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Argues against boycotts of academic institutions & individuals by scholars or others, in particular against Israeli entities, presenting some general principles, but also referring occasionally to the case of the Gujarat genocide in India. Five alternatives to boycotts are outlined: censure, organized public condemnation, failure to reward, helping the harmed, & vigilance on behalf of truth. Boycotts are next discussed, distinguishing two, economic & symbolic, finding the latter lacking value, & arguing that in most cases one of the five alternatives are more appropriate means of protest. Attention is then given to problems with the case for boycotting Israeli academic institutions & individuals, citing issues of academic freedom. It is contended that boycotts of academic individuals compromises the core values of universities. Some suggestions other boycotts are offered to those scholars who wish to protest Israeli government actions or actions of an Israeli academic institution or individual. D. Edelman

A historical review of Olympic Games boycotts begins with comments on the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games vis-a-vis the 1936 Berlin Games & the boycotts of the late 1970s-early-1980s. It is asserted that domestic & international agendas can influence governments to avoid Olympic boycotts & that arguments about the political neutrality of sports are fraught with contradiction. Attention is given to Avery Brundage, president of the US Olympic Committee & eventual head of the International Olympic Committee, who fought the 1936 boycott & battled the politicization of the Games via an ever-more resistant "Olympism" discourse. Brundage's responses to boycott issues are seen to run the gamut from commonsensical to distasteful; however, his staunch belief in the autonomy of sports, first displayed in his effort to prevent the Berlin boycott, is viewed as having sustained the Olympic Games through the Cold War & decolonization. Brundage's 1960s anti-boycott alliance with Olympian Jesse Owens is then recounted. It is concluded that only governments make Olympic boycotts happen, major boycotts ultimately have little impact, Brundage seems an unsavory sort of character, anti-boycott stances result in strange bedfellows, & the Games survival hinges on the ludicrous idea of their political neutrality. In this light, some closing remarks are offered on the debates on the Beijing Games. Adapted from the source document.

This book tells the story of the black consumer boycott of Boksburg in protest against the resegration of municipal facilities there. It looks at the economic consequences and also examines critically the strategies and tactics used by the boycotters, who mostly live in the neighbouring African and coloured townships of Vosloorus and Reiger Park. The implications of the Conservative parties are scrutinised, along with the role of local businessmen, both black and white