The Boycott Project was initially conceived of at the First International Conference on Prisoners of the War on Drugs in Heidelberg in 1996. Adriaan Brankhorst, reporting on his experience with a United Nations agency, noted that an Andes peasant association some millions strong had proclaimed a boycott of goods issuing from aggressor Drug War nations. Discussion of the practicality of cooperation with the Andean group followed.

The progress of the Andean initiative is unknown, but a proposal to boycott the goods and services of selected companies within the US is attractive, even if conducted on a small scale. By calling attention to a company like Victoria's Secrets that profits from the labor of POWs, colluding in the payment of an hourly wage of a 12 cents and undercutting the employment of legitimate workers in the garment industry, a boycott could shame management into terminating the unethical practice and set an example for other employers to follow.

POWs and viewers with ideas on shaping a boycott of the products of POW forced labor or willing to spearhead a boycott motion may click here for contact information. Selected responses will be posted on this page