Socio-Economics History Blog

Socio-Economics History Blog

Protesters Construct Guillotine Outside Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s Home

by mosesman

  • Protesters Construct Guillotine Outside Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s Home
    by Caitlin Bassett, https://davidharrisjr.com/
    A video posted to Twitter today by The Washington Examiner shows protesters constructing a guillotine outside the Washington, D.C. home of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. What could have earned such ire? The most recent protests are decrying the mistreatment of warehouse workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, but previous protests this summer have been wrapped up in other agendas as well.
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    In several demonstrations outside Bezos’ home over the course of the summer, protesters have advocated for the complete abolition of police, prisons, and Amazon, and have accused the company of selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement.
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    A flyer promoting a protest back in June (a protest which also included the construction of a guillotine) read in part that “Amazon works directly with police to surveil us, stoking racist fears in the name of profit.”
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