1. The Academic Boycott Debate
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2006
   An excellent summary and commentary on a debate at Ryerson University about whether Israel should be subjected to an academic boycott because of its human rights violations.
   
2. Academic Boycott of South Africa
   Connexipedia Article
   Resource Type: Article
   
3. An Action a Day
   Keeps Global Capitalism Away
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2004
   
4. Activists tell Zim - Israeli ships not welcome in Vancouver
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2010
   Locally-based activists, called out by the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Coalition (BIAC), are mounting a picket line at the Port of Vancouver's Delta Port facility at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver, as part of a mounting international campaign to put
5. Assuming Boycott
   Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2017
   A collection of essays and seminars that looks at the history of boycott and divestment within activism. Examines a variety of cultural and academic boycotts around the world.
6. BDS: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
   The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2011
   The case for a rights-based BDS campaign against Israeli occupation and apartheid.
7. Boycott
   Connexipedia Article
   Resource Type: Article
   A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons.
8. Boycott America: Are You Ready to Take On a Lone-Gun Superpower?
   Resource Type: Article
   Hit the superpower with a boycott the whole world can see, and that American power can really feel.
9. Boycott BP's Baku games
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2015
   Baku, the oil capital of Azerbaijan, is set to host the 2015 European games. However, it's not just fun and games in this city. Azerbaijan is a country famous for oppressing freedom of speech, abusing journalists and keeping political prisoners. Furthermore, the main sponsor for the European games is oil tycoon BP. The 2015 games are a slew of political and environmental controversies.
   
10. The Call for Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment Against Israeli Apartheid
    Resource Type: Article
    Boycott Factsheet.
11. Calling All Radicals
    How Grassroots Organizers Can Help Save Our Democracy
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2007
    Thompson argues that we can reclaim our democracy through grassroots organizing.
12. Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israel
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2006
    A call for sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law and universal principles of human rights.
13. Canadian Information Sharing Service
    Volume 3, Number 4 - August 1978
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1978
    
14. Chávez, César
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    Mexican American farm worker, labour leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). (1927-1993).
15. Common Sense for Hard Times
    The Power of the Powerless to Cope with Everyday life and Transform Society in The Nineteen Seventies
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1976
    Presents a vision of society as it is and as it could be. Putting the problems of contemporary daily life in historical perspective, it reveals that they have their roots in the way our society is organized, and thereby enables us to re-examine our own situation and experience.
    
16. Companies that Profit from the Occupation
    Resource Type: Article
    Makes the case for action against companies that profit from the Israeli occupation, and identifies who those companies are.
    
17. Connexions
    Volume 4, Number 5 - October 1979 - Nuclear Energy\Energie Nucleaire
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1979
    
18. Connexions
    Volume 5, Number 2 - May 1980 - Women/Femmes
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1980
    
19. Connexions
    Volume 6, Number 5 - January 1982 - Children/Enfants
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1982
    
20. Connexions
    Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1987
    
21. Connexions Digest
    Volume 12, Number 1 - Fall 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1988
    
22. Connexions Digest
    Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1989
    
23. Connexions Digest
    Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1990
    
24. Connexions Digest
    Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1992
    
25. Connexions Library: Organizing Focus Page
    Resource Type: Website
    Selected articles from the Connexions Online Library.
26. Delano grape strike
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    A strike, boycott, and secondary boycott led by the United Farm Workers (UFW) against growers of table grapes in California.
27. Don't buy these grapes
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1990
    
28. DPA Industries Inc.
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
29. The Everyday Activist
    365 Ways to Change the World
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2006
    A positive, practical guide to healing the world - one day at a time. Packed with ideas and facts from leading campaign organizations, this handbook shows how the smallest actions can make a difference to your community and in the wider world.
30. GE boycott
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1992
    
31. General Electric boycott
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1990
    
32. Huerta, Dolores
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    The co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. (Born 1930).
33. If boycotts could change the system they'd be illegal
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1996
    A ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal says that boycotting by a grassroots group Friends of the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation of Daishowa paper products was illegal because it resulted in economic harm to the corporation. This is an example of a growing number of "SLAPP suits" Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation brought by corporations against activists.
34. "If not now, when?" On BDS and 'singling out' Israel
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    This is an edited version of a letter I've sent to a relative in the US who's been trying to figure out the BDS issue in the wake of the recent onslaught against the American Studies Association's decision to support the academic boycott.
35. IJV endorses United Church Working Group call to boycott settlement products
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The United Church of Canada's Working Group on Israel/Palestine Policy's report has been attacked by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. IJV is supporting the right of the Church to make its own policy, free from intimidation.
36. Independent Jewish Voices
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    Jews in Canada who share a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights and who promote the expression of alternative Jewish voices, particularly in respect of the grave situation in the Middle East, which threatens the future of both Israelis and Palestinians as well as the stability of the whole region.
37. Israel: Boycott, divest, sanction
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa.
38. Israel boycott may be the way to peace
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2006
    The non-violent international response to apartheid was a campaign of boycott, divestment and UN-imposed sanctions which enabled the regime to change without bloodshed. We should try to follow the same route to a just peace.
39. Israel Has Been 'Singled Out' in the US for a Very Long Time
    To whom much is given, much is expected
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The American Studies Association, the umbrella organization of academics devoted to the study of US literature, history and culture, recently voted to join the movement to boycott Israeli academic institutions.
40. Israel/Palestine: Resources for peace, justice, and human rights
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2014
    A selection of resources for those looking for a solution to the situation in Isreal/Palestine based on peace, justice, and human rights.
41. Israel will withdraw only under pressure
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1991
    The overwhelming majority of the Jewish public has been determined since 1967 not to relinquish any territory except if forced to do so.
42. Israeli exports hit hard by Palestinian boycott, World Bank says
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli goods has exacted a major cost on Israel's exports to the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Even though the World Bank's report has modestly recognized so, they have failed to address any trace of occupation.
43. J.P. Stevens - Boycott Kit
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1979
    This kit provides extensive background information on the organized boycott against J.P. Stevens and Company Inc. The boycott, now in its third year, was organized to bring wide attention to the unjust and dangerous working conditions in the 85 textile plants of J.P. Stevens. Over 45,000 women and men are employed by the multi-national corporation that operates mostly in North and South Carolina, U.S.A.
44. The Last Refuge
    Neve Gordon and the Boycott of Israel
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Let us admit the truth: The occupier deserves to be boycotted. As long as the Israelis pay no price for the occupation, the occupation will not end, and therefore the only way open to the opponents of the occupation is to take concrete means that will make the Israelis understand that the injustice they are perpetrating comes with a price tag.
45. Laura Ingraham's advertisers aren't really staging a boycott. It's a capital strike
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2018
    There are no regulations or laws preventing or even restricting capital strikes in the form of corporate activism, therefore social and political aspirations of capital always have an effective instrument on hand; yet the same cannot be said for labour.
46. Leonard Cohen urged to cancel Israel concert
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Leonard Cohen urged to cancel Israel concert.
47. Mkhuseli "Khusta" Jack and the Art of the Boycott
    27 Years Later, a South African Organizer Looks Back at a Tactic that Hastened the End of Apartheid
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    A key figure in organizing a consumer boycott was the young South African Mkhuseli (Khusta) Jack, who recently discussed his experiences in that campaign with students and professors assembled for the 2013 Narco News Authentic School of Journalism.
48. Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1955
    A successful year-long protest against the segregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
49. The Nonviolent History of American Independence
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Often minimized in our history books, the tactics of nonviolent action played a powerful role in achieving American Independence from British rule. Benjamin Naimark-Rowse wrote, "the lesson we learn of a democracy forged in the crucible of revolutionary war tends to ignore how a decade of nonviolent resistance before the shot-heard-round-the-world shaped the founding of the United States, strengthened our sense of political identity, and laid the foundation of our democracy.'
50. An open letter from Jewish academics and elders to McGill's administration regarding false allegations of student anti-Semitism
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    This letter was sent Nov. 13 to Principal Suzanne Fortier, Provost Christopher Manfredi, and Secretariat Board of Governors and Senate Maria Kontzidis.
51. Opponents of Israeli occupation greet truckers at port of Vancouver
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Port truck traffic slowed to a crawl along the Deltaport causeway as a group of about 50 protesters approached drivers with leaflets containing information about the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza.
52. The Organizer's Manual
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1971
    Practical suggestions for small-group and grassroots organizing, political self-e4ducation, mass education and communications, alternate community services, mass actions, legal and medical self-defense. Strategies for organizing high schools, universities, racial groups, women, the military, labor, the professions.
53. Ottawa cites hate crime laws when asked about its 'zero tolerance' for Israel boycotters
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    Blaney's office cites 'comprehensive' hate laws for new zero tolerance plans.
54. Our Generation
    Volume 9 Number 4
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1973
    
55. Pay Cheques & Picket Lines
    All About Unions in Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1987
    A children's book which explains what unions are, how they came to be, and why they exist.
56. A Political Witch-Hunt in the Name of "Academic Freedom": In Defense of the American Studies Association
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    Wald provides insight into the American Studies Association's decision to boycott Israeli universities and defends the group's decision against the backlash given by the media and academia.
57. The Politics of Nonviolent Action
    Part Two: The Methods of Nonviolent Action
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
    An encyclopedic treatment of the theory and practice of nonviolence, with a detailed examination of 198 specific methods of the technique — illustrated with actual cases — within the broad classes of nonviolent protest and persuasion, non-cooperation (social, economic and political) and nonviolent intervention.
58. A Reply to B'nai Brith's Manifesto Denouncing CUPE-Ontario's Boycott of Israel
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2006
    Why supporting the global campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid is the right thing to do.
59. Resolutions Advocating a Boycott of Israel
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    The Modern Language Association (MLA) Delegate Assembly voted in Philadelphia on two resolutions, for and against, of an academic boycott of Israel.
60. Sanctions Against the Israeli Occupation: It's Time
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2005
    A call from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) for sanctions as the next logical step in the global campaign to end the Occupation.
61. SNCC
    The New Abolitionists
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1965
    An account of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
62. The Socialist Register 1982
    Volume 19: A Survey of Movements & Ideas
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1982
    
63. Sources welcomes Independent Jewish Voices
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Independent Jewish Voices. ndependent Jewish Voices represents Jews in Canada from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.
64. Sources welcomes Michael Riordon
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Michael Riordon. Canadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio and stage.
65. South African trade union congress supports CUPE boycott of apartheid Israel
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2006
    South African workers will never forget the support given by the Israeli state to the apartheid South African regime. In the same way we will never forget the thousands of acts of solidarity of ordinary citizens around the world who sustained our struggle through the boycott weapon.
66. Sporting Boycott of South Africa
    Connexipedia Article
    Resource Type: Article
    
67. Support CUPE-Ontario's Call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
    Resource Type: Article
    
68. Time for a New Divestment Campaign
    From South Africa to Israel
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    We must see Israel with the same eyes as we saw South Africa in the apartheid years - as a racist nation deserving of international isolation and sanctions.
69. The UK Is Among the World's Largest Suppliers of Weapons -- and Is Making Arms Boycotts Illegal
    Despite human rights abuses, the UK continues to sell arms to Israel and crack down on dissent.
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Through 'open' trade conventions such as the Security & Policing (S&P) exhibition and closed events such as the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair, the UK allows local and international companies to showcase some of the world's most lethal weapons.
70. United Church of Canada Members Launch Campaign to Boycott Israeli Settlement Products
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    The United Network for Justice and Peace in Palestine and Israel (UNJPPI), a Network of United Church of Canada members and supporters, is launching a campaign in cities across Canada to boycott products made in illegal Israeli settlements.
71. The Wanted 18
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    A claymation comic that showcases the BDS movement through the establishment of a Palestinian dairy co-operative in Beit Sahour.
72. We must speak out
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2006
    Supporting a world-wide appeal to teachers, intellectuals and artists to join the cultural boycott of the state of Israel.
73. Why an Economic Boycott of Israel is Justified
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2006
    If singling out South Africa for an international economic boycott was defensible, it would seem equally defensible to single out Israel's occupation, which uniquely resembles the apartheid regime.
74. Why Boycott Aroma?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Our boycott call is part of a larger movement by Palestinian civil society to find non-violent means to end the occupation and apartheid.
75. Why Israel?
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2007
    A routine strategy of Israel's defenders is to continually redirect attention to the human rights failings of countries hostile to Israel, or to catastrophes like Darfur that are used to argue the ongoing need for the sort of 'humanitarian interventions' that provide cover for the advancement of U.S. interests. Yet the question of why Israel is being targeted and not some other country assumes, erroneously, that other countries are not being targeted. The reverse, in fact, is usually the case. Often, countries deemed acceptable for criticism by supporters of Israel are already subject to political and diplomatic sanctions by the U.S. and its tool, the UN Security Council -- sometimes for acting in ways identical to Israel.
76. With A Little Help From Outside
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2006
    The world sees a great and ongoing injustice. They want a just Israel. They see an Israel that occupies and is clearly unjust, and they believe they should do something. We should thank them for this from the bottom of our hearts.

Experts on Boycotts in the Sources Directory

1. Electronic Intifada