If you turn on the news, or scroll through your social media feed of choice, there’s a good chance you’ll see the latest on the Israel-Hamas war — and the reaction to it. But there’s one call to action making its way down social media feeds that feels different from all these other responses. It’s called BDS, short for boycott, divest, and sanction. And like just about everything related to this conflict, it’s complicated and controversial. This week on The Weeds, host Jonquilyn Hill sits down with Vox senior reporter Whizy Kim to explain the controversial movement, and with Cornell professor and author of Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America Lawrence B. Glickman to discuss the history of boycotts, and if they even work.
Read More:
The boycott movement against Israel, explained
Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America, Glickman
Is B.D.S. Anti-Semitic? A Closer Look at the Boycott Israel Campaign — the New York Times
Submit your policy questions!
We want to know what you’re curious about.
Credits:
Jonquilyn Hill, host
Sofi LaLonde, producer
Cristian Ayala, engineer
A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts
Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Biden wants YOU (to go to therapy)
A new era for birth control
Who broke student loans?
Expecting: Weed and Pregnancy
It's an HOA world; you're just living in it
The Republican plot to defund public libraries
A conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
We need to rethink discipline in schools
The kids suing their state for climate change
The fate of affirmative action
Why is child labor making a comeback?
The Weeds, Live – Anti-trans legislation, explained
Policymaking on the high seas
How Secretary Buttigieg wants to make America’s roads safer
Mifepristone and the FDA’s exhaustive approval process, explained
How corporations got all your data
Do assault weapons bans work?
Medicaid’s “Great Unwinding”
Why Illinois wants to end cash bail
The debt ceiling drama
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Tiny Desk Concerts - Video
60 Minutes
Left, Right & Center
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
Kickass News