It is now easier to find out if a product is on the boycott list, thanks to a new app. Boycat, as the app is called, nudges consumers towards the right choices when purchasing goods.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement partnered with Boycat to make boycott campaigns more effective.
Israel’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and Lebanon has revived calls for people to steer away from products that fund genocide.
Speaking in an interview on Salaamedia, Roshan Dadoo, coordinator of the SA BDS Coalition, encouraged the public to install the app and broaden its database.
“We must all try to download it and make sure that it does cover South African products and, if not, see how we can ensure that it does. If you can add products, we should be able to ensure that it is totally up-to-date all of the time and useful for us,” she said.
The app classifies products differently. Some are best avoided due to ethical concerns, others – in the case of targeted campaigns – must be boycotted altogether.
“If we stop drinking Coca-Cola here, it doesn’t impact the Coca-Cola outfit in Israel because ours is made here. Ethically, we want to know what is the link and then we have the choice to say we’re not going to purchase Coca-Cola and we know why,” she explained.
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