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Boycott politics
Chick Fil A is the most recent company to fall within the sites of a boycott campaign. Dan Cathay, president of the fast food chicken restaurant chain founded by his father, reaffirmed his commitment...
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Markets, movements, and municipalities: Who’s chicken? Whose chicken?
There are all kinds of good reasons for restricting the expansion of fast food restaurants, but are the political views of a chain’s founder enough? Boston’s Mayor Tom Menino, appalled by the...
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Chicken in, chicken out
When the history of the struggle for same sex marriage is written, it’s unlikely that this week’s chicken battles will rate more than a footnote, but it’s an entertaining day. Opponents of same sex...
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Boycott everything!
Chick-Fil-A had a good day yesterday, as supporters of president Dan Cathy’s* stance in support of “traditional” marriage lined up to buy chicken sandwiches. Radio host and one-time Arkansas governor...
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Politics as consumption
After a boycott announcement, a buycott day, and a same sex kiss-in, the consumption thread of the battle over same sex marriage has taken a new turn. Yesterday (August 7), the front moved from fast...
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Strikes without unions: Walmart
Workers (“associates” to their employers) have walked off the job at several Walmarts sprawled across the United States. The workers at Walmart, like most workers in retail, and most workers in the...
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LGBT rights and the arts embargo
I’d been waiting for James Taylor to announce that he would not be going to Carolina…even in his mind–but Bruce Springsteen beat him to it. On April 8, Springsteen announced on his website that he was...
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The Trump resistance IS organized
Finally, something at least a little accurate from Trump’s Twitter feed: The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal...
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An athletes’ boycott is a strike for racial justice.
It’s not like the racial justice protests stopped; they just stopped getting as much attention, particularly if activists were disciplined and not destructive. And racialized police violence certainly...
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Protest polarizes on voting: Corporate America takes sides
When a protest campaign works, it brings a spotlight to a problem, energizes people already active, and forces opponents to explain themselves–over and over again. Likely most important, a successful...
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