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19 Jun, 14 tweets, 5 min read
Workers, small biz, neighbors, the over-policed, the under-paid, people who breathe pollution...every human who lives in a community + doesn't own a yacht with its own yacht cannot wait for Congress to take bold, comprehensive action against unelected, dangerous corporate power.
Workers, 1/3
Workers, 2/3
Workers, 3/3 thesoc.org/amazon-primed-…
Small biz throughout @stacyfmitchell 's thread - I'll pick the Grocers because I like to eat food.
I'll also pick @ravenbookstore because I like to read books.
The overpoliced...there are not enough tweets in the world. Here's a good sample
the over-policed 2/3
the over-policed 3/3
the under-paid (who are also over-policed)
the under-paid (for all their $15 hype, Amazon is leveling down the standards in logistics + retail), especially in CA: economicrt.org/publication/to…
also this
then there are those of who breathe air ... theguardian.com/technology/202…
That's why most people want Congress to take Bold Action! Fast! Now! to #BreakUpBigTech unelected power. The @HouseJudiciary should pass the whole package. It's not perfect, but it's the start we need because our communities can't wait. nytimes.com/2021/06/11/tec…

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21 Jun
The fight against monopoly is deeply tied to the fight against racism, Islamophobia and anti-semitism recently increasing across the US and here in NYC. 1/8
You can see anti-semitism (and racism) in that last Trump ad of the 2016 campaign, Argument for America - a hateful, simplistic, and conspiratorial explanation of society run by a cabal of rich, deceitful people. (No, of course I’m not linking to it. Look it up.) 2/8
Our society is not run by a cabal. It is, however, organized around the "needs" of corporations - not the same thing as a secret club of rich people. Still, the more massive corporations grow their power and control, the more antisemitic conspiracies spread. 3/8
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7 Oct 20
So, if you're like most people, the primary way you interact directly with Amazon is buying things via their website. (More people than are customers subsidize them with our shared public dollars, but that's indirect, and also a different thread.) 1/x #MonopolyIsNoGame
So, people tend to think, Amazon is huge! So many people buy things! Selling things (ie, actual objects) must be how they make so much money. But that's not actually how they make *most* of the money. The biggest revenue driver is Amazon Web Services.
Or, as this report puts it, "Profits earned through its cloud services enable Amazon to invest heavily into expanding its cloud operation, as well as to support its other lines of business."
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7 Oct 20
Everything in this report about the acquisition and integration of Ring by Amazon is horrible. 1/x
Reminder, Ring (on its own) doesn't just profit from our racism and mistrust, Ring makes it worse. (Again with the incentive problems.) vice.com/en/article/qvy…
So, it's no surprise that the report finds: "In an internal document, Amazon recognized that security could “feed our flywheels (Prime, Alexa) while being a large, profitable business in its own right.”" #MonopolyIsNoGame
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6 Oct 20
Page 303 - logistics! AKA where most of the humans are - and where almost all of the Black and brown humans are, because racism.
#MonopolyIsNoGame From the report: "Amazon's ground shipping infrastructure consists of 'trucks, trailers, intermodal containers, and delivery vehicles.' Its truck fleet consists of more than 10,000 trailers." That is a lot - a lot a lot- of air pollution.
earthjustice.org/blog/2020-apri…
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6 Oct 20
Oh, remember this, about non-essential products? "In March 2020, Amazon announced that it would begin temporarily delaying shipments of all non-essential products" #MonopolyIsNoGame
"...from its warehouses, regardless of whether they were sold by Amazon or by competing third-party sellers. The company claimed it was doing so to better serve customers in need while also helping to ensure the safety of warehouse workers."
Now, I know you remember this because courageous workers like @313Supa and his colleagues walked out, and Mario was on TV: thewrap.com/john-oliver-am…
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6 Oct 20
At @athenaforall we often talk about how Amazon's sellers, customers, workers and neighbors have so much in common. This is why: “I don’t think they care about the third party seller . . . . They treat us as a commodity.” -3rd party seller. #MonopolyIsNoGame
I wonder how this is related to workers' stories about their inability to talk to am human about sick leave during a pandemic? "Internal Amazon documents suggest that the company’s hyper-focus on a cost-cutting strategy to adopt automated processes for nearly everything
—which Amazon refers to as “HOTW”or “Hands off the wheel”1684—combined with the platform’s monopoly power over sellers may be to blame for Amazon’s atrocious levels of customer service for sellers" #MonopolyIsNoGame
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