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The word boycott entered the English language during the Irish "Land War" and derives from Captain Charles Boycott, the land agent of an absentee landlord, Lord Erne, who lived in County Mayo, Ireland. Captain Boycott was the target of social ostracism organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. As harvests had been poor that year, Lord Erne ...
1980 Summer Olympics boycott: 1984 Summer Olympics: Warsaw Pact states (except Romania) Cuba United States: 1980 Summer Olympics boycott: 1984 Summer Olympics boycott Friendship Games: 1986 Commonwealth Games: 32 Afro-Asian nations and 10 Caribbean nations United Kingdom: The Thatcher Government's attitude towards sporting links with South Africa
An election boycott is the boycotting of an election by a group of voters, each of whom abstains from voting. Boycotting may be used as a form of political protest where voters feel that electoral fraud is likely, or that the electoral system is biased against its candidates, that the polity organizing the election lacks legitimacy, or that the candidates running are very unpopular.
A U.S. judge will consider on Monday the fate of President Donald Trump's buyout offer to two million federal workers as Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented effort to dismantle government ...
Boycotts can be effective, but not in the way that consumers think, said Brayden King, a professor of management and organizations at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Tyrone Lockett of Newark, New Jersey joined others at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2025 as faith leaders called for a boycott of companies pulling back on diversity ...
The boycotts were widely popular across the several countries. One poll showed 84% of Slovenes supporting a boycott, with 78% intending to participate. [80] A boycott was supported by 90% of Bosnians, [81] while 89.5% of Croats stated that they would participate in their own boycott. [82] A similar sentiment was echoed from Macedonians. [83]
Boycott: Organized refusal to buy or use a product or service. Examples: rent strikes, Montgomery bus boycotts; Press conference: Only if specifically named as such in report, and must be the predominant activity form. Could involve disclosure of information to "educate the public" or influence various decision-makers.