Just so we’re clear, a one day boycott is performative BS. A boycott that’s short, where the company knows when it’s going to end, is BS. If you’re going to boycott it has be for a while, long enough for it to hurt you. If it doesn't hurt you, it won’t hurt the corporation.
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Touré is a dying vestigial 6th toe, not connected by important tissues to the black body. It's been time to cut that thang off.
Plus he harasses black women. I'd rather lie to that dude, so that he takes false info back to "massa"
One thing we know is that limited actions help prepare the way for sustained ones, through recruitment, practice, and more.
Once we have all that dialed in, THEN the call goes out: "Fire for effect."
And the most effective way to address oligarchy is labor strikes, so says history.
Strikes are comfortable but they are effective as fuck.
The only thing working people own is our labor.
The point was mostly to get people's attention and test the efficacy of a diffused distribution network for future actions.
TL:DR, touch grass my dude.
To them, they see we are willing to do it.
To us, that we can do it.
Then it’s a matter of extending it.
And you want to puncture that newfound joy with … *this* ?
yesterday was a practice; we need to let people figure out if, how, and when they can do more
don't make the perfect the enemy of the good right now
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/womens-political-council-wpc-montgomery
https://blackfarmersindex.com/
If you can do it once, you can do it again, longer, indefinitely.
B/c Dems have also been doing nothing throughout the decades this has been building, there are no leaders, networks, coalitions, comms channels. People are trying to build those. There will be trial runs, like this.
Shitting on it just makes you look like shit.
You might be right about the long-term effects of a one day boycott, but you're forgetting about the morale boost that comes from actually seeing us unite for a common cause. Remember Aqua-cuh, and the Montgomery Mauling? The folding chair?
Pepsi
Coca Cola
PBS
The Smithsonian Institution
Disney
GE
Intel
PayPal
Amazon
Target
Chipotle
Comcast
Ford Motor
Citigroup
JPM Chase
Molson Coors
Lowe’s
Walmart
McDonald’s
GM
John Deere
Harley Davidson
Jack Daniel’s
Boeing
Meta
Amtrak
Accenture
Deloitte
Goldman Sachs
The boycott of of South Africa had no end date, same with most effective boycotts.
They require “sacrifice”. Though in America which gives us a multitude of consumer option, I am not sure how much of a sacrifice it requires.
Make it hurt.
There was a time when there was no Amazon, and was not too long ago. Unfortunately Amazon, HD, etc, have almost wiped out small business, so it is much harder to avoid the Big Box corps.
But it is possible. I have been doing it for a long time.
That was my situation but I haven't shopped there in... I don't know. A couple years? Maybe one time with a trial subscription. I kept looking and found other sellers. Usually for less, too!
I avoid all Big Box stores.
Somehow I manage to live.
But it does require a TINY bit of time and thought. I might have to take ten minutes on the google machine to find an independent local store.
I am willing to do that. It is one small thing I can do.
But even I still managed to cut out Prime. Truly, anyone can. Rural dwellers too. Many sellers will ship!
Because I live in a remote rural location, I often cannot find small/local shops. So I still do a LOT of online shopping & delivery. I just don’t do Big Box.
Takes a little time, but I have actually enjoyed it!
And when they also realize Trump/Musk are destroying public health, national defense & the economy, those tax cuts won't look so exciting. Won't be a great country for them either.
So they may place a call to a GOP rep.
https://bsky.app/profile/777nocomment.bsky.social/post/3lietkqjzbk2r
Should we prepare folks to act in coordination? Yes absolutely. But 1day-no-purchases doesnt make sense as a theory of change
Maybe if you weren't so busy trying to impress your little White liberal friends, you would know that.
Also, looks up micro trades, the daily revenue of operating businesses matters.
Study the history of Protest Movements