US were at one point. ALEC is a centralised heavy hitter in union busting. It is the anti-union machinery in the US that any corporation against unions joins. It’s the main reason FedEx and UPS joined ALEC.
selling trash products
It’s overpriced for what you get, which is why I don’t buy from Starbucks. Not as a boycott but that’s just the market working like normal. If you get bad value for the money, you walk. If we were talking about goods that you don’t consume in 10 minutes, sure I boycott shit like designed obsolescence.
and much much more
Why not list it? It’s better to list it because you have a better chance of getting support for the boycott.
I searched my files and found some more dirt on Starbucks I didn’t know about:
- Israel – if you boycott Israel, then you boycott Starbucks
- GMA (GMO labeling opponent)
- Facebook – was the 12th biggest Facebook advertiser in 2012 or 2013
- child slave labor (chocolate)
- CEI (climate denial propaganda)
- data breaches (97,000 records exfiltrated)
- deforestation / palm oil
I think its a bit silly to think of a boycott in terms of things other people use. So don’t run exchange for you private mail server and sure you can petition your government not to use microsoft but you are not falling to boycott microsoft because document you made in libre office and attached to an email you sent on your linux mahine was recieved by an exchange server.
you are not falling to boycott microsoft because document you made in libre office and attached to an email you sent on your linux mahine was recieved by an exchange server.
Of course it’s a failure to boycott. Every time you send email to a Microsoft recipient, you feed profitable data to the MS ad surveillance machine. You also open the door to give the recipient an email address so when they reply you effectively facilitate more food to MS to the extent that you have no control over. And worse, you also signal to the recipient that their email setup works… that it serves them and rewards their choice.
If you boycott MS effectively, then you use snail mail (absent other channels). You feed nothing to MS and block your recipient from using you to feed MS more. You also give badly needed help to the postal service. Look what happened to Denmark. They lost the option to boycott MS. Those people will soon be entirely disempowered, forced to support whatever tech giant naive recipients choose.
Microsoft loves it that you think you can simply avoid running some of their binary code and work under the illusion that you are not supporting MS.