Thread by @athenaforall

Today, Jeff Bezos has decided to head for the exits rather than face the music.

A thread. (1/x)

In response to @JeffBezos stepping down as Amazon CEO for Andy Jassy, the head of Amazon Web Services, the @athenaforall coalition released the following statement from Maurice BP-Weeks @mo87mo87, an Athena leader and the Co-Exec Director of member group @ACREcampaigns. (2/x)

"The company Jeff Bezos started nearly three decades ago is under a cloud of scrutiny, with regulators from both sides of the aisle firing arrows from Washington, D.C. and lawmakers asking hard questions in states across the country." (3/x) #BreakUpAmazon #MonopolyIsNoGame

"Workers are speaking up, walking out, and organizing against miserable working conditions, undaunted by Amazon’s attempts to silence them."

(4/x) #ProtectAmazonWorkers

"Communities living in the shadow of Amazon’s warehouses are demanding Amazon address and drastically curb its toxic emissions."

(5/x) #MakeAmazonPay #AMZNSickOut

"Small businesses are banding together to challenge Amazon’s anti-competitive practices like never before."

(6/x) #BreakUpBigTech #BreakUpAmazon

"After a year that finally forced Amazon to own up to the destruction it inflicts on communities, workers, businesses, the climate, and our democracy itself, Jeff Bezos has decided to head for the exits rather than face the music."

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"The departure of Jeff Bezos is an acknowledgement that the Amazon fantasy has crumbled - and the reality of Amazon has set in."

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"@JeffBezos departure won't meaningfully change Amazon’s course, especially since Bezos will still be the Executive Chair of the Amazon board."

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"Andy Jassy’s tenure leading Amazon AWS through Ring, contracts w/ almost 2000 police depts, powering ICE/DHS, developing Rekognition and hosting Parler should be deeply disturbing to anyone who cares about privacy and racial justice."

(10/x) #CancelRing #InvestigateAmazon

"If there is any reason why Jeff Bezos is leaving, though, it’s the bravery of workers, businesses, neighbors, and advocates in challenging the cheery picture that Amazon likes to put forward."

(11/x) #WeAreAthena

nytimes.com/2019/11/26/tec…

"They've shown that Amazon is both a symbol and driver of the worst excesses of racial capitalism eroding our economy and democracy. Public officials must respond to their work and break up and regulate Amazon and corporations like them."

(12/x) #BreakUpAmazon #MonopolyIsNoGame

"Meanwhile, the work to end @Amazon’s dangerous hold on our economy will continue - no matter who serves as Amazon’s public face."

The fight against an #AmazonWhiteHouse is now.

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