Ex-Labor Secretary Robert Reich Urges Global Boycott Of Travel To U.S. To Protest Trump
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It would send a clear signal, said the Bill Clinton-era Cabinet member.

Summary

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich urged a global boycott of U.S. travel to protest Trump’s policies, warning his administration is “brutally attacking U.S. democracy.”

In a Guardian op-ed, Reich called on foreign visitors, students, and skilled workers to reconsider coming, citing economic and safety concerns. He argued withholding tourism revenue could pressure Trump.

His plea follows Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown and rising tensions with Canada.

Reich’s call comes as Canadian travel to the U.S. has already shown signs of decline.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    15 hours ago

    In America, we define respect of other peoples’ beliefs and cultures as apathy.

    We politely ignore them, they politely ignore us, so long as nobody crosses a line the arrangement works splendidly.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      15 hours ago

      How can you know you cross lines when you don’t care, are apathetic?

      First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action;” who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.”

      Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

      …I don’t think I need to attribute that quote.