There's a Target on Target

There's a Target on Target

Super Random Things with those Sisters by Kimberly Leetch

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Boycott Target (and Amazon): How to Resist with Your Dollars Without Losing Your Mind

City sisters Kimberly and Michelle (Minneapolis and Montreal) unpack what happens when ICE uses Target parking lots as a staging ground, and allows ICE to abduct Target employees on Target property—and Target shrugs. The result: boycotts, protests, and the kind of petty genius only a fed-up community can produce (yes, the salt returns).

From there, they get practical and pointed: if you can’t risk arrest or tear gas, you can still resist by withholding and rerouting your money, because nothing gets corporate attention like a threatened bottom line. They swat down the tired “DEI hurt us” storyline, and demand the billionaire class begin offering living wages and real accountability.

They pose a challenge: collective action for the working cla ... 

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