Are Cultural Boycotts Worth The Effort? - Whitechapel Debates

Why Are We Having This Debate?

Cultural boycotts have been one of the many ways people can have their thoughts and feelings heard. Over the last decade the 2 big boycotts you may have heard of are the cowboys of Russian and Israeli products, brands and personalities in response to the Ukrain and Palestinian wars respectively.

One of the biggest cultural boycotts in response to this is hitting the Cultural Phenomenom that is Eurovision on it's 70th anniversay. With several years of of protest votes in favour of Ukraine and in opposition to Israels inclusion, culminating this year in one of the largest coordinated boycotts of the annual European event from broadcasters, artists, viewers and National Broadcast channels most notably Spain, Ireland and Slovenia who are refusing to show Eurovision live at all.

So we ask - Do Cultural Boycotts Actually Work To Acheive Change?

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