boycotting
Organized consumer protest
Boycotting is refusing to buy from, work with, or otherwise engage with a company, country, or organization as a form of protest or pressure.
The term comes from Charles Boycott, an Irish land agent shunned by his community in 1880.
People boycott businesses over labor practices, governments over human rights abuses, or products over environmental concerns: They're boycotting the company until it changes its policies.
Organized effort toward goal
- movementChange in position
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
cause · petition · lobbying · mobilization · organizing · demonstration · awareness · coalition
Organized protest outside workplace
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
strike · placard · banner · chant · vigil · blockade · occupation · walkout
Wholeness through cohesion
- collectiveJointly organized group
- allianceFormal union of parties
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
cooperation · sympathy · fellowship · consensus · collaboration · comradeship · empathy · togetherness
Exploitative manufacturing facilities
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- transparencyState of being see-through
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- movementChange in position
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
protest · cause · petition · lobbying · mobilization · organizing · demonstration · awareness · coalition · pressure
divestment
Disposal of assets
picketing
Organized protest outside workplace
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
sit-in · strike · placard · banner · chant · vigil · blockade · occupation · walkout · standoff
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- collectiveJointly organized group
- allianceFormal union of parties
- supportTo uphold or sustain
coalition · cooperation · sympathy · fellowship · consensus · collaboration · comradeship · empathy · togetherness · network
sweatshops
Exploitative manufacturing facilities
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- activismactivists, activist, advocate, demonstrating, rallies
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- vilificationvilification, vilifying, demonizing, demonisation, demonize
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
boycottingpatronizing
Treating someone as inferior
supporting · frequenting · consuming · using · funding
boycottingendorsing
Publicly declaring approval
sponsoring · promoting · championing · encouraging · backing