With the billionaire Koch brothers using their muscle to back Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker both during his run for office and now as he moves to strip state workers of their right to collective bargain, a boycott of Koch Industry’s consumer products is growing. For example, the Boycott and Defeat Koch Industries Facebook page now has close to 16,000 followers.
Here is a list of the company’s products which are being boycotted:
Angel Soft toilet paper
Brawny paper towels
Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
Mardi Gras napkins and towels
Quilted Northern toilet paper
Soft ‘n Gentle toilet paper
Sparkle napkins
Vanity fair napkins
Zee napkins
Georgia-Pacific paper products and envelopes
All Georgia-Pacific lumber and building products, including:
Dense Armor Drywall and Decking
ToughArmor Gypsum board
Georgia pacific Plytanium Plywood
Flexrock
Densglass sheathing
G/P Industrial plasters (some products used by a lot of crafters)
FibreStrong Rim board
G/P Lam board
Blue Ribbon OSB Rated Sheathing
Blue Ribbon Sub-floor
DryGuard Enhanced OSB
Nautilus Wall Sheathing
Thermostat OSB Radiant Barrier Sheathing
Broadspan Engineered Wood Products
XJ 85 I-Joists
FireDefender Banded Cores
FireDefender FS
FireDefender Mineral Core
Hardboard and Thin MDF including Auto Hardboard,
Perforated Hardboard and Thin MDF
Wood Fiberboard
Commercial Roof Fiberboard
Hushboard Sound Deadening Board
Regular Fiberboard Sheathing
Structural Fiberboard Sheathing
(INVISTA Products):
COMFOREL® fiberfill
COOLMAX® fabric
CORDURA® fabric
DACRON® fiber
POLYSHIELD® resin
SOLARMAX® fabric
SOMERELLE® bedding products
STAINMASTER® carpet
SUPPLEX® fabric
TACTEL® fiber
TACTESSE® carpet fiber
TERATE® polyols
TERATHANE® polyether glycol
THERMOLITE® fabric
PHENREZ® resin
POLARGUARD® fiber and
LYCRA® fiber
You equate 16,000 facebook “likes” to gaining steam?
a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Spoken like a true follower of the Koch bros, or perhaps, an employee. Don’t spill your tea pal, it might be hot!
:))
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” We all have to start somewhere, including with boycotts. News about the Koch brothers will ‘be heard (no) MUCH more’ and that will lead to more action to resist their political manipulations which are funded by their industries.
I’m in! Sending e-mails to family and friends. Spreading the word and backing it up with our actions! No moe’ money for those fools! We’ll see who goes down first!
Life is always going to win 🙂
Power to the people!
Together we stand, divided we fall! – Pink Floyd (bithchiz! 🙂
Be careful how you invoke Macbeth.
I’m in! Sending e-mails to family and friends. Spreading the word and backing it up with our actions! No moe’ money for those fool! We’ll see who goes down first!
Life is always going to win 🙂
Power to the people!
Together we stand, divided we fall! – Pink Floyd (bithchiz! 🙂
It’s over 17,000 now! Thanks, Eric, for letting us know about the website we could “Like,” and thanks for sharing this list.
Yeah I am sure the M&I thought that too when there was a run on the bank the firefighters targeted
Spoken like a true Kochsucker Mr. or Ms. Killion. Did he pay you to make a comment to this page? A revolution starts with a single step and there are more of us than the elite. Have a good day.
As an Architect, I can do a lot to keep these Georgia-Pacific building products out of my projects. Reviewing the list, there are only a few I would consider as adequate in the first place and there are better products, more green products. I specify green products at lower cost.
I feel shame for having wiped my ass with quilted northern at one time.
Love you, Atilla!
Attilla that is awesome!!!
I small step for man…one giant leap for manking…let’s do this!
What might really help would be if we could start getting stores to stop carrying them..
Kai,
The way to do this is through unions or other organized groups of people. The unions need to tell stores not to carry these products if they want customers. I suppose that political, religious, charity and other groups could do this, too.
My X-wife sells StainMaster Carpet. I’ll tell her to quit her job.
Here’s hoping that unionized labor picks up on this and refused to handle or work with these products. Among truckers, railroaders, warehouse workers, and construction workers–to name only the most obvious–it could make quite an impact.
I accidentally bought some tp from one of these listed so I’m returning it (unopened) to Wal-Mart and I’m going to tell them why.
@ Mary,
The Walton (Wal-Mart) family gave a lot of money to Scott Walker too, as did M & I Bank, Sargento (cheese), & Johnsonville (brats & sausage).
What is it that makes the Koch brothers so evil? Is it that they support the call to fiscal responsibility that Gov Walker has proposed> is it that they support him with their CASH? Hmm Let me understand this … It’s NOT OK for the Kock brothers to support their cause financially, but it IS ok for Duke Energy in North Carolina to support the DNC with a $10 million credit? (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/duke-energy-leading-fundr_n_835338.html) Uh ok!
YEP!!!!
Duke’s contribution is only a drop in the bucket compared to the billions given by corporations to the repugthugs!! Not to mention all the oil companies getting huge, fat tax breaks in return for their favors of money spent on the crooked rightwing-nuts! So Barbara, your comment is without credibility.
Here’s a fantastic flyer to hand out at supermarkets!
http://stopthekochbrothers.com/2011/03/20/please-hand-out-this-flyer-at-supermarkets/
Well Mr. or Ms. Killian — it’s up to over 18,000 now and it is growing daily. And remember, the elite only represent 1% of the population, so guess you’re outnumbered once the word gets out. I would rather wipe my behind on tree bark than use a Koch product.