Boycotting Koch Industries?

Been reading about Koch Industries and its complete disregard of American law?  Want to do something about it? 

A lot of people have been talking about a boycott, but it's hard to get a good list of what, exactly, the corporation owns.  Koch Industries is huge, and it owns a staggering number of brands.  To truly boycott them, we need to stop purchasing anything made by any of the following:

• Angel Soft - toilet paper
• Brawny - paper towels
• Dixie - cups, napkins, plates
• Mardi Gras - napkins, paper towels
• Quilted Northern - toilet paper
• Soft 'n Gentle - toilet paper
• Sparkle - napkins, paper towels
• Vanity Fair - napkins
• Zee - napkins
• Insulair - cups
• Perfect Touch - cups, paper products
• Stainmaster - carpet, flooring, paint
• Spectrum - printer paper
• Lycra - spandex
• Teflon - nonstick coating
• Georgia Pacific - paper products, envelopes, etc
• DensArmor - drywall, decking products
• Flexrock
• Georgia Pacific industrial plasters (Used by many contractors and builders; you'll want to check.)
• FibreStrong - rim board
• Blue Ribbon - construction products
• Nautilus - wall sheathing

This is not an inclusive list, especially in the construction part, but I included all of the products that most people will likely run into.  Most of the things left out will be identifiable by the Georgia Pacific logo. 

Always check for the Georgia Pacific logo.  It's the same thing as Koch.  Stand up for yourself, stand up for our rights!  Stand up for America.

Unfortunately, this boycott isn't enough, not by itself.  Koch Industries is too entrenched in our society to simply stop supporting it entirely.  After all, Koch supplies state governments across the nation with much of the materials needed for asphalt.  It's hard to stop using roads.  And that's not even touching the fact that Koch is primarily an energy company, and that they make most of their money by selling oil, natural gas, coal, and the electricity produced from these things. 

But this does send a message.  It shows both our government and the corporations taking advantage of us that we're paying attention.  It's a hard, long job, but we can make them afraid of us.

Remember, though: to actually limit Koch's power, and take our country back from corporations like this, we need to change our government.

Koch Industries: Betraying America for Profit

I've had a problem with Koch Industries for quite a while.

They're the second largest privately held company in America, and they're one of the most powerful hyper-conservative forces in the world today.

They were the main reason Governor Walker fought so hard to kill public unions in Wisconsin earlier this year, and they heavily funded his campaign.  They basically own Americans for Prosperity, a political advocacy group that describes itself as supporting business and opposing regulation.  They basically paid for and invented the "Tea Party," financially backing groups that have trained thousands of Tea Party activists.  They've donated tens of millions to groups that deny global warming, and millions more to groups that oppose clean air laws. 

Koch Industries clearly doesn't care about us. 

Of course, it's standard conservative politics to argue that companies should be allowed to pollute as much as they want, and screw everyone else.  So what about Koch is worth singling out?