#bds lists it as a pressure point

[ot4riida3]

PIRATE PERCY JACKSON!!!!!!!!!

boycott disney!!! cancel your disney+ subscription!!!! disney gave $2,000,000,000 to israel. disney is one of the 3 biggest boycott targets. rick riordan has also used his platform to make a VERY dangerous “neutral” statement on the palestinian genocide. disney is banking on this show bring in massive money. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY. i don’t want to see anyone who says free palestine continuing to legally watch this show.

i’ve been waiting for this show since i was in middle school. pjo has been a major hyperfixation and one of my special interests for years. i adore it so much. and as much as i love the actors, i will no longer be promoting the show in any way. i don’t want anything to encourage people to give disney money. peoples lives and freedom are obviously far more important than a tv show.

[magz]

Note: If aren't going to participate in Pro-Palestine action, do not mention it!

For accountability:

This is how Magz plans support Palestine during Global Strike January 21 to 28.

Am going to put more Palestine posts in queue, with more focus.

Am going to not spend on anything during week, nor go out (rare anyway).

Am going to not publicly post our arts and promos (of art freelance work).

Am going to read and learn more on Palestine - as there still more can learn.

Am going to be even more visibly pro-Palestinian.

Am going to continue keeping up with what's happening in Gaza.

Am going to continue boycotting products and services on BDS' Boycott List, including not giving free social media promo and good impressions.

Am going to try learn Palestinian Arabic.

Am going to describe, transcribe, and alt text posts on Palestine when possible - to make it more accessible (Am Multiply Disabled).

Am going to share ways to help.

One of shorter checklist options:

Longer checklists:

But really just do *anything* that support and raise awareness *more*, learn, or contribute. Whatever can manage do n able sustain.

If wasn't able to prepare in time, can still participate for rest of week. Is not "all or nothing", don't have to give up. Keep Palestine in your thoughts and actions !

Some links:

https://samidoun.net/2023/12/calendar-of-resistance-for-palestine-2024/

Popular Palestine Accounts:

https://www.instagram.com/motaz_azaiza/

https://www.instagram.com/wizard_bisan1/

https://www.instagram.com/everydaypalestine/

https://www.instagram.com/letstalkpalestine/

(Has graphic footage) https://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine/

Some Useful Posts:

Hussyknee's Palestine Masterpost

PaliPunk's Palestine MasterList

SulfurCosmos' "Palestinian Owned Companies" List (for later)

Paradox_Punch's "Pro-Palestine Brands" Twitter Thread (for later)

SulfurCosmos' "Preserving Gaza's Universities"

LoveLetter2You's Learn Palestinian Arabic Masterpost

How To Archive For Palestine

(rest of Magz's #palestine tag)

(#AltTextPalestine on Twitter)

[stuckinapril]

wanted to point out that some of the brands that have been making the rounds as brands to boycott are not even mentioned on the BDS's list of companies to put pressure on. for example, although Starbucks is problematic and it's not wrong to boycott them, people have been exclusively going against Starbucks as if it's the only company that supplies Israel with money and weapons--and it's literally not even on the official BDS list. and when people do share BDS lists, they tend to mention far too many companies. this goes against the BDS movement of targeting only a specific handful at a time.

here are some companies the average consumer can boycott easily, taken directly from the BDS website (refer to the link for the full list):

mcdonalds

google and amazon (to clarify, the bds lists these as pressure targets—boycotting if reasonable alternatives exist, but putting pressure on them while continuing to use them is also acceptable)

sodastream

airbnb/booking/expedia (listed as pressure targets, but also reasonable boycotts)

burger king

papa john's

pizza hut

PUMA

boycott produce from israel

note that the bds lists collective boycotting as the most effective method of boycotting. although it encourages individual boycotting as well, it predominantly advises that you find local boycotts in your city. if you’re unable to do that, at least you have a list of feasible brands not to purchase from in the future. ethical consumerism is important, especially where genocide is involved.

[what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew]

BOYCOTTING FOR PALESTINE

The Official BDS Boycott Targets

Campaigns

Block the boat: End maritime arms transfer to Israel

Ban Apartheid Israel from Sports (FIFA, Olympics)

CAF get off Israel's train: Boycott CAF

Greenwashing Apartheid

Israeli Spyware

Military Embargo

Farming Injustice

Consumer Boycotts - a complete boycott of these brands

Cisco

Axa

Puma

Carrefour

HP

Siemens

Chevron

Intel

Caltex

Israeli produce

Re/max

Ahava

Texaco

Sodastream

Intel

Organic Boycott Targets - boycotts not initiated by BDS but still complete boycott of these brands

Disney

Macdonald's

Dominos

Papa Johns

Burger King

Pizza Hut

Wix

Divestments and exclusion - pressure governments, institutions, investment funds, city councils, etc. to exclude from procurement contracts and investments and to divest from these

Elbit Systems

CAF

Volvo

CAT

Barclays

JCB

HD Hyundai

TKH Security

HikVision

Pressure - boycotts when reasonable alternatives exist, as well as lobbying, peaceful disruptions, and social media pressure.

Google

Amazon

AirBnb

Booking.Com

Expedia

Teva

Here are some companies that strongly support Israel (but are not Boycott targets). There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and boycotting is a political strategy - not a moral one. If you did try to boycott every supporter of Israel you would struggle to survive because every major company supports Israel (as a result of attempting to keep the US economy afloat), that being said, the ones that are being boycotted by masses and not already on the organic boycott list are coloured red.

5 Star Chocolate

7Days

7Up

Apple

Arsenal FC

ALDO

Arket

Axe

Accenture

Ariel

Adidas

ActionIQ

Aquafina

Amika

AccuWeather

Activia

Adobe

Aesop

Azrieli Group

American Eagle

Amway Corp

Axel Springer

American Airlines

American Express

Atlassian

AdeS

Aquarius

Ayataka

Audi

Barqs

Bain & Company

Bayer

Bank Leumi

Bank Hapoalim

BCG (Boston Consulting Group)

Biotherm

Bershka

Bloomberg

BMW

Boeing

Booz Allen Hamilton

Burberry

Bath & Body Works

Bosch

Bristol Myers Squibb

Capri Holdings

Costa

Carita Paris

CareTrust REIT

Caterpillar

Coach

Cappy

Caudalie

CeraVe

Check Point Software Technologies

Cerelac

Chanel

Chapman and Cutler

Channel

Cheerios

Cheetos

Chevron

Chips Ahoy!

Christina Aguilera

Citi Bank

Codral

Cosco

Canada Dry

Citi

Clal Insurance Enterprises

Clean & Clear

Clearblue

Clinique

Champion

Club Social

Coca Cola

Coffee Mate

Colgate

Comcast

Compass

Caesars

Conde Nast

Cooley LLP

Costco

Côte d’Or

Crest

CV Starr

CyberArk Software

Cytokinetics

Crayola

Cra Z Art

Daimler

Dr Pepper

Del Valle

Daim

Doctor Pepper

Dasani

Doritos

Daz

Dior

Dell

Deloitte

Delta Air Lines

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Telekom

DHL Group

David Off

Disney

DLA Piper

Domestos

Domino’s

Douglas Elliman

Downy

Duane Morris LLP

Dreft Baby Detergent & Laundry Products

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

eBay

Edelman

Eli Lilly

Evian

Empyrean

Ericsson

Endeavor

EPAM Systems

Estee Lauder

Elbit Systems

EY

Forbes

Facebook

Fairlife

Fanta

First International Bank of Israel

Fiverr

Funyuns

Fuze

Fox News

Fritos

Fox Corp

Gatorade

Gamida Cell

GE

Glamglow

General Catalyst

General Motors

Georgia

Gold Peak

Genesys

Goldman Sachs

Grandma’s Cookies

Garnier

Guess

Greenberg Traurig

Guerlain

Givenchy

H&M

Hadiklaim

Huggies

Hanes

HSBC

Head & Shoulders

Hersheys

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hewlett Packard

Hasbro

Hyundai

Henkel

Harel Insurance Investment & Financial Services

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HubSpot

Huntsman Corp

IBM

Innocent

Insight Partners

Inditex Group

IT Cosmetics

Instacart

Intermedia

Interpublic Group

Instagram

ICL Group

Intuit

Jazwares

Jefferies

John Lewis

JP Morgan Chase

Jaguar

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan

Kenon Holdings

Kate Spade

Kirks’

Kinley Water

KKR

KFC

KKW Cosmetics

Kurkure

Keebler

Kolynos

Kaufland

Kevita

Knorr

KPMG

Lemonade

Lidl

Loblaws

Levi Strauss

Louis Vuitton

Life Water

Levi’s

Levi’s Strauss

LinkedIn

Land Rover

L’Oréal

Lego

Levissima

Live Nation Entertainment

Lufthansa

La Roche-Posay

Lipton

Major League Baseball

Manpower Group

Marriott

Marsh McLennan

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Mastercard

Mattel

Minute Maid

Monster

Monki

Mainz FC

Mellow Yellow

Mountain Dew

Migdal Insurance

Marks & Spencer

Mirinda

McDermott Will & Emery

Motorola

McKinsey

Merck

Michael Kors

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank

Merck KGaA

Micheal Kors

Milkybar

Maybelline

Mount Franklin

Meta

MeUndies

Mattle

Microsoft

Munchies

Miranda

Morgan Lewis

Moroccanoil

Morgan Stanley

MRC

Nasdaq

Naughty Dog

Nivea

Next

NOS

Nabisco

Nutter Butter

No Frills

National Basketball Association

National Geographic

Nintendo

New Balance

Nutella

Newtons

NVIDIA

Netflix

Nescafe

Nestle

Nesquick

Nike

Nussbeisser

Oreo

Oral B

Old spice

Oysho

Omeprazole

Oceanspray

Opodo

P&G (Procter and Gamble)

Pampers

Pull & Bear

Pepsi

Pfizer

Popeyes

Parker Pens

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Pizza Hut

Powerade

Purina

Phoenix Holdings

Propel

Ponds

Pure Leaf Green Tea

Power Action Wipes

PwC

Prada

Perry Ellis

Prada Eyewear

Pringles

Payoneer

Procter & Gamble

Purelife

Pureology

Quaker Oats

Reddit

Royal Bank of Canada

Ruffles

Revlon

Ralph Lauren

Ritz

Rolls Royce

Royal

S.Pellegrino

Sabra Hummus

Sabre

Sony

SAP

Simply

Smart Water

Sprite

Schwabe

Shell

Soda Stream

Siemens

StreamElements

Schweppes

Sunsilk

Signal

Skittles

Smart Food

Sobe

Smarties

Sephora

Sam’s Club

Superbus

Samsung

Sodastream

Sunkist

Scotiabank

Sour Patch Kids

Starbucks

Sadaf

Stride

Subway

Tang

Tate’s Bake Shop

The Body Shop

Tesco

Twitch

The Ordinary

Tim Hortons

Tostitos

Timberland

Topo Chico

Tapestry

Tropicana

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries

Turbos

Tom Ford

Taco Bell

Triscuit

TUC

Twix

Tottenham Hotspurs

Twisties

Tripadvisor

Uber

Uber Eats

Urban Decay

Upfield

Unilever

Vicks

Victoria’s Secret

V8

Vaseline

Vitaminwater

Volkswagen

Volvo

Walmart

Wegmans

WhatsApp

Waitrose

Woolworths

Wheat Thins

Walkers

Warner Brothers

Warner Chilcot

Warner Music

Wells Fargo

Winston & Strawn

WingStreet

Wissotzky Tea

WWE

Wheel Washing Powder

Wrigley Company

YouTube

Yvel

Yum Brands

Ziyad

Zara

Zim Shipping

Ziff Davis

[unsolicited-opinions]

In April of 2024, Luai Ahmed asked an interesting question on Twitter.

You protested and turned the world upside down when 30,000+ Palestinians died in the past 7 months. But remained completely silent when:

400,000 Yemenis were killed

500,000+ Sudanese were killed

500,000+ Somalis were killed

5,400,000+ Congolese were killed

etc.

Why?

If this question was put to #jumblr, I'd expect to see a large number of people saying things like "No Jews, no news," and I suspect that's the point Ahmed was hoping to make.

As an exercise in intellectual honesty, I'd like to take this question at face value (AuDHD here) and attempt to answer it.

For the purposes of this post, I'm going to assume Ahmed was asking this question of US campus protesters advocating for BDS policies towards Israel:

To the extent the US is involved in the wars listed in Ahmed's post, the US is, from the majority perspective, aligned with the "good guys."

The only thing the US could really withdraw from Yemen, Somalia, Congo, and Sudan is humanitarian aid and limited protection from religious extremists. Other than isolationists and nationalists, very few Americans support withdrawing aid to refugees in those countries.

For example, the US is not aligned with the armed Houthi aggressors in the Yemeni civil war and does not financially support them. Their slogan is:

God is the Greatest

Death to America

Death to Israel

A Curse Upon the Jews

Victory to Islam

The US is the largest contributor of humanitarian aid in Yemen. There is little, if any, university involvement in the conflict in Yemen. Any increased support for the Saudi Arabia-backed Yemeni government is fraught.

The US is aligned with AMISOM and the UN in Somalia to provide humanitarian aid to civilians and refugees with over a billion dollars aimed at flood, drought, and famine relief. The US has also made many targeted air strikes against groups like of al-Shabaab, Islamic State and the remnants of Al Qaeda. (Unfortunately, these airstrikes have reportedly resulted in at least 21 non-combatant civilian deaths and 11 injuries.)

The US is the largest source of humanitarian aid in Sudan and funds 80% of the World Food Program. It supports neither side in the war and has undertaken specific measures to promote accountability for the actions committed by the two forces, including imposing visa restrictions and levying economic sanctions against leadership. There is nothing which divestment would accomplish other than hastening starvation and depriving people of shelter and medical aid.

In Congo…that’s a mind-boggling catastrophic miscarriage of colonialism and the Cold War the dimensions of which no one can distill into a slogan or policy position. There is probably nothing and no faction in the Congolese war that protests in the US directed at universities or government entities could effectively support or pressure. What would student protestors be calling for the US to do?

So it makes sense to me why US activists would get involved the conflict between Israel and Hamas, but not these other conflicts.

I appreciate Ahmed's determination to fight antisemitism, but I don't think he's making a particularly good point here.

I object to protestors using falsehoods, disinformation, ignorance, Jewish cosplay, or antisemitic tropes in their protesting - but I don't think their protests are fundamentally illegitimate. They might be wrong, they might be foolish, but not in the way Ahmed seems to suggest.

[twopoppies]

not that i can afford pleasing but disney is literally on the boycott list /

I'd imagine it doesn't make much difference to this anon's broader point (Disney is an unethical company and so a poor choice to collaborate with), but to be clear: Disney is NOT on the boycott list. As far as I can tell, Disney remains on the pressure list from BDS, not the boycott list. The BDS movement makes strategic choices about which type of action is most effective against which targets and they've put out a number of resources about how overexpansive boycott creep can actually harm their collective goal.

Ah. Thank you for the extra information. I’m really behind on this stuff.

[fairuzfan]

Hi! Just wrote out a message and it didn’t send so this isn’t as concise the second time writing lol

So I read the post where you said companies participating in boycotts were working towards making a difference/impact on the current situation by putting pressure on Israel. You mentioned ben and jerrys specifically and I ended up looking it up and saw they cut ties with providing services or their products to “occupied Palestinian territory” (they got the term from the UN).

My question is, is this actually making an impact? I have a bit of trouble with reading comprehension sometimes so I wanted to make sure I was reading the post correctly!

(I’m a Vermonter and pay pretty close attention to what they do as a company. They’re really vocal around here about civil rights and human rights etc and I’m always curious to see if they’re living up to their talking points. They have a black power mural on the windows of their main location in my city. haven’t been down there in a while so it could be gone but I always thought it was cool that they are so vocal about rights issues)

Hey thanks for sending this in, no worries! I saw a few people confused as well in the notes of that post.

I remember the Ben and Jerry's campaign — a couple years ago there was a BDS campaign against them because they had a factory/distributed sales in occupied territories. This means that this is internationally agreed as Palestinian land, but Israel still builds settlements on it. Part of the focuses of BDS is to target companies on settlements, especially with the hopes that, at the very least, they will remove them, cutting the income from settlements. When companies build on settlements, more Israelis are enticed to move there to work, thereby speeding up the displacement. It won't affect the Palestinians as much because these companies on settlements are not "Palestinian," they are "Israeli," and they directly only benefit Israeli citizens.

So it has a twofold affect: 1) it stops encouraging Israelis from moving onto stolen land and 2) it prevents Israel from profiting off of their settlement.

Ben and Jerry's is no longer on the BDS list — they have agreed not to operate within settlements and only operate within Israel's "legal" borders.

So it does make an impact! It might be a bit slow at first but every company makes a difference in this case. BDS is targeted based on what the highest level of success will be (like what happened with Ben and Jerry's) and if the company commits particularly heinous crimes against Palestinians (like how HP aids the surveillance tech of Israel to spy on Palestinians) and therefore need to immediately divest. In the case of HP, the goal is to disarm the surveillance system.

It would be neigh impossible to focus on every single company that has relationships with Israel — so we want to focus on the few that will make the most direct impact rather than the many that might be difficult to find replacements for.

This is a very quick and dirty overview but this is generally how the boycott works. I would suggest checking out bdsmovement.net for more info honestly! The founder also wrote a book about it.

[goblin-thembo]

I've seen several long lists of brands to boycott to support Palestine. So, if you can avoid brands on those lists, go for it.

But I can not emphasize enough how the most important ones to boycott are the ones stated by the Palestinian BDS National Committee, who is a leader in the Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights.

The entire point of boycotts is that its very focused, and when there are long lists of brands, that focus is scattered and ends up being less effective.

They have an infographic on their instagram that goes into a bit more detail on this, too.

Here's their website:

https://bdsmovement.net/

And their instagram is: @bdsnationalcommittee

[tuesdayinthedas]

Honestly did not know there was a requested day of action/media black out for the 2nd of March.

To help I have collected some resources in this post. This one is going to be Australia focused but applicable to other countries (at least some actions)

Join me and my work colleagues to pressure Australian Universities to cut ties with Israel and demand a permanent ceasefire. Sign the petition here we need 1000 signatures and its open to everyone

Keep up to date with Australian Palestine Advocacy Network. APAN lists events coming up for each state

If you are in South Australia follow Australian Friends of Palestine Association on instagram for latest boycotts and protests

Sign the petition to reinstate funding to UNRWA (takes less than 2 minutes) Australian only

Make sure you boycott companies on the BDS website. They have Australia relevant boycotts too

Email and Call up Senator Penny Wongs and the Prime Ministers office! Write down key points: Your name, where you’re from, how you are concerned and upset about the genocide in Palestine, demand that Australia do more to prevent further death, over 80% of Australians want a ceasefire. Currently we demanding that Australia reinstate UNRWA funding and we stop supplying arms to Israel. If calling stresses you out do it out of office hours and leave a message.

Contact local MPs and councils and demand they pass a ceasefire motion.

Donate eSIMs (extremely easy to do! Ive hit link limit google gazaesims) and donate to humanitarian organisations (image below)

[petitprincess1]

Does Amazon even need to be boycotted? On the BDS list they're listed as a pressure target, not a boycott target, Disney also. What dos being a pressure target even mean?

Apparently, this is what pressure targets mean. So, yeah, it doesn't mean you should boycott these things cause, yeah, there isn't a point. Although, I say dont pirate Hazbin just bc Vivzie doesn't deserve to have a low viewership just bc of fucking Bezos.

Honestly, I dont feel like anyone should be judged for not boycotting or like still enjoying certain products/streaming services. You can still boycott or donate in other ways, but no one should be blamed for the actions of a large corporation. What you buy does not define who you are.

I've always said this. If you don't agree, I'm not going to argue. I see your pov, I really do. I just dont think minimum wage workers (some less than that like waiters/waitresses) deserve to possibly lose jobs bc of what some money-hungry asshole says nor does someone simply enjoying something deserve to be judged.

[strawberryqueen00]

Sorry but I’m gonna support the Disney wish movie.

I’m rooting for everyone black.

More Wish, less Frozen 3 & 4

So I want to make it clear that despite the tone of my post, you do not have to not Boycott this film if you want to support original content and black representation. This is an important cause for people and it doesn’t make you suddenly anti-Palestinian or Pro-Genocide to see a single motion picture. You are the only one who knows your own morals. I don’t want it to seem as if I was condemning black people from supporting a film they are experiencing representation in/placing an balance-scale style comparison between the struggles of POC in the world and Palestinians. I fight against the notion some have online that the matter of seeing Wish is just someone “succumbing to capitalism” or “being weak.” It has been seen before how the lack of monetary achievements for minority lead films discredits that representation further. Why do we think it has taken this long for another mainline black Princess after Princess and the Frog? It’s not rocket science here.

It is not my place as a non-Palestinian to say if you are allowed to see this movie. That is a choice you can make after looking at the information. But it should also not be my place to shame people into supporting the movement either. Especially because of the complicated nature of this specific issue. I tried to rewrite this to be more clear in my initial post but for the sake of brevity I didn’t make this point more clear and that’s my fault. I’m going to go in more depth about why I am personally choosing to be so Anti-Disney with my Boycott but I want to make things crystal clear before the cut,

Disney is not an official Boycott target by the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement(BDS). Disney is a Pressure Target technically not Boycotted but is complicit in Israel's apartheid behavior.

The targets they are listing consumers to Boycott monetarily are:

Siemen

PUMA

Carrefour

AXA

Hewlett Packard Inc (HP Inc)

SodaStream

Ahava

RE/MAX

Israeli produce in your supermarkets

Now, more details about all of that.

So there are two Boycotts currently being implemented against Disney on different fronts.

A joint one with Starbucks, McDonalds, and Disney that seems to have started independently of the. I anecdotally remember there being posts around the week after the first October 7th event. This seemed to be driven mostly by the three companies being

large companies which will notice the impact on their stock going down as an impact of the Pro-Palestine public.

They in some way have publicly Pro-Israel in their support with little acknowledgement for Palestine. And I’m using ‘little’ generously here.

Starbucks Sources for this:

https://www.arabnews.com/node/281313

Above is a fantastic article that looks critically at these claims. And below is one that shows the trend of Starbucks over the years to keep the support their CEO has for the Apartheid hidden.

McDonald Sources

Giving food and support to Israel and nothing to Palestine.

An article detailing the action Starbucks had against its union for posting Pro-Palestine statements, the Meals already discussed, and how McDonalds is trying to just throw humanitarian money at the issue to save face.

But now the main stay of the post.

Initially Disney was joined for this independent three way Boycott because it was a larger media company. More recently they gave 2 million in Humanitarian Aid to Israel.

I don’t want disinformation to spread this is humanitarian aid, yes, but it is only for Israel. Not Palestine. Not the people of Gaza that are being subjected to war crimes. Supporting just the apartheid state and not Palestine is the problem here. Disney is still showing their cards of what they’re supporting.

Now, what about the BDS?

The BDS is responsible for the second Disney Boycott. What is the BDS? The majority of this next section is going to come directly from the BDS website which I recommend people check out for future Boycotts.

BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions and is one of the largest Palestinian-led movements for organizing for spreading awareness. They weaponize these main three types of non-violent pressure to discourage the support corporations have under capitalism for Israel.

Now, how is the BDS treatment of Disney different than the three way McDonalds, Starbucks, Disney Boycott?

Firstly, they in support for the monetary boycott of just McDonalds. Starbucks is not listed on their updated list and specifically with McDonalds they had this to say,

Further with regard to Disney it sees it as a Pressure-Target and not a monetary one.

What’s a Pressure-Target Boycott?

Boycotts cannot target everyone all the time, which is why sometimes Boycotts split up their targets into groups to not make the process seem to daunting.

The BDS points out a Pressure-Target as,

This pressure could come through social media, emails sent to the company, or petitions.

Under this cut I am going to be posting such links to some petitions I think are productive here.

Why is Disney being targeted as Pressure-Target?

This is Sabra, an Israeli hero from the 1981 who has an extensive plot involving her as an Israeli and the Palestine suppress-oops I meant ‘War’(tell that to anyone believing this started only a few years ago).

Quoting this CNN article of what her first comic was,

The classic 1981 Marvel comic page shows the giant green Hulk, tears streaming down his face as he yells at Sabra, an Israeli superhero and agent of the country's Mossad spy agency. The corpse of a young Palestinian boy, killed in an explosion by apparently Arab "terrorists" at his feet.

"Boy died because boy's people and yours both want to own land! Boy died because you wouldn't share!" the Hulk says.

A few panels later, the woman in the white and blue costume with a Star of David on her chest kneels next to the boy. “

It has taken the Hulk to make her see this dead Arab boy as a human being," the comic says. "It has taken a monster to awaken her own sense of humanity."

It is not my right to speak if this is tone-deaf or not. There are quotes in the article that support this notion but it’s not my place.

Now, why is she important?

Disney is looking to reuse this character for the upcoming Captain America film. This is why it’s considered a Pressure-Target. The BDS lists the problems with this representation down below. They are calling not for Boycotts of films but for online pressure to have this Israeli propaganda dismantled.

Something not brought up here is that releasing a character with the name of Sabra after the more than a thousand Palestinian and Lebanese Shiite people were massacred. Especially with a planned release date of a week after the incident is in poor taste, even if the name had other contexts surrounding it.

So, do I see Wish?

This is not an easy answer I can give you. This is something you need to come to terms with and also understand, this is no ‘correct’ way to Boycott a business. In my post I strategically underplayed this point to keep the message brief. But as we just saw here, there are two different valid methods of Boycotts against Disney.

If you are choosing to not monetarily give Disney money that is valid with a Boycott.

If you are seeing the movie but giving pressure by @ing Disney’s social media, signing letters, and petitions you are valid with a Boycott.

Both people I presented here are Boycotting against Israel's apartheid. There isn’t a correct form of activism and it was my fault to imply that so extremely before. I am choosing not to see Wish because of looking around at all the Western propaganda around this. Walking through the walls of what I considered a liberal school to saw Israel flags supporting the apartheid state.

But that is my choice.

It doesn’t have to be your non-violent protest journey. Do what you think is right with the information you have. Stay educated, don’t let disinformation spread.

And have a good day/afternoon/night everyone.

[sirfetchd]

that post i reblogged does a way better job of explaining the issues with sanrio than i did, especially since i wasn't aware at the time that they do in fact still have at least one store open in israel

my post ended up being mostly about jazwares anyway. and the fact that they work together only adds fuel to the idea of boycotting sanrio

sorry if at any point it seemed like i was defending sanrio, or saying not to boycott them. that wasn't my intention. although they arent currently on the BDS movement's list of targets, there's enough evidence to say that sanrio is funding israel, which definitely merits a consumer boycott and other forms of pressure to encourage change.

[not-terezi-pyrope]

Okay, feel free to correct me if I'm missing something here, I'm literally just a rando, but I wish people would stop sharing the long lists of companies to boycott that have involvement with Israel that ultimately include almost every major multinational company, including those which are key staples or appliance providers that, if not literally impossible to avoid, would require a substantial uprooting of people's lives.

I think people are really missing the point of the targeted boycotts that the BDS movement actually supports, which aims to focus on key companies for the sake of public feasibility and public consciousness penetration. The point of boycotts is to actually put pressure where there will be the most impact, which requires simplicity and buy-in, and that isn't going to happen when you're asking people to memorize a list that is several dozen companies long all at once, and rule out 70+% of staple products and services (that include things like "basically all soft drinks" and "any android phone or android phone service you've already invested in..").

Like, as far as I'm aware the BDS recommendations haven't changed even given current events, and it feels like the long lists are being shared mainly as performative activism and guilt-assuagement politics rather than any care for actual impact... And those are ugly motivations I don't think people should encourage.

Like dgmw if there were a concerted push to boycott fucking Google over involvement with Israel that got international endorsement and attention from activist groups I'd participate in that. But there is not, so now all that people are achieving is telling each other that they have blood on their hands for not being inclined to pay for a drive alternative and transfer all their files (to another company that would just as gladly sell services to the Israelis if the opportunity arose because the sufficient pressure not to simply does not currently exist).

[nitrosplicer]

I saw a recent call to boycott the Big Five publishers based on the fact that they have platformed “Zionist ideas” in the past. Contrast this very vague statement with the existing concerted effort in the literary world to avoid submitting material for the Milkweed Editions poetry prize, which is funded by a philanthropist whose work was intended to spread support for Israel. I realize this is related to the point on the BDS website which suggests divesting from any organization which supports Israel as a country, but this isn’t the same thing necessarily, since it is very hard to verify this information, whether they actually received money from the Israeli government, etc. As BDS states on their website: “We must strategically focus on a relatively smaller number of carefully selected companies and products for maximum impact.”

I’m extremely skeptical of the success of such a boycott, not least because there are many subsidiaries of these publishers, but also because these are not related to the list which BDS has promoted, which include (among others) Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, Israeli fruits and vegetables, AXA, SodaStream, Ahava, Puma, and Sabra. The point of a boycott is to organize behind a focused goal and aim. Boycotting random places beyond the BDS list lacks a concerted and united movement. (Also the website urging for the boycott calls publishers “stewards of the literary world,” which… I have to laugh. Simon and Shuster want to make money. So does Macmillan, so does every trade publisher. Tell me you don’t know the first thing about trade publishing without telling me you don’t know the first thing about trade publishing.)

Instead, please bookmark the list of pressure targets as BDS has requested.

[monstrous-femme]

I've been thinking a lot about the US left's need to get better organized. As general strikes for Palestine enter the zeitgeist, I am seeing a lot of muddled messaging, and it's made me realize that one of the things we need to get on the same page about is how a strike functions.

There are two primary types of pressure a strike exerts, and we can exert these pressures in many ways in addition to work stoppages.

The first is financial. Most work stoppages you hear about are operating on this level-- cost the company enough money that they'd rather meet your demand than keep hemorrhaging. This is most effective when the company in question is directly involved in the practices you want to stop. In this case, we're talking companies that have some level of investment with Israel. For example, if you work for any company like Boeing, which has sped the delivery of bombs to the Israeli government, causing financial disruptions can make it cost more to be invested in Israel than it would be to divest.

If your job is not invested in Israel, a work stoppage will not cause financial pressure. But again, this doesn't mean there's nothing you can do! Maybe you're an office manager and you routinely order HP products for people who work in the office. Since HP is on the BDS list, this could be a time to look into other brands and see what products you can purchase elsewhere.

It's easy to think that if a work stoppage won't do anything at your specific workplace, that they're nothing you can do. But if you think in the lens of "what will create financial pressure," you will likely find more options. Get creative. Look at the BDS list. Think about who we're pressuring, and how to divert money away from them.

The second point of pressure is public opinion. In terms of work stoppages, this would be closest to a teacher's strike. Teacher's strike's don't cost school districts money. What they do is cause frustrated parents who have nowhere to send their kids. The goal is to direct that frustration to the school district, creating pressure to do what it takes to reopen schools.

If several stores on the same block are able to shut down with a sign on the window that says "closed in support of Palestine," this is an example of this sort of pressure. People can't go about their daily business, and the goal is to direct the frustration they experience towards the occupation and our own government's role.

If you can't shut things down, there are other actions that create the pressure of public opinion. This is where we've been asked to elevate Palestinian voices. It's also where you may see protests that shut down a street, a freeway, a transit station. The goal is to cause such disruption that regular operations can't function, and that people whose lives have been disrupted join the call for ceasefire.

I encourage everyone, not just in this week but moving forward, to think about the framework of pressure tactics. If we understand why an action matters, we can find alternate ways to participate if what's being suggested won't work for us or won't cause the necessary pressure.

Lastly, I want to say that there are likely many people in your community who have participated in organizing work that is beyond the scope of what I have mentioned here, and that know more than I do. Building relationships and benefiting from shared knowledge are necessary in the work that needs to be done. This week's call for strike will not be the last. What can we do today to get more organized for what comes next?

[neotrances]

starbucks isn't actually in the list of brands to be targeted for consumer boycotts by BDS. not that there's anything wrong with not buying starbucks but bc the whole point of boycotting is for it to be specific and targeted so they actually notice a dip in sales, there's very specific targets that BDS actually lists to be boycotted. the companies that are consumer boycott targets are mainly israeli companies whose profits directly fund israeli apartheid. there are other non israeli companies that are the target of divestment or pressure (non boycott) to distance them from being complicit in israeli apartheid but starbucks still isn't on those lists either

i’m aware of the bds list but i’m saying starbucks was one of the first ppl were boycotting in general for punishing their workers for speaking out it was very much targeted and ppl were already organizing to not get starbucks, starbucks co-signing the genocide is enough to warrant the boycott and it doesn’t have to be on the bds list for ppl to go against it and it has been working bc they’ve been seeing a country wide drop in sales and a lot of starbucks employees are saying that it’s working, i think there are multiple effective ways to get the point across and starbucks being essentially a kingpin in drinks and being hit this hard is important