A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africa

https://youtube.com/shorts/O5yK7XiYQvU?si=HNXxCEHJ3WwRRCEz

TIL Karen and her cohort of white Irish women took a stand to boycott South African grapefruit, and went on to be visited by Nelson Mandela and others as their small act inspired their nation to be the first Most Developed Nation to fully Boycott and pass Sanctions against South Africa in the struggle against Apartheid.

Video by David Nihill

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Coopr8@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 335d (1 reply)

Dangit, forgot to lead with TIL, ah well

hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 335d

Lemmy is editable titles.

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 335d

Don’t often see a Karen reference in a positive context.