Calls for boycotting US products spread in northern Europe
Calls for boycotting US products spread in northern Europe
While tens of thousands of people have joined Facebook groups in Sweden and Denmark calling for no longer buying American, Norwegian company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced that it will stop supplying US military vessels with fuel.
Can we collectively decide not to respect American intellectual property laws to really hit the tech sector where it hurts? We don't get that many physical goods over here but most of our software is American owned. I advocate for not paying American tech companies anymore.
EU regulations that can be triggered in response to tariffs include an option to make that completely legal
That would be amazing! It would actually have some teeth
This sounds really interesting, do you have a link or anything I could look for in a quick search to learn more?
If you want to learn how to do successful boycott campaigns, you should look for the BDS Movement, that has worked to spread awareness to boycott companies affiliated with the illegal Israeli occupation and genocide against Palestinians.
And no surprise, you will find many US companies in there. Also it should come as no surprise, that the US wants to outlaw even talking about boycotts in many states, as well as corrupt European politicians like in Germany attacking the notion of boycotting companies involved with brutal crimes against humanity.
We need to join efforts in reducing the economic power of Imperialism, whichever shape it takes.
"Calls for Europe to stop eating garbage food like Americans." Sounds like a good idea to me.
I’m American (embarrassed to say that right now) and came to visit this site to get off Reddit. Even we are exploring non-US options.
Welcome and have fun! Glad to see you over on this side :)
Anyone else in northern Europe noticing that all the US products are the shitty ones you never buy anyway? I think the only American stuff I ever buy is steam games. No food. I was already boycotting Starbucks and MacDonalds over Palestine.
Good and the Orange Shitstain wants the EU to import more US made goods. Canada should cut the electric power flowing to the USA when the US tariffs commence.
American here: genuinely, go for it. If you want to be even more highly targeted, you can also take a page out of Canada’s book: they’re encouraging people to target things that are produced in red states specifically, in addition to a general push for a boycott. Bourbon (from Kentucky), for instance.
Edit: I'm on mobile and can't tell if this uploaded blurry or not (looks kinda rough to me). Here's the source.
Not sure this is correct though. Of course all these companies are multinationals, but not all of these are American companies. For example Unilever is British and Nestle is Swiss (have not checked them all).
It was low res. Thanks for the link. It was high res there 😊
great! as an American please keep it up. the only thing these assholes understand is money. support us by NOT supporting us!
Each day now, I don't buy a Tesla or an iPhone or a New York Penthouse.
That must be difficult, you're going through a lot and I'm here if you need someone to talk to.
Petition your governments to drop IP laws for US tech companies like Doctorow is encouraging. If the US isn't going to honor trade agreements, hit us right in our gold plated scrotum.
While tens of thousands of people have joined Facebook groups in Sweden and Denmark calling for no longer buying American, Norwegian company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced that it will stop supplying US military vessels with fuel.
This first US company they (and everyone) needs to boycott is Meta.
I'm in Canada and Facebook is huge for my business. We get more bang out of a free social media post than paying for advertisements anywhere.
I fricking HATE IT.
On a personal level, I almost never use facebook. I refuse to put it on my phone and really only use it not to post stuff for the business - which I do through a 3rd party social media app.
"All it takes for evil to succeed, is good people to say, "it's just business."" - Janet Leahy, Michael Reisz
Norway walked that back.
Norway says it will keep supplying fuel to US navy after company calls for boycott
It was a private company that decided not to provide their refueling services to the American Navy, not the Norwegian government. What the government is saying is that they will not be not doing the same that Haltbakk Bunkers is doing. But this company stays firm. The practical effects will probably be minimal, since they are an important but rather small actor in the sector. But as a Norwegian, I am proud of them! (And not so much of my government).
Fucking cowards. "Free world" my ass
Add Google to that.
I fully support this movement, but I expect it's mainly an echo bubble and will remain as such. Leave the fediverse and subreddits and most people won't even care.
The Canadian one has really taken off. Its not just on Lemmy. Im seeing more Canadian products on the checkout line than ever before and Ive even started seeing rotting American produce at our local store.
Everyone I talk to irl is limiting their US product purchases. Canadians are pissed.
It is really taking hold. Honestly, we are not far from it becoming social stigma to buy American. Showing up with a Starbuck’s cup will get noticed.
Oh I do believe in this one! My response was rather eurocentric, I realize that now. The Canadians are even more hurt as it stands right now, and their response is incredible.
Perhaps I'll see a greater response in my own community when the pointless tariffs also hit EU. Currently people are plenty pissed about US aligning themselves with Russia. It won't take too much to ignite it further.
I do hope that I'm proven wrong, and that the boycott US movement is doing better than I thought 🙂
My gf (who is not on the fedivere or any social media) came to me the other day and wanted to stop buying U.S products. Not that we really did before. Spendrups make better soft drinks than Coca-Cola and Pepsi anyway.
Spendrups is a licensed Coca Cola factory. Make sure to check for any such shenanigans before buying Spendrups.
I'm trying to think, apart from technology, what do I buy from American brands?
- American food doesn't really come here except fast food franchises which I don't frequent anyway.
- Nobody has an American car.
- My car's electric anyway, so no American oil companies fueling it.
- Clothes are probably all from Asia anyway.
- I don't subscribe to any streaming services.
- I'll order 5 or 6 things from Amazon a year. So that's easy to stop.
Sure there might be the odd brand that is unknowingly American, but I'm left asking "What does America export?" because I can't think of much in my life.
Not to discount your perspective, but I think it's important to also acknowledge the close connection that you have.
My spouse is much more tuned in to things like this than many of their peers, not necessarily because they have more interest, but because we have a close relationship and so we share stuff a lot.
Oh that's great though. I really do hope that I'm proven wrong 😊
Wouldn't say that, after Gaza people are quite used to boycott certain wares.
I know a lot of people irl which already don't buy coke or eat McDonald's anymore
I've spent a fair bit of time in Denmark, small population with fewer news sources makes thing spread VERY quickly. Not to mention, they are very patriotic. I'll ask some Danish friends about it and report back.
Same link is on the front page of reddit.com
Fuck Coca-Cola drink Irn Bru!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irn-Bru
lol
"Originally selling it as Iron Brew, the drink's makers, A.G. Barr, were forced to change the name of the drink in 1946 following a change in the law that stipulated that the marketing of products be "literally true". As the drink did not contain much iron, nor was it brewed"
"The brand also has its own tartan"
I sell this in my store in Canada.
I would love an Irn Bru sugar version. I don't like the taste of Aspartame
Irn Bru 1901 is that - and it’s caffeine free. The only irn bru I’ll drink now.
I would if I could
I would've agreed with you a decade or two ago, but they changed the recipe.
Unfortunately there's hardly any American product I use here in Malaysia, so I can't make any sort of impact.
The only American things I use are various software applications I need for work (and no, as an employee I can't simply switch to FOSS).
As an American I support this action.
Bro, me too, fuck everything about trump, and right now, fuck us. I’m not buying shit unless I have to. Except from local shops.
I've felt this way since Mango Mussolini's first term.
Same, the only language Trump Co. speak is money, gotta hit em where it hurts.
I feel bad that as consumers at best we label all under Trump's banner, at worst we don't have the ability to punish only the red states like government tariffs can do
Stay strong
https://www.buy-european-made.eu/
https://european-alternatives.eu/
And for us Canadian, there is always https://madeincanadadirectory.ca/
Thank you!
As a Canadian, I have no problem supporting our EU friends.
And to be honest, just looking at the list you can tell that the ethics within those companies are completely different than what you find with the American alternatives.
Even without a dictator leading the States, buying European would still be better. 🤭
Pretty wild, actually!
Is there a 'Buy African' list? I wasn't able to find one so far.
In South Africa, the law determines that if something's labeled "Product of South Africa" it can't have any imported ingredients (tho the packaging can be imported).
"Produced in South Africa" can have imported ingredients - and I've been boycotting almost all of that because of the omnicidal carbon footprint of importing things. It's easier in this country to live ethically tho because we can grow almost everything we need: from food to textiles; tho our energy production is some of the most unethical in the world.
Sig Jolly til din cola. 🥤
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I wish people would boycott spending on the big holidays. That'll hurt the oligarchs the most.
Big holidays? America will be in a recession by Easter at this rate
Good to see major news agencies pick this up.
Make a dent on us corp earning report, stock market is actually one of few sources Trump might listen.
This. Today I switched all my investments to Euro/EU only companies and funds, everything that has USD or US companies in the portfolio was a no-go.
For people who invest into MSCI world check out DBX0VH. MSCI ex-US.
https://www.justetf.com/en/etf-profile.html?isin=IE0006WW1TQ4#overview
Yup, me too. By coincidence I've moved from us platform to an non-us one so that nice too.
The idea isn't to eliminate all spend, it's the low hanging fruit and then go from there. I'm seeing it as a game with badges to collect!!
Economic death to America!
I deleted my Disney plus and Amazon prime accounts last week and it felt so damn good.
I deleted Netflix yesterday. Was a bit more challenging than the other ones. We have sort of always had Netflix here in Norway.
Now we subscribe to a Norwegian service that includes Britbox instead. It has some US shows as well, but mainly European
Good on Ya!
As a Canadian in this shit for a month, go for it!!! My last groceries contained 0% products from USA, if it's doable for us Canadian, you can do it too! And don't forget to cancel netflix, disney+, prime, etc.
I'm an American and I appreciate your effort
I'm down, anyone have a great list with images I can use so I know which groceries to avoid?
People should focus on boycotting evil corporations in favor of open, sustainable and fair alternatives. Picking a fight against another nation is only taking people away from that objective
No. People should boycott all companies which operates in an evil country. There exist plenty of ethical companies that aren't from usa.
Companies should be taxed incrementally like individuals are. That way mega corporations would be much less likely to exist
Fuck yea, keep doing this! People around me in the USA are fucking morons and can't be bothered to do this. Even the liberals that complain about their corporate masters are too chicken shit to do it.
I've been waiting 10 years for this to catch on.
I've been avoiding corps for years. My impact on the current boycott will be the same as it's been all along. Talk it up, those of us have adapted can help others to get on board.
I have been trying so damn hard to talk it up. Doesn't help that I live in MAGA-town USA at the moment.
I even handhold my closest friends (self-proclaimed liberals) on how to stop feeding the beast, and they think I'm over-reacting. Most folks in the USA are just... not willing to back up the things that come out of their mouth.
Boycotts echo louder than speeches; Haltbakk Bunkers leads by example.
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I’m not saying I want this to happen, but it might just be more effective to have a foreign nation’s intelligence service wipe out Elon Musk . I mean, I don’t want him to die or anything, but if you could just do a Jimmy Hoffa and make sure that nobody ever finds his remains that would be just swell 
Take a page from China and remind him who's the boss. When was the last time you heard of Jack Ma?
Wasn't he supposed to be going to Mars anyway?
If you want, Moscow is the Mars I hope he ends up abandoned on the planet with no one to talk to except Matt Damon
I imagine that would be very easy, outside of software and digital services.
Even in Canada I've nearly managed.
Why outside those services? You really think it's not possible yet?
I mean, I'm close, but I'm tech savvy and willing to just not be on the same social media platforms as other people. Even then, if I want to stream something without sailing the high seas non-American options are limited, although that of course might be different in Europe.
Fun fact, a lot of "American" stuff is filmed in Canada anyway.
I'm boycotting everything. Shopping local if I have to have something. Cash only. I only carry my bank card and one credit card for emergencies.
Kind of ironic that the people joined facebook groups for that...
Facebook makes a certain amount of money per person. It's probably not that high.
If they can easily gather and find simple quick replacements for US goods that probably affects the US economy more.
I don't use Facebook for this myself, but have made lots of changes effectively now moving large sums of money from US companies to EU equivalents. There are still some stuff left, but most things are changed.
I think that has a bigger effect and is a lot easier
Make due with the tools you have at hand.
Change the system from within.
