Forum Post: Occupy the World has the ability to boycott one corporation to benefit the 99%!
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 21, 2011, 9:58 p.m. EST by kramefir62
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If Occupy Worldwide were organized to boycott a corporation, a corporation who's obscene record profits effect all of our lives. Our demands should be something that the world would benefit from. Something that is an eye opener for the people that don't support the 99%, but are the 99%. Let say a million people discouraged 5 million people from buying fuel from Mobile/Exxon everyday until they lowered the price of their product by 1/3, their competitors would be forced to follow suit. By no means would this be easy! If we were able to break one corporation, every corporation would be vulnerable. We could decide to make Mc Donalds sell healthy food or force Walmart to sell only products from a thousand mile radius around each store. A move like this would take the strength from the corporations and make them realize without us, they can't survive! This would also give strong direction to the movement and get other organizations to cooporate for the good of the 99%. MR.
I totally agree; economic boycots are essential non-violent weapons for a effective peaceful social movement. The power elite are only concerned with power and profits; their bottom line, and we need to evolve to this next stage of empowerment of the 99%. Such economic warfare needs to be carefully thought out; no impulsive actions which would be costly. Also teach ins, since may will question why attack the corporations, which will result in the loss of jobs. This would be challenging, but it's what is required if OWS wants to truly impact the political and corporate structure; a global movement could launch a global boycott...yes let's do this. Anyone around from the general assembly ?
http://www.occupywallst.org/forum/time-to-flex-our-economic-muscles/ http://occupywallst.org/forum/if-corporations-are-persons-lets-execute-one/#comment-385311
Here is that Company!
http://www.occupywallst.org/forum/make-a-stand-join-the-clan/
The Revolution starts here!
Agreed. I am currently boycotting PepsiCo, Wal-Mart, GE, McDonalds Corp. Amazon.com, among others and I welcome anyone out there to join me. Or not. Doesn't matter to me, I'm doing it anyway. It's the principle, damn it!!!
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It won't work because people who you think is in the occupy wall street movement will cross the "line" and buy a big mac. You have to start a lobby. A lobby that stops other lobbies.
They said OWS won't work, but now it's global. Nations use economic boycotts or economic sanctions against other nations because they do work. The 60's generation used economic boycotts effectively to bring down South African Apartheid.
There are millions of OWS suporters who will never occupy or engage in street direct action; but whom are waiting for something they can do, as part of this movement. Economic boycotts could mobilize millions, and do it globally.
There is already a proposal by Max Keiser to boycott CocaCola, a major minion of the 1%, with a history of environmental and labor abuses, highly vulnerable because of it's consumer base, and corporate structure; and a boycott of PepsiCo by prolife groups because of the use of aborted fetal cells to make a sweetner.
We should launch boycotts on these American transnationals who are very vulnerable to consumers. Other corporations like the oil companies are less vulnerable due to institutional and government supports. We should hone our skills on the easiest first. There is also a psyop effort to divert economic boycotts away from American corporations and center OWS economic boycott potential, on foreign companies; something that would be tactically and politically unwise to do.
I don't see any of these corporations suffering though. Wall Street has been boycotted for over two and a half months and it's still business as usual for them. They're not making any less money because of OWS. You have to support http://www.acrreform.org/
Did you read the article ? OWS isn't boycotting Wallstreet, it's protesting against it. That's different than an economic boycott which withdraws funds, and profits; seeking to impact the bottom line. In an economic boycott of the cola companies; you as a consumer would withhold your dollars, and not buy their products. This effects their profit margns; thowing them into a tail spin; affecting investors. So the economic pressures produced on the corporation hopeful empowers OWS to make demands and be taken seriously by the companies and the politicians, because global OWS can impact profits..
Actually, Occupy could fund the movement by investing in the competition before the boycott. Fight them with their money, better odds.
Oh...that's wicked lol
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