tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post5696035604882215424..comments2024-03-28T12:12:45.202-05:00Comments on Independent Country: BoycottsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11620822221586726516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204289.post-36723656203653760822009-09-19T14:01:10.701-05:002009-09-19T14:01:10.701-05:00In my view, the reason why boycotts don't work...In my view, the reason why boycotts don't work is because they simply don't make much of an impact anymore. I'm a member of many socialist/progressive groups as well as many organizations that fight for the rights of Palestinians. Both of these groups are now using boycotts as their "first means of resistance" and I've come to find that they fail epically. The thing about boycotts is - and I'm speaking from a leftist point-of-view, they play to the capitalist myth that corporations are far more democratic than the government and that it's easier to change the policies of companies that, for example, do business with Israel than it is to demand that the US government cut off all support to the Israeli government. By suggesting that boycotts are the "most legitimate form of resistance", as these people usually do, you are basically saying that the invisible hand of the "free market" is the greatest bringer of justice, even though you despise the capitalist system and everything about it. So it is basically a catch-22 from my perspective.Julia Riber Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03006439247714055292noreply@blogger.com