Sentences with phrase «boycotts of»

The idea is that activists in the rich countries will organise consumer boycotts of genetically engineered foods, while the farmers in the South oppose the patenting of genes for use in agriculture.

While New York politicians generally love to condemn anti-LGBTQ bigots out of the state and champion boycotts of states like North Carolina with anti-LGBTQ laws, some are clearly reluctant to oppose Diaz because of his base in his Pentecostal congregation and his backing by the Bronx County Democratic machine that also made his son, the more moderate Ruben Diaz, Jr., borough president.

Alistair Burt responded by conflating boycotts of illegal settlements which are about maintaining international law, with boycotts of Israel:

The state's rapid switch to Common Core - based assessments led to widespread boycotts of the annual tests given to third - through eighth - graders.

Another would increase penalties for cemetery desecration, while the IDC also wants to bloc college groups from receiving funding when participating in boycotts of Israel and other countries.

Amid growing boycotts of standardized tests, Cuomo said the Common Core task force — the second he has created in less than two years — would conduct a «top to bottom review» of the state's academic standards, curriculum and exams.

Nestle has come under attack for violating the World Health Organization's International Code of Marketing of Breast - Milk Substitutes and has several boycotts of its products out there (water for example).

This meant that Caribou was a Shari'ah - compliant company which, along with a general paranoia about Muslim ownership, resulted in Islamophobic boycotts of Caribou.

Action - reflection groups: Groups have proved to be invaluable during and after social action happenings — peace demonstrations, urban plunges, boycotts of economic exploiters, political campaigning — stimulating understanding of action skills and principles and new self - awareness.

So long as we allow television to be an instrument for sales rather than for communication, the situation will persist, regardless of the number of statements viewing with alarm, or quality of the leaders deploring the situation, or the extent of boycotts of a network or station or program.

Beginning with the Moral Majority in the early 1980s, a number of groups have sprung up that appeal to Christians to join in boycotts of «offensive» words, pictures, stories and so on appearing on TV and in other media.

We called for boycotts of local pizza places to promote diversity.

Nation - wide boycotts of Chik - fil - A?

Haven't you heard all the hubub about the «war on Christmas» and the boycotts of businesses that dare to be inclusive with «Happy Holidays» or «Seasons Greetings» rather than Merry Christmas?

From Southern Baptist boycotts of Disney and theonomic tub - thumpers screaming blue murder from crackpot websites to Roman Catholic grandees assuming that their academic achievements require that the world take them seriously, Christians have proved adept at the ways and means of worldly «political politics.»

As the Ethical Oil website denounces and promotes boycotts of companies that question the environmental record of Alberta's oilsands, the website does nothing to promote a boycott of unethical oil producers, like Shell, that make billions of dollars exploiting their definition of «conflict oil.»

With rumblings of boycotts of the NFL and / or its sponsors because of the National Anthem flap, could this be a concern?

Social media users in Mexico had called for boycotts of US companies, including Starbucks.

Critics of the German - led austerity policies have called for boycotts of German products and have suggested that Ms. Merkel and Mr. Schäuble had unjustifiably humiliated Greece and its prime minister, Alexis Tsipras.

The backlash from the incident resonated around the world, with social media users in the United States, China and Vietnam calling for boycotts of the No. 3 U.S. carrier by passenger traffic and an end to the practice of overbooking flights.

In response to companies cutting ties, supporters of the NRA have sprung into action with boycotts of their own.

Compared with the seven - year time scale of the Nestle boycott, or the multiyear boycotts of corporations operating in South Africa during the 1980s, this was something new.

Boycotts of Danish products led to a plunge in exports.

Since the election, groups on the right have called for boycotts of Kellogg's (for pulling ads from alt - right site Breitbart News), Starbucks (for vowing to hire refugees rather than jobless Americans), and Nordstrom (for dropping Ivanka Trump's clothing line), among others.

The program drew attention from social activists on topics, including abortion, who orchestrated boycotts of Berkshire subsidiaries or their products.

Some of Tom Cat's employees and advocacy groups, such as Brandworkers, a non-profit organization for food workers, believed the dismissals were improperly handled, sparking a local and national outcry that led to protests, bad press and boycotts of Tom Cat Bakery bread from famous restaurants such as Le Bernardin.

Star Trek actor and gay rights advocate George Takei wrote on Facebook there could be a boycott of Indianapolis» annual gaming convention, GenCon, over the law.

The US has long had anti-Iran sanctions in place, and recently persuaded the EU, a crucial customer for Iran, to launch a boycott of its oil and other products.

Amazon earned itself something of a public relations black eye as a result of the strong - arm negotiating tactics, causing a backlash among authors, many of whom backed a boycott of the online retailer that was led by television host Stephen Colbert.

Brooks also reminds Schultz that Trump once proposed a boycott of the coffee chain when many claimed that its seasonal red cups weren't merry enough for Christmas — even though the holiday cups have never included the words «Merry Christmas» or invoked any religious imagery.

Trump has done the same to Apple, dinging it on the making of its popular products outside of the U.S. And he also called for a boycott of Apple after it refused to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

You should pay attention to the recent stories about the gay community's boycott of SPI Group's Stolichnaya vodka for its being a Russian product.

Student activist David Hogg calls for boycott of Vanguard and BlackRock over gunmaker ownership

In the video above, Clifton Nicholas, a Mohawk from Kanehsatake, explains why he's now leading a boycott of the company.

A committee for women of color within Time's Up, the organization that played a key role in the #MeToo movement, is calling for a boycott of musician R. Kelly, who has been accused of a range of sexual misconduct.

The boycott of the National Rifle Association following its response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, came fast and furious.

Trump also called for a boycott of Apple following the company's refusal to aid the FBI in breaking encryption on the iPhone used by the San Bernadino shooter.

Wisconsin Democrats staged a similar, and similarly unsuccessful, boycott of their chamber for a time but also lacked the votes to ultimately kill the measure.

This comes after a report from the Austin American - Statesman that some players were considering a boycott of the final game in protest of the decision to fire Strong.

With Nooyi, false reports emerged shortly after the election that she'd made incendiary, anti-Trump comments, which led to a massive online boycott of Pepsi products.

Social media users in the United States, Vietnam and China to call for a boycott of the carrier.

What followed was a firestorm of online anger and calls for a boycott of Uber.

Trump called for a boycott of Apple products earlier this year after the company declined to provide the FBI with security - weakened software to help crack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

It's not yet clear whether a recent ad boycott of YouTube will be short - lived or the start of a long - term shift away from the video service — one that could undercut Google's growth and that of its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc..

Opponents of the National Rifle Association are organizing a boycott of Apple and Amazon on Thursday to protest the inclusion of the NRA TV streaming - video channel on the companies» services.

The growing boycott of YouTube by advertisers could cost its parent company Google as much as $ 750 million in revenue, according to one Wall Street investment firm.

Despite Cook's recent political activism, he is unlikely to host an event for Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump, who called for a boycott of Apple products back in February.

While some Chinese consumers have proposed a boycott of the hotel chain, the Cyberspace Administration retains the power to prevent websites and apps from operating in China — as it has done with Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Skype.

Some are urging a boycott of the U.S. — arriving at the obvious conclusion that there's no need to have a global scientific gathering in any one country.

Eleven companies so far have pulled their ads after a pushback by Parkland student David Hogg, 17, who called for a boycott of her advertisers.