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Using your consumer power to refuse to feed the profits of adversaries of humanity. Marketplace baddies who cause disproportionate harm to the planet or people.

Who to boycott, why they are being boycotted (or why you personally boycott them), and how to boycott them (if it’s not obvious).

Also welcome: discussion on how to organize and track your boycotts. E.g. whether it’s a special tool or app, or whether it’s a series of text files to GREP.

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If you're boycotting Avelo Airlines due to their contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to operate deportation flights...here's some info that may make it easier for you to let them know.

The email I sent; feel free to steal as needed:

Dear Mr. Levy and Mr. Nicholas,

We were so excited when you started your [city]>[city] route. My family flies to [state] multiple times per year, and sometimes friends go up to visit us there as well. This new route was so much more convenient than flying into [city]!

Sad to say, this past week we took our final flight on Avelo. We just can't support an airline that will be helping the current administration deport people without due process, flout birthright citizenship, and even break up families just to prove a point.

We enjoyed your fast flights and kind employees and are sorry to go...but we're happy to suffer a minor inconvenience to avoid supporting authoritarianism in the U.S.

Thanks for listening,

I hope you find this helpful! I also have a free book on how to disengage from Amazon, Meta, Google, and other surveillance capitalists. No tracking, no email needed, no affiliate links. I'm a former journalist and this was my passion project.

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P.S. If my email is too mild to express what you're really thinking, write your own letter and sprinkle it with these words and phrases, from least to most angry:

  • unconscionable
  • unbelievable
  • poor business practice
  • horrifying
  • unconstitutional
  • pitiful
  • disgusting
  • criminal
  • losers
  • jagoffs
  • buh-bye, assholes
  • see ya, shitbags
  • fuck you and your airline
  • burn in hell
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