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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSince Koch industries is staying in Russia, here's a list of their brands to avoid.
I mean, if you feel like it.
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uponit7771
(92,844 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)uponit7771
(92,844 posts)Samrob
(4,298 posts)The Kochroachs dad made his money drilling oil for Stalin back in the 1930s.
Escurumbele
(3,784 posts)David Koch died, there is only Charles (of the two brothers who controlled the company) left. Charles is the most evil, I believe he is the one that used to scam truckers transporting their oil for a few miserable bucks...Here is the link to the story:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blood-and-oil/
--snip
Bill Koch says that his brother Charles made a fortune stealing oil. Much of it from beneath Indian reservations and federal lands - places like national forests. Oil under federal lands belongs to the public. Koch Industries was the middleman buying oil from the government at the well - then selling it to refineries. Bill Koch says that the company took more oil than it paid for by cheating on measurements.
uponit7771
(92,844 posts)... them to wingers.
They started, working with the Russians in the oil business, during WW2. If not earlier and never stopped. If my memory serves me well..The greedy @#&%%%...
leftieNanner
(15,956 posts)I avoid their products as a rule.
JT45242
(3,294 posts)So many fabrics have some lycra that will be the hard one.
Will need to find carpets with scotch guard rather than stain master.
Haven't eaten at Hardee's or Arby's since the 2016 election. So adding more brands to my shit list is not hard
2naSalit
(96,784 posts)But it's always good to see updated lists of their products just to make sure.
ariadne0614
(1,967 posts)PatSeg
(50,156 posts)SheltieLover
(67,647 posts)

Pinback
(13,199 posts)paper towels to the people of Ukraine.
TNNurse
(7,319 posts)It is good to have a fresh list.
Juneboarder
(1,744 posts)Response to SoonerPride (Original post)
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orwell
(8,003 posts)...for decades.
niyad
(123,616 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Talitha
(7,538 posts)


SheltieLover
(67,647 posts)
live love laugh
(15,273 posts)
redwitch
(15,150 posts)🙂
old guy
(3,299 posts)Koch is responsible for the condition Wi is in.
moonscape
(5,515 posts)when Costco carried their wide TP. Switched to Kirkland when they stopped making it so relieved to be Koch-free.
ffr
(23,185 posts)Hit those scum where it hurts, in their pocketbooks!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
FakeNoose
(37,289 posts)But every bit of exposure helps.
The brother David Koch died a few years ago. Once Charlie kicks the bucket, I think the next generation of Koch billionaires won't be so evil. At least it seems that way, according to Wikipedia.
Traildogbob
(11,151 posts)We hoped the Murdocks spawn would have a soul. Both families have no soul, not born with one, raised to never grow one. The cash flow is way too much.
Jetheels
(991 posts)nuxvomica
(13,295 posts)It's not surprising they are still doing business with Russia.
SheltieLover
(67,647 posts)
Trust_Reality
(2,174 posts)If so, it should be publicized.
OMGWTF
(4,703 posts)IronLionZion
(48,747 posts)When Republicans pretend to be patriotic, it's usually because they've profited by working against the United States.
Farmer-Rick
(11,745 posts)Their father made his money off of Hitler and Stalin. Disloyalty runs in the family.
In the oil business. Are we surprised?
Auggie
(32,275 posts)Check out the wenbsite
SheltieLover
(67,647 posts)
SheltieLover
(67,647 posts)How fucking dare they?
SheltieLover
(67,647 posts)
bucolic_frolic
(50,226 posts)an imprint of Vanity Fair? Seems to me that's a lingerie line. Licensed branding?
OMGWTF
(4,703 posts)KOCH BROTHERS PRODUCTS TO BOYCOTT:
American Greetings Cards
Angel Soft toilet paper
Brawny paper towels
Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
Mardi Gras napkins and towels
Quilted Northern toilet paper
Soft n Gentle toilet paper
Sparkle napkins
Vanity fair napkins
Zee napkins
Georgia-Pacific paper products and envelopes
Lycra
Stainmaster Carpet
KS Toronado
(21,017 posts)that could start a boycott Koch movement outside their main office. I'm sure that since ABC, CBS, & NBC
all have TV studios there they would come out to get it on tape to air locally, maybe even nationally.
The Kochsucker Brothers will not like the negative attention.
Hell I'd even drive the 200 miles to join in. Hell even hearing about a possible protest rally on some Wichita
fakebook sites might get them to reconsider their position.
NellieStarbuck
(271 posts)SergeStorms
(19,601 posts)but I'll try harder. Really, I will!
ballardgirl
(160 posts)I have been boycotting their products for years, but did not realize Lycra was one of them. Now we need to check all workout wear and undergarments before buying!
relayerbob
(7,175 posts)turbinetree
(26,083 posts)will not buy a product from a company that is trying to overthrow a government over there and here in this country....
seta1950
(955 posts)DO NOT BUY THESE PRODUCTS, I havent in a long time
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)If we care at all about future generations....
Boycott all Koch products possible.
Unfortunately they've got their filthy fingers in any time we buy petroleum products as well.
czarjak
(12,800 posts)jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)It should not surprise people when owners of an "international" company has different priorities than their fellow citizens or their government. Companies such as Koch and most petroleum companies are outlanders wherever they nest.
One of the biggest advantages of trade agreements and "economic communities" is that they define the economic interests of the parties so as to, by design, align with a degree of sympathy for the political priorities of the nations involved. This makes me wonder. Just how invested was British Petroleum in the whole Brexit fiasco? And for that matter, how did I not see clearly before how it is the oil interests of Russia who see a necessary economic windfall in a socio-economically polarized America.
Americans, staring out across imaginary chasms and pointing fingers at each other is the ideal breeding ground and marketplace for all the BAD ideas near and dear to the hearts of fossil fuel magnates. It even encompasses the whole "Joe Manchin: power broker" phenomenon. It's why there is so much popular enmity against the science and science in general. Because science is where the "inconvenient", anti-fossil fuel, facts are supported. The big goal, scoring impotency of intellect onto America pulls most of the world into the imaginary Bizarro Universe where people feel like they're losing and can't find anybody to blame except the "other". THIS is the front of the real war. The one where fossil fuel industries fight against humanity's collective certainty that climate change can and must be turned around. The war in the Ukraine is not about anything except achieving unquestionable access to ROW for pipelines into European electrical generation stations and that requires a congenial Ukrainian government. If it weren't in the pipeline pathway, the Ukraine would be safe to herd its flying democracy unicorns from one end of the rainbow to the other indefinitely.
Of course, I could be wrong.
TalenaGor
(1,169 posts)ancianita
(40,434 posts)Like Koch Industries, some of these probably have subsidiaries. Many are food related, I notice.
Accor
Archer Daniels Midland
Amway
Arconic
Authentic Brands Group
Baker Hughes
Bridgestone
Burger King
Cargill
Carvel Ice Cream
Cinnabon
Citi
citrix
Decathlon
Dunkin Donuts
General Mills
GREIF
Halliburton
Hyatt
IPG Photonics
Koch Industries
LG Electronics
Leroy Merlin
Marriott
Mondelez Intl
Papa Johns
Reebok
Schlumberger Herbalife
Subway
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)them. Well, I have occasionally, enough to know that I don't like them. Now that I WFH, I make my own Iced Tea (don't really drink coffee much anymore) and at work we have Starbucks on site.
If I have a choice I prefer Cafe Nero, as I will sometimes choose an iced cold brew coffee, but I will NEVER go to Dunkin. I honestly think it is the worst.
ancianita
(40,434 posts)Both are food industries.
What they're doing in Russia should be made clearer to Americans.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Make them known. That's a start. And let people know who they can go to as an alternative. For instance, many of the Koch Industry brands that I might buy can easily be replaced with other brands. I am not that attached to any of their products. I am sure you will find the same for ADM.
ancianita
(40,434 posts)ADM ranked No. 54 in the 2020 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM_(company)
So how did former presidents like FDR think about Ford, IBM and Standard Oil. We could take a look, and I'm sure Biden has.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)i also work for a Fortune 100 company that is only partially pulling out, to my dismay, and I wish I could say something but I would risk my job. I expect that it will be addressed soon since this company has a high public profile and cares about it very much.
At least we are helping our Ukrainian employees get to safety and supporting them, but i do think we should be doing more to punish Russia.
alterfurz
(2,605 posts)
Permanut
(7,079 posts)Georgia Pacific is one of their suppliers, along with Clearwater Paper Corporation, Kimberly Clark and Proctor and Gamble.
I'll switch until I find out. Thanks for the heads up, SoonerPride!
llmart
(16,423 posts)I don't buy any of the stuff listed in this thread, especially the paper products. I do buy a couple rolls of paper towels occasionally for those things that you just can't clean up with a rag and throw in the washing machine. Of course I buy t.p. but not Quilted Northern because it's so damned expensive and secondly, who needs triple-ply toilet paper?
I adopted voluntary simplicity decades ago.