#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #March12, 1832: #CharlesBoycott, English farmer and agent (d. 1897) whose ostracism by his local community in #Ireland gave the English language the verb "to #boycott" is #born.
#CharlesBoycott #Boycotts
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#CharlesBoycott was such an anti-worker CLASSHOLE of a landlord, his tenants organized themselves & COLLECTIVELY refused to pay his rent, FORCING #Boycott OUT of their community!
We still BOYCOTT capitalist classholes today!
Boycott @Target @boycottAmazon
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#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #March12, 1832: #CharlesBoycott, English farmer and agent (d. 1897) whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the verb "to boycott" is #born.
#CharlesBoycott #Boycotts
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

NYS Freedom to Boycott Coalition marching on Gov. Cuomo's mansion in Mount Kisco

Charles Boycott

#CharlesBoycott was born #OnThisDay in 1832, giving his name to a tactic which the US #SupremeCourt upheld as a #FirstAmendment right in 1982; #BDS is the movement to challenge #ApartheidIsrael's occupation:

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