Boycotts Can Work

Although some boycotts end with clear-cut victories, others run out of steam or just disappear. A sampling from National Boycott News of boycotts that ended from 1989 to present:

* Target: Burger King

* Organizer: Rainforest Action Network

* Outcome: Stops buying beef from Costa Rica

* Target: Idaho potatoes

* Organizer: Various groups supporting legal abortion

* Outcome: Idaho governor declines to sign anti-abortion bill

* Target: Guess jeans

* Organizer: Media Watch

* Outcome: Stops depicting victimized women in ads

* Target: Sponsors on CBS and NBC

* Organizer: San Diego sports bar owners

* Outcome: Stops scrambling football games shown via satellite

* Target: Mary Kay Cosmetics

* Organizer: Rocky Mountain Humane Society

* Outcome: Stops using animals in testing

* Target: Burroughs-Wellcome

* Organizer: ACT UP

* Outcome: Lowers price of AIDS drug AZT

* Target: Spain Expo ’92

* Organizer: Animal Helpers Coalition

* Outcome: Expo ends before Spain agrees to abolish bullfighting

* Target: Burwood Products

* Organizer: United Auto Workers

* Outcome: Reaches accord with union