Ex-Congressman calls for US consumers to boycott Russian pollock
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Hill] by George Hochbrueckner (opinion)
Ex Congressman George Hochbrueckner, who represented New York’s 1st Congressional District from 1987 to 1995, has been tapped as the spokesperson for a campaign to get Americans to boycott Russian pollock as a way to express their anger of Russian actions in Ukraine. His opinion piece, and links to a website justsaynyet.org, were published in the Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper this week.
Russia’s outrages, from its unflinching support for the murderous regime of Bashar Assad in Syria to its violent and illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine to its apparent complicity in shooting down a civilian airliner over Ukrainian airspace last week, killing more than 290 innocent people, are affronts to the civilized world.
President Obama, joined by many allies, has levied an escalating series of targeted economic sanctions against Russia, which are beginning to put serious strain on its fragile economy. According to several new public opinion polls, anti-Russian sentiment is growing among ordinary Americans, and Obama is no doubt considering a further turning of the screws to signal America’s indignation at Russia’s behavior and to attempt to change it.
Families across America don’t have to wait; they can stand up to Vladimir Putin, and they need look no further than their grocer’s shelves and local restaurants to do it. Boycott Russian fish....
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