Stop buying from these companies. They're funding Putin's war.

[douglas9]

In his gut-wrenching address to Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the United States for more — and more he will get.

U.S. leaders across the spectrum saluted Zelensky after he spoke to them Wednesday from Kyiv in his olive-drab T-shirt — part Winston Churchill and part Che Guevara. For all the cheap politics of the moment (Republicans reflexively blaming President Biden and refusing to applaud when Zelensky thanked Biden), Washington is uncommonly unified in purpose. Neither lawmakers nor the administration support a U.S.-led no-fly zone or any other troop commitment, and congressional hawks are successfully pushing Biden toward giving Ukraine whatever weaponry it desires, likely including aircraft.

But Zelensky made another ask on Wednesday morning, and it’s something all Americans can help with. We can stop buying the products of businesses that continue to fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine, even after its full horrors — indiscriminately targeting civilians, murdering children — are obvious to the world.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/16/boycott-companies-business-russia-putin-ukraine-war/

[TygrBright]

1. I wish this wasn't behind a paywall. n/t

[jimfields33]

2. Me too. Kind of interested in which companies to support Ukraine with.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. If you have Amazon Prime, it includes a Washington Post subscription supposedly

I've had multiple people tell me this, but I haven't checked it yet.

[douglas9]

8. Stop buying from these companies. They're funding Putin's war.

Some 400 U.S. and other multinational firms have pulled out of Russia, either permanently or temporarily, according to Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, who has kept the authoritative list of corporate actions in Russia. Oil companies (BP, Shell, ExxonMobil) and tech companies (Dell, IBM, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter) led the way, and many others (McDonald’s, Starbucks, Coca-Cola) eventually followed.

But, according to Sonnenfeld, there are, at the other extreme, 33 companies (as of Wednesday afternoon) that form a “hall of shame,” defying demands that they exit Russia or reduce their activities there.

Those who want to stop Russia’s murderous attack against Ukraine should stop investing in or buying the products of these companies.


https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/stop-buying-from-these-companies-they%E2%80%99re-funding-putin%E2%80%99s-war.386794/

[teach1st]

13. I'm a little late, but here's a non-paywall link

It's legal cause I'm a subscriber and allowed to "gift" links:

https://wapo.st/3qe236J

[hlthe2b]

4. Companies (may not be definitive):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/16/boycott-companies-business-russia-putin-ukraine-war/

Koch Industries, whose owners gave to right-wing causes for years, is now financing Putin’s war. The people who make Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Quilted Northern toilet paper, Vanity Fair napkins and Georgia-Pacific lumber are abetting the spilling of Ukrainians’ blood.

Like Reebok shoes? They’re being used to stomp on Ukraine. Authentic Brands Group, which also owns Aeropostale, Eddie Bauer, Brooks Brothers and Nine West, among others, is in the hall of shame.

Before you bite into a Cinnabon (or Carvel ice cream, Schlotzsky’s sandwich or Auntie Anne’s pretzel) consider that parent company Focus Brands is taking a bite out of democracy in Ukraine.

So is Subway. While selling you the All-American Club, it’s giving Ukrainians the Cold-Cock Combo by refusing

Several other household brands — Truvia and Diamond Crystal salt (Cargill), Avon cosmetics (Natura), LG appliances, ASUS laptops, Mission tortillas (Gruma) and Pirelli tires — are produced by companies on the shameful list.

Are you or your mutual fund invested in Halliburton, Baker Hughes or Schlumberger? Then you should know that these oil-services companies could deal a huge blow to Putin’s ability to wage war — but they choose profit instead.

Let’s name and shame all the others among the 33: advertising firms BBDO, DDB and Omnicom; accountant Baker Tilly; industrial companies Air Liquide, Air Products, Greif, IPG Photonics, Linde, Mettler Toledo, Nalco and Rockwool; French hotelier Accor and retailers Auchan, Decathlon and Leroy Merlin; German wholesaler Metro; cloud service Cloudflare; International Paper; and Sweden’s Oriflame Cosmetics.

An additional 72 multinationals have made only partial pullbacks from Russia, such as reducing current operations or holding off on new investments — actions Sonnenfeld calls “very questionable” and “smokescreens.” Included here: Dunkin Donuts, General Mills, Mondelez (Oreos and other Nabisco products), candymaker Mars, Procter & Gamble, Yum Brands (Pizza Hut, Taco Bell), Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott.

[IA8IT]

5. Link to source of post

https://som.yale.edu/story/2022/over-400-companies-have-withdrawn-russia-some-remain

?itok=2i5EVjap

[TygrBright]

9. We are in the market for several new large appliances. LG's not in the running. n/t

[Drum]

10. Thanks IA8IT...very helpful!

[RockCreek]

16. Could you put this in a separate OP?

Many people may not scroll down enough to see it. Or to use the gifted WP link.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

17. Glad the

International Cat federation is refusing to let russian cats compete in their shows.

Yeah gonna try to boycott the businesses and products that choose profits over human rights abuses and autocrat rule and an illegal war.

Stopped papa johns pizza way before them supporting putin. The owner is a republican monster .

https://www.quora.com/Will-you-continue-to-order-from-Papa-Johns-after-todays-racist-comments-by-the-owner?top_ans=90875645

[mbusby]

6. We use LG and ASUS products.

LG is South Korean products and ASUS is Taiwan products. Is Taiwan and South Korea siding with Russia?

[Tetrachloride]

7. Cloudfare may not be as described in the story. A more technical analysis is needed.

That company may be at a key point of a double edged sword.

[douglas9]

11. Apple and Google app stores remain available in Russia. Activists and officials say that's a good th

The cybersecurity firm Cloudflare also remains active in Russia. Withdrawing its services would hurt Russians’ ability to access independent sources of information, officials say.

Ukraine’s digital officials and some tech-savvy expatriates in the United States have been calling for Apple and Google to cut Russia off from their app stores and for security company Cloudflare to stop protecting Pravda and Russian war propaganda sites from state-backed and activist hackers.

But civil liberties groups and American officials are pushing the other way, arguing that the three California companies provide ordinary Russians with the means to find independent news sources and to connect to activists and nonprofit organizations opposed to the war in Ukraine.

“It’s important for tech companies to maintain those channels,” said Natalia Krapiva, an attorney at digital rights group Access Now. “App stores are important alternatives for people to learn what is happening.”

Asked about the continued presence in Russia of Cloudflare, one of the world’s best-known providers of cybersecurity services, a State Department spokesperson said, “It is critical to maintain the flow of information to the people of Russia to the fullest extent possible.” The spokesperson agreed to speak only on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/16/apple-google-cloudflare-russia/

[teach1st]

14. I'm a little late, but here's a non-paywall link

It's legal cause I'm a subscriber and allowed to "gift" links:

https://wapo.st/3qe236J

[cos dem]

15. Sadly, I just bought a nice new LG tv.

It kind of surprises me, since LG is South Korean, and you'd think they'd be sensitive to that sort of thing.