The Day of Protest

While I will very likely buy nothing at all, as a Canadian, I will, definitely,
not shop American in any way.

Are you paying any attention to our Charlie Angus, who is giving it back to Trump in whatever way that he can? I am now getting his daily email and subscribe to the free part of his substack.

This is Charlie's email from yesterday.

What is about the richest men in the world that reveals them to be so petty, shifty, and money-grubbing?

Step forward, Jeff Bezos.

If you ever had any doubt that Amazon is one of the most predatory corporations on the planet, read the book The Everything War by Dana Mattioli. She lays out the mercenary strategies by which Amazon stole the ideas of start-ups, crushed competitors and destroyed small companies that posed no possible threat.

And, of course, Jeff Bezos is part of the MAGA mob using his control of the once-esteemed Washington Post to serve the gangster king in the White House.

On February 28th, Canadians are launching a national day of resistance against American corporate power.

But I would like to make one suggestion – instead of a single day of resistance, why not a total and permanent boycott of all things Amazon?

I am writing this in response to Amazon's decision to close all their warehouses in Quebec after workers chose to unionize because of the horrific injury rates in the plants and the lack of respect for basic worker rights.

Where are the Canadian politicians who have failed to demand Amazon pay back the massive subsidies they were given?

The Canadian people gave Amazon the red carpet treatment. Now, they’re treating us like some kind of third-class feudal state. And, of course, Jeff Bezos is laughing at us with his 51st state swag.

So, my friends, if Jeff Bezos is gonna walk away on Canada, let’s walk away on him.

*You can find Charlie Angus here on Bluesky and on the other places too, probably.                

Amazon became a bit of a lifeline for us during the recent plague. We live in a town, where the only other viable choice for many goods is Wal Mart. I dislike that place and feel like my soul is being sucked out of me when I enter the doors. But Amazon is a big part of the oligarch Bezos' empire, and I feel as though we are colluding. It will be hard to sever the tie, but we are going to work on it.

It will require an effort, and it will cost us, but doggone it all, what else can we do?